silliness

[pasithea]

Heeey man... Let's go snort some giraffe!

http://www.cracked.com/article/81_6-animals-that-can-get-you-high/

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[captpackrat.livejournal.com]

Zebras - My anti-drug

[paka.livejournal.com]

So I was reading about Quanah Parker, and how he might've gotten that into peyote when he was desperately ill because it actually has some antibiotic properties. I was wondering if you'd ever heard of anything like the antibiotic chunk of chemistry associated with this stuff before, and was curious whether mescaline has anything similar going on?

[dv-girl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there's Peyocactin which is a type of Hordenine. There's also quinolone in some related cactii which is also a strong antimicrobal. Both sets of chemicals are alleged to be effective even against penicillin-resistant staff.

Makes sense really. Cacti are slow-growing plants that store water and live in frequently harsh environments. Not surprising they'd have some good mechanisms for defending themselves.