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[NZ] Police seize rare party drug
#14528725 - 05/28/11 11:17 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I think they are confusing DMT with powdered MHRB ...
Police seize rare party drug May 28, 2011 - nzherald.co.nz
A powerful party drug rarely seen in New Zealand that can cause intense hallucinations and paranoia has been seized in a record $4.5 million haul.
Dimethyltryptamine, also called DMT, is also the main psychoactive ingredient in ayahuasca, an Amazonian brew used for healing purposes.
The Class-A narcotic is smoked through a glass pipe in powder form, like methamphetamine, with a vapour compared to burning plastic. DMT can also be injected.
Depending on the dose, the high ranges from a mild psychedelic state to extreme immersive hallucination - including a total disconnection from reality.
Until now, DMT has been rarely seen in New Zealand. Law enforcement agencies are still trying to establish street-level prices.
So customs officers were surprised to discover 18kg of the red-brown powder - the largest seizure on record - in a package from South America. A normal dose is 15mg to 60mg. A 21-year-old man from Blenheim has been charged with importing the Class-A drug and faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
Until the recent 18kg haul, most seizures were small packages intercepted at the border.
Detective Inspector Stuart Mills, from the National Drug Intelligence Bureau, said that as far as he was aware, no one had been charged with importing the drug before.
He was also unsure what had driven the new demand for DMT, given the popularity of methamphetamine and cannabis in New Zealand.
"But people are always experimenting. DMT is similar to LSD, which is a popular illicit drug here, so there could be demand from those users."
While a street-level price in New Zealand was yet to be established, Mr Mills said DMT cost $250 for 1g in the United States. At that rate, the 18kg haul was worth $4.5 million.
Dr Tim Parke, clinical director at the Auckland Hospital emergency department, said he had not seen or heard of any patients presenting under the influence of the drug.
But research shows DMT users quickly reach a euphoric high - which can last less than one hour - followed by paranoia, anxiety, a sense of foreboding and panic, according to the United States Drug Enforcement Agency.
While most psychedelic drug users know the hallucinations are unreal, this is not necessarily true with DMT, the DEA claims.
On top of the dissociative effect of DMT, users may feel that they are in a different world, says the DEA, or in a reality that is more vivid and compelling than dreams or waking awareness.
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Re: [NZ] Police seize rare party drug [Re: veggie]
#14528789 - 05/28/11 11:31 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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DMT is definitely not a party drug...
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Re: [NZ] Police seize rare party drug [Re: Gibson33]
#14528806 - 05/28/11 11:36 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Never thought I would hear of DMT being compared to meth...
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Re: [NZ] Police seize rare party drug [Re: veggie] 1
#14528830 - 05/28/11 11:42 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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While a street-level price in New Zealand was yet to be established, Mr Mills said DMT cost $250 for 1g in the United States. At that rate, the 18kg haul was worth $4.5 million.
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Re: [NZ] Police seize rare party drug [Re: eLShaMukO]
#14528867 - 05/28/11 11:50 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Btw it was bark im pretty sure, not pure DMT. -_________-
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Re: [NZ] Police seize rare party drug [Re: xthrx]
#14528993 - 05/29/11 12:41 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yea No way would anyone have that much DMT that would take forever to extract that much lol
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Party drug???? HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH I would like to see the guy who wrote this POS article I haven't read yet try to "party and smokes major DEEEMS!" xD
edit: "DMT can also be injected." HOLY CRAP that is going to kill people... He is leaving out it needs to be a PURE salt form...
Also they just compared it to meth that they can be smoked the same way through an oil burner.
Edited by tacodude (05/29/11 01:10 AM)
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If you're buying DMT for $250 a gram I feel so fucking sorry for you, especially if you're buying multiple.
Oh, and parties and DMT can totally happen. Just have to keep doses small.
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Re: [NZ] Police seize rare party drug [Re: veggie]
#14529368 - 05/29/11 03:33 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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So customs officers were surprised to discover 18kg of the red-brown powder -
Definitely bark.
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The guy who ordered it posted on the DMT-nexus that he had been busted ordering 18kg of MHRB powder.
But what pisses me off most is that they're calling DMT a party drug. That's a serious blow to me. DMT is a powerful entheogenic sacrament and I take genuine offense to people labeling my favorite substance as a mindless way to get "fucked up" at parties. And I'm quite sure that if your average partying "bro" tried DMT at a party he would be scared shitless and never take drugs again.
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Re: [NZ] Police seize rare party drug [Re: eqt146]
#14530118 - 05/29/11 10:49 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Anything you can smoke is 'just like meth' suchhh bs. Whatever. Why the fuck would they call dot a party drug? Xd
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Re: [NZ] Police seize rare party drug [Re: runepanther]
#14530262 - 05/29/11 11:35 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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DMT party drug? I'd love to see someone party while peaking on DMT, I don't think it's possible. And if it was red brown, it sounds like it could have been mamosa(not sure on the spelling) root to extract it from. Dmt seems to be gaining popularity.
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Re: [NZ] Police seize rare party drug [Re: veggie]
#14530721 - 05/29/11 01:18 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I´m so glad the nz police were able to stop this menace from entering their country. I myself tried dmt once as a little girl... We were at a party and this man offers me a hit from this stuff. I figure, whats the worse that can happen? I took the hit and from that moment on, I´me been hooked. Fast forward 2 years, I´m still hooked to this horrible drug. After losing the audibility to feel the high from smoking alone, I switched to injecting it. My habit has ruined my life, and has hurt my family. As much as I try to stop doing it, I just can´t. I need those hallucinations, to escape the reality of my pathetic life. I lost my job because I was always high at work. I now have to suck dick to keep up my oz a day habit. I´m writing this in the hopes that no-one else will make my mistakes and try this horrible horrible drug!
So thank-you NZ police and thank you Amerika for providing the world with your superior right-wing moral guidance.
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^^^^^^^ Trololololol
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Re: [NZ] Police seize rare party drug [Re: ShroominOnBy]
#14534310 - 05/30/11 03:17 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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We were at a party and this man offers me a hit from this stuff. I figure, whats the worse that can happen?
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