Nutmeg, what the hell is it, is it a drug, is it addictive? I will
answer all these questions. Nutmeg, the long criticised hallucinogenic.
If you look it up, and I mean look it up in loads of dictionaries, many
will be associate with addictive drugs to which it is not! Yes, Nutmeg
is in no way ADDICTIVE!!! Below is an extract from a dictionary,
explaining about nutmeg.

+ MACMILLAN DICTIONARY OF TOXICOLOGY:
 
  myristicin

    A naturally occurring methylenedioxyphenyl compound found in
    nutmeg. It has been suggested that myristicin may be
    responsible, in whole or in part, for the toxicity of nutmeg.
    The spice (5-15g) causes symptoms similar to atropine
    poisoning: flushing of skin, tachycardia, and absence of
    salivation, and excitation of the central nervous system.
    Euphoria and hallucinations have given rise to abuse of this
    material. As a methylenedioxyphenyl compound, myristicin
    gives rise to a type III spectrum with reduced cytochrome
    

+ INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
 
  myristicin
 
    A toxic, crystalline, safrole derivative present in star
  anise, parsley seed oil, and nutmeg oil. When ingested in
  large quantities, it can cause convulsions, hallucinations,
  tachycardia, and possibly death.

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Yes, it can result in death, and I don't honestly know the amount!
WARNING, CAN CAUSE DEATH IF CONSUMED IN LARGE ENOUGH QUANTITES!
BUMMERBUMMERBUMMERBUMMERBUMMERBUMMERBUMMERBUMMERRBUMMER!

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Now to sum up, the actual nutmeg drug is the volatile oil distilled
from it. It is a colourless, pale yellow or pale green liquid with the
same colour and taste of nutmeg. Blah, Blah, Blah bit... It is
available as East Indian nutmeg oil and West Indian nutmeg oil. East
Indian oil is soluble 1 in 3 of alcohol (90%), West Indian 1 in 4.

What follows is a short extract from one person's experience with
nutmeg. Yes, this is quite a popular account which has been read by
many people on the internet.

"""""""""The preceding narrative was given spontaneously by an
intelligent, perceptive, and sensitive adolescent who had had prior
experience with marijuana and morning-glory seeds. The frequent
connection of the two is known. (3, 5) He felt that on marijuana, the
predominant feeling was one of enjoyment and happiness, of being liked
and floating. Hallucinations were less marked. On morning-glory seeds,
he also had a light, floating sensation, but it seemed to be of a
different kind, and the most marked thing was a constant feeling of
euphoria. On both these substances, he felt he never really left
reality, and he thought that this was a major distinction between these
substances and nutmeg. He repeated his experience with nutmeg in a
smaller dose. On one tablespoon full of the substance he "felt high" or
sometimes "weird" but without hallucinations; music sounded better
although it did not sound louder. None of the colourful changes in
perception occurred on the small dose of nutmeg.

The description given by this patient is richer and more colourful than
the previous reports (3,6,7). Although the previous descriptions also
contained many of the experiences reported here, such as lapses of
attention, although consciousness was retained, (6) depersonalisation,
(6) bright colours, (3) a floating feeling, (3) and music being more
enjoyable. (3) Follow-up on this patient showed that he continued
taking marijuana but stopped taking nutmeg. Psychodynamically, the
patient was in the midst of an identity crisis, trying to deal with his
leanings toward dependency and passivity by identifying with the hippie
groups. The patient's father had been incapacitated for several years
because of psychiatric difficulties also centring around dependency
and passivity."""""""""

Scary, darey! There ya go, take enough nutmeg and you're away for a
long time with one of the *best* trips your probably ever experience in
your entire life from a non-addictive drug. Once again, I must warn
that in large enough quantities it can kill so be wise. My own view on
the drug is that its fantastic for hallucinating, but I wouldn't take
the stuff unsupervised, or without a friend to help stop me from doing
harm to my self. Though the best bit I believe to be is that you can't
get addicted to the stuff and it is because of that, that I would
choose this drug over and over instead of jabbing a vein and becoming
addicted to what not.

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