I didn\'t know \"oxy\" was a neurotransmitter. o_O
Secondly, I\'d like to see a source on
your assertion that 99% of GHB use is for date rape, and 1% for bodybuilding. Seriously. Back it up.
GHB has
seen and continues to see plenty of use as a recreational drug and as a less toxic substitute for alcohol, at least
when it\'s available, on the east coast and in parts of the upper midwest that I have anecdotal \"eyes and
ears\" in.
As to your statements about serotonin and PEA and \"oxy\" lasting six years, and other such ..
interesting ideas (sound waves and mind control?), I think I\'ll wait for the report in Nature. ^_^ A B.S. in
organic doesn\'t confer a Ph.D. in neuropsychology, psychopharmacology, or anything else.
Incidentally, I
believe that \"phenethylamines\" when used to refer to centrally acting drugs is sort of a moniker used to
describe an entire family of structurally related compounds which include MDMA, MDA, and cousins. I\'ve used it
as such (and seen it used as such) due to the work of Alexander Shulgin, who penned the (in)famous _Phenethylamines
I Have Known And Loved_, and later, _Tryptamines I Have Known And Loved_. CF:
http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online
/pihkal/pihkal.shtml
In fact, the online version of the book even goes so far as to helpfully provide a
definition for us:
* * *
phen-ethyl-amine \\fen-\'eth-al-a-,men\\ n. [phenyl fr. F. phène, fr. Gk.
phainein, to show (from its occurrence in illuminating gas)+ ethyl ( + yl) + amine fr. NL ammonia] 1: A
naturally occurring compound found in both the animal and plant kingdoms. It is an endogenous component of the human
brain. 2: Any of a series of compounds containing the phenethylamine skeleton, and modified by chemical
constituents at appropriate positions in the molecule.
* * *
I imagine the key word in that definition would
be \"skeleton\", for those prone to trifling over exact semantics.
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