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Pop some Funk Pills and have a high that's completely legal
#5724930 - 06/07/06 10:31 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Pop some Funk Pills and have a high that's completely legal By Terry Kirby June 8, 2006 - capetimes.co.za
London: They have exotic names like Funk Pills, Amsterdam Gold, Kratom Leaf and Ayahuasca Sacrament and promise a spectrum of effects which range from the mildly euphoric to "Ecstasy-style" energy rushes and the full-on hallucinogenic experience.
But you don't have to break the law to sell, buy or pop them - they are all completely legal.
Dozens of both new and ancient types of "legal highs" derived from herbs, plants and cacti from South America, and Asia and synthetic stimulants from New Zealand, are now available at often low prices from internet-based companies and an increasing number of High Street "head" shops around Britain.
Ironically, the trade has been stimulated by the government's decision last year to ban so-called "magic mushrooms", containing the hallucinogenic psilocin, which had been sold openly through the internet and in places such as Camden Market in north London.
The ban left a gap in the market and a search for new products.
Mark Evans, of everyonedoesit.com, one of the leading internet mail order operations, said the increase in trade had been massive. "There is a huge gap in the market. These consumers are not going to disappear, they are just looking for alternatives."
Evans, who also sells cannabis seeds for growing, said there had been a change in the recreational drug culture.
"We do a lot of festivals and speak to people who say they are fed up with dealers and taking drugs - like Ecstasy - where they cannot always be confident that they know what is in the pill. People want something which will not poison them and they know what they are buying."
Although many of the legal highs are, it is claimed, ones used from ancient times, the current biggest seller, Funk Pills with names like Flying Angel and Silver Bullet, have been in existence only for a few years.
The Funk Pills come from New Zealand where they are made by companies licensed by the government there, after it decided that they were a less harmful substitute for illegal drugs, such as methamphetamine.
Also known as P.E.P Pills, they contain the stimulant benzylpiperazine (BZP), which is banned in the United States, Denmark and Australia, together with other chemicals from the piperazine family, which are also used to create Viagra, although they have no affect on sexual performance.
Other big sellers are Spice Smoking Blends, a new version of the herbal mixes which have been around for many years as legal alternatives to cannabis. "Herbal substitutes were always a bit of a joke, but many people say these are the closest thing to marijuana yet," said Evans.
At the other end of the scale are the £12 peyote cacti sold by Chris Bovey, who runs another mail order company, PotSeeds.co.uk. Peyote cacti contain the hallucinogenic mescaline, which has a similar effect to LSD and was the drug used by the writer Aldous Huxley before he wrote the influential The Doors of Perception.
Native American tribes have used it for centuries to create visions of an alternate world.
More esoteric substances are Hawaiian Baby Woodrose Seeds, said to be more powerful than LSD, and powdered Banisteriopsis caapi vine, the main ingredient in Ayahuasca or Yage, a sacred and ancient South American medicine said to have visionary qualities and "bought directly from natives in the Amazon jungle".
Despite all the exotic experiences attributed to the various substances instances of addiction, abuse or harmful affects are almost non-existent.
The Home Office said there was no present reason for the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs to examine the legal status of any of the substances on the market.
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Youshouldknowabc
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Re: Pop some Funk Pills and have a high that's completely legal [Re: veggie]
#13171330 - 09/09/10 04:30 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Anything that is like-ecstasy, isn't ecstasy. Full-on hallucinogenic experience?.. like, machine-elves and morphing objects, and your floor melting into your feet type of hallucinogenic effects?
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Re: Pop some Funk Pills and have a high that's completely legal [Re: Youshouldknowabc]
#13171825 - 09/09/10 06:17 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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This article is over 4 years old. Most of the information in it will now be incorrect as laws in most of the countries mentioned have changed.
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bluecurry
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Re: Pop some Funk Pills and have a high that's completely legal [Re: nickc]
#13173572 - 09/10/10 01:41 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
nickc said: This article is over 4 years old. Most of the information in it will now be incorrect as laws in most of the countries mentioned have changed.
This is breaking news in South Africa
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Youshouldknowabc
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Re: Pop some Funk Pills and have a high that's completely legal [Re: nickc]
#13175564 - 09/10/10 02:31 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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i really should look at the post dates. =_=
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