Someone introduced me to the Erowid Vault a couple years ago. It's an interesting site regarding psychedelics. http://www.erowid.org/
I just googled the difference between MDA & MDMA. Here's one of the links: http://www.differencebetween.net/science/health/drugs-health/difference-between-mda-and-mdma/ ************* --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <jchwelch@...> wrote: > > If I'm not mistaken, MDMA is an offspring of MDA. I reckon I'll go google it > and find out. ;) > > MDA was the drug of choice typically...among the circle of folks with whom I > 'expanded'. > > Microdot...was another one. And Window Pane. Oh my...I wish I could recall > the nuances of each of those tiny little pieces of paper that could cause the > entire universe to be at one and where it seemed our little tripping circle > could communicate telepathically. > > I was reading again today on jimson weed. Someone asked about the long term > effects and wondered if it would cause Alzheimers onset. It's been almost 38 > years since my jimson weed experience. I don't think I have early Alzheimers. > I hope I never develop it. > > I've written a few memoir pieces about some of my drug daze. Jimson weed is > still the most vivid memory, I think. It was decades before I overcame my > deathly fear of cock roaches. > http://parchmentanthology.blogspot.com/2008/12/datura-stramonium-to-dance-with-devil.html > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Seraphita" <s3raphita@> wrote: > > > > > > Totally agree with you about mescaline: never enjoyed myself so much as > > on the stuff. I used to find everything absurdly hilarious. For example, > > a fish-and-chip shop owner was the Platonic archetype of all other > > fish-and-chip shop owners. Every other fish-and-chip shop owner you ever > > saw was just a pale imitation of this guy. I laughed hysterically > > virtually non-stop - except when police cars cruised past! > > Pity it became so hard to find - much better than MDMA or other > > alternatives. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <jchwelch@> wrote: > > > > > > Hey Doc, > > > > > > Sometime in this past week I read one of your responses on a thread. I > > forget the thread now. But I recall the essence of your response. (I > > couldn't respond at the time because I had carpal tunnel surgery this > > past Monday, 2/18, and wasn't able to really type and now can't remember > > where you commented. Sorry bout that.) > > > > > > Anyhoo...you stated something to the effect that a person's experience > > when under the influence of a psychedelic drug mirrored that person's > > internal state. (Again, going by memory ... so if I mis-understood, > > please correct me.) > > > > > > In my experience that isn't always true. An example would be the > > drug/herb jimson weed. Every experience I've ever read/heard has always > > been horrid hallucinations. (I danced with jimson weed when I was 15 > > years old and can atest to its horrors.) > > > > > > As far as other psychedelics, they each had their own nuance in my > > experiences. For example: Mescaline often made me laugh a lot. MDA made > > me horny. LSD afforded psychedelic sensory distortions. > > > > > > I'm of the opinion that different chemicals evoke various hormones (or > > whatevers) to respond...and thus a certain drugs/herbs can cause bad > > effects (bad trips) or good effects (good trips). > > > > > > I do think whatever one experiences within the good trip or the bad > > trip comes from somewhere in the person's psyche...but the drug used > > helps determine if what is pulled from the psyche is pleasurable or not > > pleasurable. (Hope that makes sense.) > > > > > > Eventually all my trips tuck a turn toward the dark side, which was > > probably a blessing because I gave up tripping. Hmmm....that is when I > > turned to TM by the way. Ha. > > > > > >
