[83009] in Cypherpunks
Re: Recreational pharmaceuticals by genetic engineering
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (snow)
Thu Jul 10 23:31:39 1997
From: snow <snow@smoke.suba.com>
To: tcmay@got.net (Tim May)
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 22:06:27 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <v03102800afead774beaf@[207.167.93.63]> from "Tim May" at Jul 10, 97 11:24:09 am
Reply-To: snow <snow@smoke.suba.com>
> >try to haul off people who have pond scum in their bird feeders and the
> >like. (Anything that will make them look even more absurd...)
> Speaking of which, I recall that the origins of LSD were from some kind of
> fungus or "rust" found on some types of grain.
Ergot, a mold that grows on certain types of Rye or fescue, I forget
which. This is used to make Ergotamine (imine?) which is used in treatment
of certain types of migraines.
