[belfast]

Plant Portrait - Sassafras albidum
https://www.pfaf.org/leaflets/sassafra.php

[FreezerBoy]

Supposedly it's a deadly killer now. I loved it as a kid but they haven't sold it in years. Last time I saw some in the store it was a fake concoction, 100% sassafras free. I still rip up a few trees when I visit back east.

[Sheriff Bart]

well safrole might posses some carcinogenic properties, or at least metabolites of safrole arent very good for you....although it is delicious....

[Haps]

It promotes tumor growth in the liver, tastes great, then kills ya slow.
H

[Doobie Nyce]

thats all just propoganda because molly is made from sass trees! I'd thinkg you guys could spot it better!

I'd love to get a few sass trees going

[Sheriff Bart]

hey dummy
its not propoganda
its pretty well shown that given animals safrole produces carcinogenic metabolites int he body
stuff like hydroxy-safrole
and others

[RESINvention]

Originally Posted by Doobie Nyce

thats all just propoganda because molly is made from sass trees!

Did you guys even read the article Belfast attached in his post?

"The oil (essential root oil) contains safrole, which is said to have carcinogenic activity and has been banned from use in American foods - though there is plenty of modern research which shows that it is less likely to cause cancer than alcohol. In large doses, however, the oil is poisonous, causing dilated pupils, vomiting, stupor, collapse and kidney and liver damage."

I was at Burning Man and was gifted a sassafras pill... a capsule filled with a white powder. When consumed it gave off the most euphoric and warmest feeling, packed with perma-smiles. I don't roll at all, and this was probably the first time I took something of this caliber.. but does anyone know what exactly it was? The kids told me it was a precursor to mali or something, just natural and not as bad/chemically for you.. anyone know what I'm talking about?

[Doobie Nyce]

Im sure the same gov't sponsored studies would find pot gives you cancer too!

I may be a skeptic but I call swine flu... you guys watch too much tv

[Clovenhoof]

Originally Posted by RESINvention

I was at Burning Man and was gifted a sassafras pill... a capsule filled with a white powder. When consumed it gave off the most euphoric and warmest feeling, packed with perma-smiles. I don't roll at all, and this was probably the first time I took something of this caliber.. but does anyone know what exactly it was? The kids told me it was a precursor to mali or something, just natural and not as bad/chemically for you.. anyone know what I'm talking about?

From safrole you can process 3,4-methylenedioxy-phenylacetone and from that 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamin (MDMA) aka XTC. I think safrole itself does not have any psychedelic properties, so the pill should have been some XTC. Your description of effects support this theory.*

An aside: safrole is on the DEA watching list. Sage, nutmeg and other spices, they all contain so-called 'Essential Oils' from which other drugs can be derived. Most of them are non-scheduled. If someone is really interested in the chemistry behind, I can highly recommend some books by Uncle Fester, 'Secrets of Methamphetamin Synthesis' and 'Advanced Techniques of Clandestine Psychedelic & Amphetamine Manufacture'.

[RESINvention]

Chyaa thanks clovenhoof for clearing this up! I think I'd definitely be DEA Blacklisted if I purchased those books or visited errowids vault, but they definitely would be interesting material to read. Thanks!