Sassafras

[JayT]

Cambodia destroys 33 tons of key Ecstasy drug ingredient worth billions

 

The Associated Press

 

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Cambodian authorities working with Australian police destroyed an enormous stockpile of 33 tons of safrole-rich oil, a key ingredient used in producing the synthetic drug Ecstasy, officials said Friday.

 

The amount could have been used to produce 245 million tablets of the drug. It had a potential street value of more than 7.6 billion Australian dollars (US$7.3 billion), the Australian Embassy said in a statement.

 

The oil, which is extracted from the roots of the sassafras tree, was burned over a three-day period starting Wednesday, said Lour Ramin, a police lieutenant general and secretary-general of the National Authority for Combating Drugs.

 

"If this oil had been used to produce Ecstasy tablets, millions of people would have suffered," he said.

 

Members of the Australian Federal Police oversaw the burning of the oil in a remote village in Cambodia's Pursat province, about 100 miles northwest of the capital, Phnom Penh, he said.

 

"These seizures demonstrate that Cambodia faces the challenges of suppressing drug production for regional export, as well as challenges faced as a transit center for regional and international drug market," Philip Hunter, an official from Australian Federal Police, said at the ceremony.

 

The destruction "was a significant blow to the trade of illicit drugs in the region," Hunter was quoted saying in the embassy statement.

 

 

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[devils reject]

245 million tabs of E.

Bastards.

[CTO]

<<"If this oil had been used to produce Ecstasy tablets, millions of people would have suffered," he said.>>

 

How

[devils reject]

'Millions of people would have had a fucking good night out' I say. :bangit:

[Mekong]

A great philosopher once wrote

Naughty, naughty, very naughty

Ha ha ha ha ha

 

Ebeneezer Goode

 

Or how about

Jocelyn Enriquez's finest 3 min 48 sec

[Barry]

What's the appeal to that stuff? What effects/sife effects does it have?

[elef]

Acute effects

For more details on this topic, see Effects of MDMA on the human body.

The primary effects attributable to MDMA consumption are predictable and fairly consistent amongst users.[23][24][25] The most common effects include:

 

Euphoria

Decreased hostility and insecurity

Increased feelings of intimacy with others

Feelings of empathy towards others

Ability to discuss anxiety-provoking topics with markedly-increased ease

A strong sense of inner peace and self-acceptance

Feelings of insightfulness and mental clarity

Intensification of sensory experience, particularly auditory and tactile

Decreased appetite

Urinary retention (also see hyponatremia)

Mydriasis (abnormal pupil dilation)

Increased physical energy

Increased heart rate and blood pressure

Other effects may include:

 

Short-term memory lapses

Trisma (lockjaw)

Bruxia (involuntary teeth grinding)

Nystagmus (rapid, uncontrollable eye movements)

Several hours of restlessness following primary subjective effects, often accompanied by a peaceful, "glowing" feeling

A period of general malaise following primary subjective effects, normally resolving within a few days

Mildly-blurred vision following primary subjective effects, gradually resolving over a period of up to several days, also known as "plurring"

Serious complications increasing in likelihood with dose, environmental severity, degree of physical activity, and/or certain drug interactions include:

 

Hyperthermia (due to an intemperate environment and/or lack of hydration and/or rest from physical activity, usually dancing)

Dehydration (due to an intemperate environment and/or lack of hydration and/or rest from physical activity, usually dancing)

Hyponatremia (due to drug induced antidiuretic hormone release and/or excess compensatory intake of fluids, a rare complication)

Serotonin syndrome (believed to be due to excess release of serotonin, sometimes triggered by coadministration of other serotonergic drugs)

 

wikipedia

[devils reject]

Depends on what gear you buy.

In the good old days E mainly consisted of MDMA wich would make you feel quite euphoric, confident,talkative and generaly a fun person to be around with. A great party drug basically.

Nowadays it's made out of all sorts of horrible stuff like speed,smack and other types of poison.

I haven't touched the stuff in years so can't comment on what it's like now.

 

[Bangkoktraveler]

33 tons of safrole-rich oil destroyed because it could be used to make the synthetic drug Ecstasy. Just because it could be used to make drugs doesn't mean it was goig to be used for that purpose.

Somebody once told me that if they got rid of a key element found in all drugs, there would be no drugs. That key element is water or was it hot air?

[TheCorinthian]

We seized a bunch of Ex a few years ago: about 10000 pills. It was shocking to see the range of just crap that was in them when they were tested.

 

For that alone I would never touch the stuff.