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Methaqualone (Quaalude) Vault: Basics. Methaqualone (Quaalude) is a sedative/hypnotic central nervous system depressant similar to barbiturates. It is most often taken orally in tablet and produces a range of effects including light sedation, euphoria and sleep at lower doses to unconsciousness and sometimes seizures at high doses. Some users may take 75 mg doses throughout the day, while others may take 300 mg once a day. A common dose for recreational use is reported to be 300 mg. However tolerance develops quickly and some users may take up to 1,000 mg - 2,000 mg per day to achieve the same effects. Pills mostly range from $5-$7 per 300 mg pill in 2003 in the United States. Methaqualone is illegal to possess without a license in the United States (Schedule I). Methaqualone, 2-methyl-3-(2-methylphenyl)-4(3H)-quinazolinone is one of the most powerful sedative/hypnotic compounds ever produced.

Pharmacology Summary Needed. Methaqualone was first synthesized in India by a man named M.I. Brand Names: The Substance: The Experience: Huxley Vs. Orwell: Infinite Distraction Or Government Oppression? | Prose... - StumbleUpon. Posted on August 24, 2010 in Images The Huxley vs Orwell comic is originally from Recombinant Records: Amusing Ourselves to Death, adapted from Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman. When I read this comic, I am reminded of one of my favorite quotes from Brave New World: “It’s curious,” he went on after a little pause, “to read what people in the time of Our Ford used to write about scientific progress. They seemed to have imagined that it could be allowed to go on indefinitely, regardless of everything else. And: There was something called liberalism. Steve Jobs FBI File Reveals Bomb Threat, 'Tendency To Distort Reality' And More. Though sections have been redacted and more than two dozen interviews are narrated in dry officialese, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's 191-page file on Steve Jobs, released Thursday, reveals numerous lively details about the Apple co-founder's personal life and professional past, as recounted to FBI agents by his colleagues, neighbors and friends.

The document confirms much of what is already known about Jobs, including his drug use, spartan lifestyle and the intense managerial style that created friction between him and some of his colleagues. Yet it also sheds light on Jobs' relationship with the government, revealing that he was given top secret clearance between 1988 and 1990 and was being considered by President George H. W. Bush's administration for a position on the president's Export Council. Several pages of memos and handwritten notes also provide a glimpse into a $1 million bomb threat that was made against Apple on Feb. 7, 1985, several months before Apple fired Jobs. Are you truly free to eat, breath and consume what you want? Ayahuasca - National Geographic Adventure Magazine. Or centuries, Amazonian shamans have used ayahuasca as a window into the soul. The sacrament, they claim, can cure any illness. The author joins in this ancient ritual and finds the worlds within more terrifying—and enlightening—than ever imagined.

I will never forget what it was like. The overwhelming misery. The certainty of never-ending suffering. Suddenly, I swirled down a tunnel of fire, wailing figures calling out to me in agony, begging me to save them. "The darkness will never end," he said. "I can," I replied. All at once, I willed myself to rise. "Welcome back," the shaman said. The next morning, I discovered the impossible: The severe depression that had ruled my life since childhood had miraculously vanished.

The jungle camp where our shamanistic treatment will take place is some 200 miles (322 kilometers) from the nearest town, Iquitos, deep in the Peruvian Amazon. And so I am back again. I've told no one this time—especially not my family. Then, there's the impatience. Scientific studies marijuana good health effects medical benefits. Lp.higherbalance.com/ibtwn333?twog_id=3d4d7a4d34636a4d664a6d5a. Psychiatrist Rick Strassman, author of the ground breaking book DMT: The Spirit Molecule(2001) asserts that DMT is produced and stored in the human brain and is an active agent in a variety of altered states, including mystical experiences.

This chemical messenger profoundly links body and spirit, pineal activation in the brain, and may awaken normally latent synthetic pathways. A few rare and select meditation techniques have been observed being practiced by indigenous cultures that naturally release DMT through the pineal gland. Visionary experiences with symbolic or religious content that are beyond ordinary explanation have been reported and documented in both Western and Eastern religions.

These experiences vary depending on the recipients personal beliefs and can be described as a dazzling lights of illumination and states of surreal mystical experiences. The Man Nobody Knew (2) Screen-Printed Apparel, Handmade Jewelry | Kansas City, MO. 1960s Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs Identification Kit.