۩ said:
Deja Vu...
You know, 69ron, I just sat here and meditated as to why you can't believe my claims.
I had no idea that these things were out of the ordinary, until you posted.
Thinking back, the foot of pedro could have been more than a foot. The foot was just an estimate.
No way could it have been 2', though.
My skepticism is strong, but I might be COMPLETELY WRONG. It's possible that your claim of such a strong experience from such a small amount of cactus material is authentic. I don't know. I wasn't there.
۩, if the Pedro was actually Achuma, which some vendors sell as Pedro, the potency can be extremely high. I've heard of people getting a very strong trip from as little as 4 inches of Achuma cactus.
An extract of Achuma can have little
mescaline, but still be much stronger than Pedro. The non-
mescaline alkaloids in Achuma have a very big impact on the potency. SWIM did an A/B on Achuma once and found that 75 mg of alkaloids from it was as strong as 150 mg of
mescaline. It was twice the potency it should have been. Clearly the non-
mescaline alkaloids present were either highly active on their own or boosting the potency of the
mescaline.
There is little work on Achuma. Most people use Pedro or Torch. But I know Achuma is sometimes sold as Pedro and visa versa. There are at least a few vendors that I know that regularly sell Achuma and call it Pedro.
It's possible you have a very potent Achuma or a strain of Pedro that's actually stronger than what's been documented and possibly stronger than anything SWIM ever had.
With Achuma, a 4 inch cutting can produce a trip like that of 300 mg of
mescaline, but only actually have about 150 mg. The other alkaloids present are the cause of this. So a 12 inch cutting of Achuma could have 450 mg of
mescaline, but be as strong as 900 mg. That is close to your claim of potency, but that's for Achuma and not Pedro. I've not heard of Pedro being that potent, but still, it could be.
I'd like someone to get to the bottom of this. SWIM cannot extract anything right now. He's way too busy to mess around with extractions of any kind and also very broke, with negative funds in the bank, and overdraft charges...what a mess. Too many bills, too much work, and not enough money
So finances are his greatest concern at the moment.