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08/10/2007 09:16:13 AM · #1
I was wondering if anyone has ever heard what happens when you consume 15-20 grams of Nutmeg. I've heard some wild things. Is that potentially bad for your health? I heard someone talking about it on the radio. Let me know what you guys think. I'm just curious...that is all.
08/10/2007 09:21:31 AM · #2
I heard 2 tbsp. Do a google search, apparently it gets you high, but its a slow slow slow "drug" - as in you wont get the full effect until a few hours after ingestion.
08/10/2007 09:22:16 AM · #3
Hmmm, nothing about it at snopes.com

My first impression is that it sounds like a bad idea. Nothing to back that up, however.
08/10/2007 09:30:20 AM · #4
According to Wikipedia 5-20g will get you high. It does have some unpleasant side-effects though.
08/10/2007 09:30:47 AM · #5
Sounds very pleasant;

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutmeg#Risks_and_toxicity
"Large doses of 30 g (~6 teaspoons) or more are dangerous, potentially inducing convulsions, palpitations, nausea, eventual dehydration, and generalized body pain BMJ. In amounts of 5ΓΆ€“20 g (~1-4 teaspoons) it is a mild to medium hallucinogen, producing visual distortions and a mild euphoria."

"Use of nutmeg as a recreational drug is unpopular due to its unpleasant taste and its side effects, including dizziness, flushes, dry mouth, accelerated heartbeat, temporary constipation, difficulty in urination, nausea, and panic. A user will not experience a peak until approximately six hours after ingestion, and effects can linger for up to three days afterwards."

"A risk in any large-quantity (over 25 g, ~5 teaspoons) ingestion of nutmeg is the onset of 'nutmeg poisoning', an acute psychiatric disorder marked by thought disorder, a sense of impending death, and agitation. Some cases have resulted in hospitalization."
08/10/2007 09:34:48 AM · #6
Count me in!
08/10/2007 09:53:23 AM · #7
Well...I guess that explains why everyone is so happy at Christmas.
08/10/2007 10:20:12 AM · #8
I've heard of that before. There's apparently all sorts of ways to 'get high' without using illegal street drugs. But 'every action has an equal and opposite reaction'...
08/10/2007 10:26:46 AM · #9
You can always get the mp3s that get you high haha. I think its ldoser or idoser. Google it.
08/10/2007 10:33:02 AM · #10
And here I am in "the nutmeg state".......that would explain alot.

Message edited by author 2007-08-10 10:33:58.
08/10/2007 01:28:33 PM · #11
I was talking to someone about it then they said you can also smoke banana peels...what the hell?!?
08/10/2007 01:53:15 PM · #12
Originally posted by DefyTime:

I was talking to someone about it then they said you can also smoke banana peels...what the hell?!?


Don't tell us you've never heard of that?
08/10/2007 01:57:04 PM · #13
OK, I'll play the dummy then...my mom told us to EAT our fruits and veggies, not smoke 'em, rofl! What does smoking banana peels do?

Originally posted by TechnoShroom:

Originally posted by DefyTime:

I was talking to someone about it then they said you can also smoke banana peels...what the hell?!?


Don't tell us you've never heard of that?
08/10/2007 02:04:08 PM · #14
I've heard you had to dry them in the oven and then crush them and then smoke it. And then you 'get high'.

Never done it but that's what I heard in high school.
08/10/2007 02:12:35 PM · #15
Originally posted by bergiekat:

OK, I'll play the dummy then...my mom told us to EAT our fruits and veggies, not smoke 'em, rofl! What does smoking banana peels do?


Absolutely nothing, except perhaps give you a headache. It's one of the longest running jokes around. Telling young people how to extract "bannadine" and watching them do it used to be quite popular. I guess it isn't as common now.
08/10/2007 02:14:19 PM · #16
Originally posted by TechnoShroom:

[Telling young people how to extract "bannadine" and watching them do it used to be quite popular.


Now we tell them to drink a bottle of Robitussin and watch. Much more entertaining...
08/10/2007 02:17:00 PM · #17
Originally posted by bdenny:

Originally posted by TechnoShroom:

[Telling young people how to extract "bannadine" and watching them do it used to be quite popular.


Now we tell them to drink a bottle of Robitussin and watch. Much more entertaining...


Getting someone loaded on Dextromethorphan isn't my idea of funny but everyone's different.

EDIT: Spelling

Message edited by author 2007-08-10 14:18:32.
08/10/2007 02:19:40 PM · #18
that was a joke...
08/10/2007 02:22:29 PM · #19
Sorry, it was lost on me.
08/10/2007 02:24:51 PM · #20
I would never endorse that sort of thing to anyone. I would have in my 'wilder, untamed' days, but not as a responsible adult. It's an entirely bad idea.
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