What is Kratom and what are its effects?

Legal highs are drugs used legally for spiritual and recreational purposes. The United Kingdom is one of the many countries where many legal highs are sold despite the fact that many of them have already been banned.

One type of legal high is Kratom, a powerful stimulant derived from the South East Asian Mitragyna Speciosa plant. It is native to Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and India. Kratom is taken to significantly lower depression states, anxiety and pain, and to produce feelings of euphoria and relaxation. Other effects of Kratom include treating opiate addiction and increasing a man’s sex drive even by 50%!

This addictive legal high occurs in various forms that include resin, powder, leaves and capsules. The most popular form though is the resin. The strongest is the Kratom Resin Pies that are grown and produced in Bali, Indonesia. Other types of Kratom resins include the 15x extract that has powerful alkaloids and the more potent and longer-lasting original Thailand Kratom strain. The recommended dose for all types of Kratom resins is a minimum of 1.5 grams.

Traditionally, Thai labourers would chew the leaves regularly, and this is practiced even now. Nowadays however, we have Kratom resins for smoking and Kratom extracts are boiled as tea. Kratom leaf, which is the useful part of the plant, are dark green, thick and glossy and these leaves are shed throughout the year, which means that if your decide to grow your own Kratom plant it will be possible for you to harvest regularly all year round.

Posted in Drug Information, Legal Highs at January 9th, 2010. 2 Comments.

Legal Highs – Their Growing Popularity

The popularity of legal highs has been increasing lately as these highs have been cited to cause fewer side effects for users. Since they are legal, they do not have criminal implications, while they still allow the user to reach the same level of high that illegal drugs can give.

Legal highs are created for religious, spiritual, recreational, and medical purposes. These substances are also climbing in popularity on the party scene and in night clubs, because it is legally and socially permissible to use them anywhere.

These substances are manufactured to give the users the same effects that illegal drugs offer. For instance, although the use of cocaine and cannabis is banned, there are some legal highs that were created to produce similar effects, while eliminating the health dangers for the user.

Legal highs are composed of natural elements that do not have toxic chemicals, hence making them safer for consumption.

The market also offers legal alternative highs to aid in a person’s addiction to harmful drugs. One recommended legal alternative high is Red Bliss, which serves as a substitute for illegal pills and eliminates the unpleasant side effects of withdrawal. Legal alternative highs are marketed as effective in minimising the harm caused by the exploitation of illegal drugs.

Some of the substances used to achieve legal highs are Kratom, Kava, Betel Nut, Wormwood, Salvia, Ayahuasca, Hawaiian Baby Woodrose, Lavender, Korean Ginseng, Cayenne, Cola Nut, Trichocereus Cacti, and others that are deemed legal by law.

The increase in the use of these substances has significantly lowered the rate of illegal drug use in most countries.

Posted in Drug Information, Herbal Highs, Legal Highs at December 23rd, 2009. 1 Comment.

The Honeybee Extractor

Unlike the older methods of making honey oil, which could take an hour or more, the Honeybee Extractor will make your life easy and fast as it can produce honey oil in just a few minutes.

Before, the process involved in making honey oil would always include a solvent in order to dissolve the leaves off the plant. After that, you had to separate the resins and the solvent. In this process, the quality of your product depended on the quality of your plant material, the solvent you removed, and the amount of that solvent that was exposed to the plant material. Sounds complicated, yes?

Most of the time, the solvent used in this process is isopropyl alcohol. It is cheap and easy to acquire and it doesn’t make your local druggist suspicious about what you are using it for. The only difficult thing with using isopropyl is that it boils at a relatively high temperature. This characteristic will make the process complicated, as it’s hard to remove all the solvent in the finished product.

Now we have the new Honeybee Extractor. It is a product from Canada that makes the creation of oil easy and fast. Plus, if you do not want to spend the money for purchasing this product, you can make your own model using a PVC pipe. The instructions are available on the internet.

The Honeybee Extractor is considered by many to be the most effective way to create oil. Marijuana Man has even said that the best oil he ever tried was created through the Honeybee Extractor.

Posted in Drug Information, Legal Highs at December 16th, 2009. No Comments.

Raving with Legal Highs

Getting high is possible without defying the law.

“Party drugs”, as they are commonly known, are considered legal highs, which many people, especially younger ones, consume these days.

Also known as recreational drugs, many people still enjoy them despite the negative impression some people have about these drugs. However, the legal status of these drugs varies from country to country. In the United Kingdom, for instance, these mind-altering substances are openly sold in stores or online.

Ravers, festival goers and new agers, among others, are the typical users of these legal products, which are preferred substitutes for commonly used illegal drugs such as ecstasy and marijuana; these legal highs are natural and do not have effects as severe as the illegal drugs.

Most of these products are natural and herbal and are said to be safe, containing purely organic substances. These drugs aim to provide a euphoric mood to the users, although different effects may occur, such as overstimulation, hallucinations, lassitude, and pain reduction.

Legal high producing products are not prescribed for any particular medical conditions or any specific use. Pregnant women and people suffering from high-blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and those taking antidepressants or other prescription drugs should not use these products.

The most commonly used products for obtaining a legal high includes GBL, which is seen as an alternative for GHB or “liquid ecstasy”, the “date rape” pill. Synthetic cannabinoids and BZP, which is the legal alternative to amphetamine, are also frequently used legal highs.

Posted in Drug Information, Legal Highs at December 3rd, 2009. No Comments.

Legal High Reviews

Marijuana alternatives come in various blends, each having different psychotropic and addictive effects. Legal highs usually contain herbs, and some may include chemicals to enhance the hallucinogenic effects. The U.S. and other countries do not criminalise the sale and consumption of certain marijuana alternatives since they are basically just herbal blends with stimulating effects similar to tobacco or alcohol.

Baybean or canavalia rosea is commonly found in herbal highs. This herb causes mild psychotropic effects, but is proven to be an effective trigger for various other herbs. Baybeans produce an aromatic vapour; their relative, Canavalia maritima, has an aphrodisiac effect.

Amanita muscaria, also known as fly agaric mushroom, causes mild sensations. When taken in medium doses, it can cause a feeling of drunkenness. High intake leads to hallucinations just like most psychotropic herbs. The effects of Amanita muscaria may take an hour to be felt. The peak sensation normally starts 1-3 hours after intake, while the euphoric effects can last as long as 10 hours.

DaZed is an herbal blend comprised of Yi Mu Cao, Clerodendrum paniculatum, Leonotis leonurus, Jiao Gu Lan, Bupleurum and Eurycoma longifolia. The blend is purely herbal with no chemical additives. Soma, another herbal smoke, causes strong and long-lasting psychotropic effects. It is made of organically grown herbs and has no artificial additives. Its potent ingredients include Passiflora incarnate, Amanita muscaria, Turnera diffusa and Eucalyptus globules.

Using digital vaporisers is a nice way to enjoy the aroma of herbal highs. Traditional vaporisers may cause herbs to burn uncontrollably, but digital ones can produce herbal vapour at an ideal temperature. The Volcano Digital Vaporiser from Storz & Bickel comes with an electronic temperature control system and real-time temperature display panel. With these digital features, smokers can easily adjust the temperature of the vaporiser to produce the desired amount and quality of smoke.

Posted in Drug Information, Legal Highs, Smoking at November 27th, 2009. 1 Comment.

Vaporising – an alternative to smoking

Have you or any of your loved ones ever experienced chest congestion? If so, what do you do? Generally, you would use a vaporiser to lessen the difficulty of breathing, but how effective are they in treating illnesses and are they an effective alternative to smoking cigarettes and cigars

In the medical field, a vaporiser is defined as a device used to extract the ingredients of herbs and plants for the patient to inhale. Vaporisation is frequently used in the treatment of patients with sicknesses and lung problems.

There are also people who simply want to inhale tobacco or herbs using a vaporiser and who are prepared to purchase the best products on the market to experience the perfect smoke. Unlike the smoke produced by burning the herb itself, which may contain some carcinogenic substances, the vapour produced by a vaporiser has virtually no particulate matter or tar. The process does not involve combustion, so no smoke is emitted at all.

In addition, vaporisation offers more direct results compared to other drug-delivery methods. The dosage is controlled and not likely to be exceeded, which goes a long way to preventing overdoses. Since the materials used generally herbs and plants known for their medicinal use, such as tobacco, aloe vera, eucalyptus and ginkgo biloba, patients tend to achieve the desired result in a relatively harmless manner.

There are several factors to consider, in order to ensure the correct use of a vaporiser. The correct temperature must be set on the device and the quantity of plant matter, leaves or seeds to be used must be carefully measured. Any variation will directly affect the quality of vapour being produced, so proper settings and procedures must be observed.

Posted in Drug Information, Legal Highs, Tobacco, Vaporisers at September 24th, 2009. No Comments.

Herbs used as Legal Highs

In the modern world some people, especially teens, are fond of using drugs and herbal highs, legally or illegally. They are using this kind of drug to achieve the state of being ‘high’, or the trancelike state commonly recognised as having reached ‘outer space’, in spite of its harmful effects on the body.

Herbal highs, especially marijuana, are prohibited in most countries around the world. However, in some places including some US states and Canadian provinces, many students and kids are buying and using the herb salvia divinorum, a member of the mint family that grows in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is said that this herb can create an out-of-body experience. Law enforcement can’t stop the students from using this herb because it is legal to sell, buy, possess and use in Mexico and most of the US. Canadian law enforcement says that they can’t control the heavy use of consciousness-altering drugs that is happening, especially in schools in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. And cops can’t do anything about salvia because it contains a legal substance that is being sold in the so-called head shops and health food stores.

This herb has long been used by Mexicans for spiritual trips and can be smoked or eaten. Some groups in schools also imbibe; that is why many parents have been calling the police. The police state that salvia should be classified as an illegal substance, like the other hallucinogens, and they note that this kind of herb is already illegal in seven US states.

Posted in Drug Information, Legal Highs, Smoking at September 3rd, 2009. No Comments.

People’s Preference of Herbal Highs to Have More Fun

The number of people who are using class-A illegal drugs as “recreational,” is soaring because of the drugs’ growing availability and lower prices. This latest buzz term is used by many people to describe their usage of drugs, like Ecstasy and cocaine, to have more fun during their weekends.

However, partygoers are now shifting to legal herbal highs, with the purpose of trying to get the similar effects of the illegal substances. These herbal highs are available in many shops and even over the Internet, which serves as a powerful marketing medium of these products. Herbal highs are called by various names, such as X4 Ecstasy, California’s, Strawberry Fields, and Speedo’s.

Through the Internet, herbal highs gained more media attention and, because of their popularity, other products also became widely known, like herbal Viagra. Although herbal Viagra has been available for years, it has only begun to really shine recently as a substitute for the real “little blue pill.” An example of herbal Viagra that is being advertised is Duro, which is known to have extracts of fungus from silkworms. There are several varieties of Viagra on the market for men and women. Viagra is intended to cure erectile dysfunction, increase sexual performance     and stamina, and increase libido. However, herbal Viagra often has some dangerous side effects, including low blood pressure. There is also proof that herbal Viagra may become toxic if too big a dose is taken.

These herbal products are offered by several leading suppliers. One of them is the Ultimate Herbal, which is regarded as one of the leading suppliers in the UK of herbal Viagra and other products that enhance sexual ability.

Posted in Drug Information at August 28th, 2009. No Comments.