lettuce opium

[420ever]

any of you heard of it supposed to be a mild opium kind of high

 

[tom__420]

I have never heard of it
Papaver Somniferum and lettuce are two totally different plants

 

[420ever]

I have never heard of it
Papaver Somniferum and lettuce are two totally different plants

Some alkaloids in lettuce supposed to have chemical makeup as morphine. dunno just read about it read it was popular in 70s

 

[worm5376]

Say what? This is new news to me even though its not new.

 

[The Next Shakespeare]

It's poisonous. The psychoactive effects is basically that of Ibuprofen.

 

[worm5376]

Case closed..

 

[victozap]

Case reopened. The lettuce doesn't have the same psychological effects of ibuprophen, it has the same analgesic effects of ibuprophen, MUCH different. Basically it works as just as good as ibuprophen at reducing pain, it also contains lactucopicrin which induces sedative and hypnotic effects. Definetly a cool plant, I'd try it if you have the chance.

 

[victozap]

Oh also, it's not toxic.... Rats could with stand 6 grams per kilogram without any toxic effects so it's not posiouness at all

 

[smokinguns]

Are we talking about plain old lettuce from the local supermarket? How does this happen?

 

[victozap]

No it's only in certain species of lettuce, there's a species literally called opium lettuce (also called wild lettuce and bitter lettuce)

 

[tom__420]

No I think this is what the dude is talking about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactucarium

 

[worm5376]

No I think this is what the dude is talking about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactucarium

I believe that you are right, and it also states that it is poisonous.

 

[victozap]

Yeah that's the active chemical in opium lettuce that produces the effects

 

[victozap]

Oh it does say it's poisonous, that's wierd cause if you scroll down it says that they made an extract out of the seeds that isn't toxic at all, maybe there's a way you could extract the chemical out so you could smoke it pure without the poisonous shit

It also says there's only been one fatality though, so it can't be that toxic

 

[worm5376]

Oh it does say it's poisonous, that's wierd cause if you scroll down it says that they made an extract out of the seeds that isn't toxic at all, maybe there's a way you could extract the chemical out so you could smoke it pure without the poisonous shit

It also says there's only been one fatality though, so it can't be that toxic

Yeah it is weird. I'm also wondering if there is a way to extraxt.

 

[victozap]

It doesn't really say whats poisonous though, the chemical or the stuff from the actual plant. If it's the stuff in the plant it should be a easy extraction because it says that the chemicals in the latex milk in the plant. So you could just slice the plant and collect all the milk, like how you get opium from poppies.

 

[worm5376]

No. I believe that its the "latex" that is poisonous because it is a latex.

 

[victozap]

Oh ok, I lurked all over wiki and I figured it out. Go on the lactucopicrin page and click on "sesquiterpene lactone" because I gues that's the kind of chemical it is. But it says it only causes toxic reactions if overdoses, so if you use it with moderation you should be good.

 

[Mr.KushMan]

I think your toxic constituent is going to be the hyoscyamine. Its a tropane and we all no those can fuck one right up.

Peace

 

[ANC]

ya, but at what levels, those are pretty common.