Talk:Psychoactive toad

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[edit] New Cultural Reference

I think I could stand to add a reference to the Bufo marinus found in Dave Barry's Big Trouble.

"Toad-licking is also mentioned in passing in Dave Barry's 1996 novel, Big Trouble, in which a Cane Toad plays a passing role." Darkfrog24 19:15, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kansas City Star article

This newspaper ran this story on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007. It is about a guy who has been arrested and charged with possession of a toad with the intent of extracting the hallucinogen bufotenine from its secretions. __meco 11:56, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Confusing sentence

The article states:

"The MAO system keeps dangerous amines from building up in the blood stream. "

There was no prior reference to "the MAO system", and because the word "system" has so many meanings, this could mean virtually anything. The use of the word "the" implies this terminology is previously known to the reader, which is not the case, I am sure, for most readers.

If "the MAO system" is in fact some aspect of the human body's biochemistry, then I suggest the article say this explicitly.Daqu (talk) 00:32, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

I linked in Monoamine oxidase early in the paragraph. That should help. --Mdwyer (talk) 21:21, 4 June 2008 (UTC)