Tulip Poplar..

[Kyle]

Originally Posted by NCPete

Atropine, and 2-Pam Chloride - ingredients in every soldiers NAAK (nerve agent antidote kit) hmmmm, didn't know the halucinogenic properties of the atropine - guess using the protective mask (NAK's are stored there in an auto-injection kit) as a pillow really was a bad idea??

its also an antidote to organophosphate poisoning (remember that from my anatomy and phys classes years ago) fights S.L.U.D.G.E. Salivation, Lacrimation,Urination, Defecation, Gastrointestinal motility and Emesis.

[NCPete]

um, Kyle, way too many words to look up there. They didn't use big words like that to tell us it could keep Sarin and other agents from killing us.

[LeftyTom]

Originally Posted by DaveO

Jimsonweed, more specifically Datura spp. also know as Nightshade contains Tropane alkaloids specifically and most common Atropine. The line between it's true hallucinogenic properties and poisoning is very fine.
Atropine produces true hallucinations that are indistinguishable from reality, unlike Psilocybin and LSD which are purely sensory hallucinations. Very similar to Peyote/Mescal, although the alkaloid compound Mescaline, is quite different in make up, it's effect are quite similar.

...Or so I have read

Dave

Yo, Dave, got any left over?

[sapwood]

Originally Posted by Mike Davis

There are evergreen oaks, so it makes sense to me.

Now, that makes sense


I learned about the positive/negative effects of atropine in a Chemical and Biological Warfare course while in the Marines. However, I don't think I could have jabbed one of those needles in my leg under any circumstance Most of our equipment was left over from the Spanish/American War of 1898

Roger

[Will Goodwin]

Dave you been holding out on me... I thought you just knew a lot about turning pens ! I thought I was doing good to remember the saying we used to remember the classifications:

Kings - Kingdom
Play - Phylum
Chess - Class
On - Order
Fine - Family
Grain - Genus
Sand - Species

That was from High School Biology. I have a book that I picked up somewhere that has a lot of Botanical names in it. Manual of Cultivated Plants. I don't open it very often, but you made me want to go crack it open.

[Bas]

That's a great way of remembering things! Here's one of my favorites:

Daily - Don't
Stretching - Stick
Your - Your
Feet - Fingers
Improves - In
The - The
Joints - Jointer

[DaveO]

Bas, you're out there....and I love it


Dave