Jungle Fever: Smoking Paraphernalia & Legal Highs

Through the years, there has been a lot of controversy regarding what is legal and what is not in the scope of herbal highs. Here is a lowdown on practices which are considered legal to keep you one step above the law.

Smoking herbs have been used in the past by shamans to heighten their senses as well as for medicinal and relaxation purposes. Even before herbs were used for their own leisure, they were used in various forms: either as teas to induce a meditative state or as alternative medicine to alleviate pain in patients with serious illnesses. Herbs that are not prohibited by the country’s Drug Law can be purchased and utilised easily, without any problems.

Although legal, herbal highs still bring a lot of adverse side effects. Like alcohol, smoking herbs lowers inhibitions in people and impairs their sense of judgement. Legal highs still carry precautionary measures and warnings in relation to their use. People are discouraged from driving and operating machinery when under the influence of herbal highs. Pregnant and lactating women are also prohibited from using these herbs as the effects of such on the unborn child are still unknown.

Many herbs that are used in small quantities when cooking like parsley, nutmeg, wild lettuce, and wild fennel can induce herbal highs. What induce these sensations are chemicals found in plants in their various forms. Some chemicals are likely to create highs when they are dried and processed, while some are potent in their raw form.