I read this at work today while skimming through a two day old newspaper. I figured it might be of interest for some in the RC community. Note: didn't remove any of the spelling errors.
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No one in Alberta’s seems to know much about foxy methoxy - the latest mind altering substance tripping into psychedelic subcultures.
Professors at the universities of Alberta and Calgary, Capital Health, street-level outreach groups - even local cops - had almost nothing to tell Sun Media about the synthetic hallucinogen, which is in the same family as LSD and magic mushrooms.
The drug causes hallucinations and intensified tactile sensations, and is reputed to enhance sexual experiences according to a 2003 article in Playboy magazine, citing a high-profile 1999 bust of the drug in New York City.
More recently foxy pills have cropped up in B.C.
In Edmonton, Wallis Kendal of iHuman, a group that helps rehabilitate troubled youth, has never heard of the drug.
Nor has Marliss Taylor, who heads up the Street Works program offering help to inner city users.
The local police don’t have much intelligence about the drug either, although drug section Staff Sgt. Darren Derko said cops may have run into it a few years ago during a bust where they thought they nabbed 100 ecstasy pills.
Cops were confused when the suspect said the pills produced “warm and fuzzy” feelings - terms not normally used to describe ecstasy.
Sure enough the drug was identified as a triptomine - an hallucinogen. Ecstasy is a stimulant.
“It was thought to have come from a clandestine lab in B.C. It could have been foxy methoxy,” Derko said today, recalling the bust.
Edmonton-based medical examiner Dr. Peter Singer was the only local source Sun Media found with anything other than a cursory knowledge of the drug - which is ironic because Singer deals with dead people.
Singer is currently investigating a death where the drug could be to blame.
It’s the only Alberta case he’s aware of where foxy has appeared in toxicology results, he said.
“(Contrary to reports suggesting it is a mild hallucinogen) I suspect it’s fairly potent, that the high is short-lived and unpleasant for most people.
“I don’t know if it’s appeared in any emergency rooms yet. Emergency room drug screens may not recognize it because it’s new.”
At least one report of foxy poisoning causing death already exists. It was published in Japan in 2005."
Ive always felt that Foxy has has potential in a club because of how strong it's stimulatory effects are. SWIF's experiences of it have always felt it was more of a stimulant than a phsychadelic.
Ive always felt that Foxy has has potential in a club because of how strong it's stimulatory effects are. SWIF's experiences of it have always felt it was more of a stimulant than a phsychadelic.
My friend says:
I agree. I have only tried it once but I found it to be more like a strange, less intense version of E. The visuals were minimal if any. I can see how this drug could gain popularity, apart from it gives some people the shits.
It amazes me just how uneducated the media is.This is beyond detrimental to getting out the truth about mind altering substances and those who use them.lol in the same family as magic mushrooms.
16-03-2008, 03:59
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