Does Nutmeg get you high?!
PS no anti-drug preaches please
Answers: Does nutmeg REALLY get you high? What kind of high? (ie hallucinogenic ect.) If it does then how much should be used? Smoked or still eaten? Is it possible to OD on it? Whats the active chemical?
PS no anti-drug preaches please
In large quantities, yes, but it doesn't sound like a great high, it's pretty toxic and it takes a long time to kick in. It's not popular due to major side effects.
"In low doses, nutmeg produces no noticeable physiological or neurological response. Large doses of 60 g (~12 teaspoons) or more are dangerous, potentially inducing convulsions, palpitations, nausea, eventual dehydration, and generalized body pain[1] In amounts of 10-40 g (~4-8 teaspoons) it is a mild to medium hallucinogen, producing visual distortions and a mild euphoria. Nutmeg contains myristicin, a weak monoamine oxidase inhibitor.
A test was carried out on the substance that showed that, when ingested in large amounts, nutmeg takes on a similar chemical make-up to MDMA (ecstasy)[citations needed]. However, 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 doom/death, and agitation. Some cases have resulted in hospitalization.
Fatal doses in children are significantly lower, with an 8-year-old boy who consumed just two nutmegs to fall into a coma, dying 20-hours later.[2]
Nutmeg is an abortifacient, and as such any significant doses should be avoided by pregnant women.[1] "
i heard it just makes you cough a shitload
lol these question get better every day
Yes. It is more like a coffee jitters sort of high. I used to eat a lot of it during high school and college. There is a toxic level that you should research though. I believe it is 1/2 teaspoonful maximum per day. Be very careful.
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I have not tried it so I am not qualified to comment on its effect or usage but I do know that in Malaysia. Thailand and Indonesia where the fruit is abundant, it is a cheap alternative, hard drugs addicts use to get high. The sap in the raw unripe fruit has an hallucinogenic effect.
Look up wikipedia under nutmeg/toxicity
It will only get you "high" if you stand on a big pile of it.