Talk:Psychotria viridis

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[edit] Toxic properties of Psychotria Viridis

The article claims P.V. has toxic properties. Can someone elaborate on what those are and which chemical accounts for those? Studies indicated a very low toxicity of DMT, with the lethal dose being greater than 20x the typical ceremonial dose (Addiction. 2007 Jan;102(1):24-34, "Risk assessment of ritual use of oral dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and harmala alkaloids" by Gable RS), so it must be something else.

  • Any plant derived chemical, or alkaloid, may be referred to as a toxin. See Wikipedia's own definition => Toxin or Google web defintions => http://www.google.com/search?q=define:Toxin . The word toxin is a highly charged word implying negativity or detriment. As with the majority of plant derived psychotropics the activity is in the neuronal synapse, usually either stimulating it or blocking it. A) This type of activity is not necessarily damaging, and B) in any case alterations are not necessarily harmful. Further, as with any psychotropic activity in general, whether synaptic stimulation or inhibition is endogenous or exogenous is purely semantic, as the activity is essentially identical. Therefore, referring to an entheogen as intoxicating would seem to represent little more than a matter of opinion.... Santodaimeaustralia 05:32, 13 July 2007 (UTC)