Friends of Erowid,

The new Erowid Extracts is at the printer ready to be mailed to members next week. This issue features U.K. mescaline-containing cactus law and U.S. S. divinorum law news, an introduction to carbogen, MKULTRA and psychedelics, a run-down of the places Erowid has been mentioned (or not mentioned!) in print and other media, and more. New members joining now will receive the June newsletter as well as last November's issue.

Have your donation doubled! It's not too late to have your donation to Erowid matched by the collective generosity of four Erowid supporters. All donations or memberships of $10 and over made before May 31st will be matched. We're hoping to meet the challenge so we can receive the full $10,000 in available funds. With 3 days left, we still have $2,000 to go!

We welcome submissions, suggestions, criticisms, or corrections at submissions@erowid.org.

peace,
fire & earth

1. Capsaicin Vault
   http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/capsaicin/
   
   Capsaicin gives hot chiles their burn, this new vault includes photos of a capsaicin nasal spray, a couple experiences, a little chemistry info, and a law page.
   
   
2. Ethylene Vault
   http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/ethylene/
   
   Abandoned as an anaesthetic because of its flammability, ethylene features in the debate over the mysterious "pneuma" of the Oracle at Delphi rites. A recent journal article by Foster and Lehoux argue that there is little evidence to support the ethylene hypothesis.
   
   
3. Nicotine Vault
   http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/nicotine/
   
   Separated out nicotine from the Tobacco Vault and added nicotine- specific Basics, Law, Chemistry, and Dose pages as well as a nicotine timeline.
   
   
4. "Cheese" Heroin
   http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/heroin/heroin_article1.shtml
   
   A description of the media-hyped "cheese" heroin outbreak in Texas.
   
   
5. New Image Vault Additions
   Five new images were added, including:
   
   Capsaicin (Hot Pepper Extract) Image Vault
   http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/show_image.php?i=capsaicin/capsaicin_nasalspray__i2007e0775_disp.jpg
   
   Lophophora williamsii (Peyote)
   http://www.erowid.org/plants/show_image.php?i=peyote/lophophora_williamsii_flower__i2004e1029_disp.jpg
   
   
6. Art Vaults
   http://www.erowid.org/culture/art/
   
   Three new artists were added to the Visionary Art Vaults this month.
   
   May Featured Artist: Manub
   http://www.erowid.org/culture/art/artists_m/art_manub.shtml
   
   
7. New Online Books
   http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/
   
   Eight new online books were added to the library, including:
   
   Joyous Cosmology, by Alan Watts (pdf)
   http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/joyous_cosmology.pdf
   
   Hallucinogens and Culture, by Peter Furst (pdf)
   http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/hallucinogens_and_culture.pdf
   
   The Book of Grass, edited by Andrews & Vinkenoog (pdf)
   http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/book_of_grass.pdf
   
   
8. The Erowid Review
   Two book reviews were added:
   
   "Eduardo el Curandero: Words of a Peruvian Healer", reviewed by D. Arnson
   http://www.erowid.org/library/review/review.php?p=220
   
   "The Age of Entheogens & The Angels' Dictionary", reviewed by R. Case
   http://www.erowid.org/library/review/review.php?p=229
   
   
9. 352 New Experience Reports
   http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.cgi?DateRange&Y1=2007&M1=04&D1=20&M2=05&D2=28
   
   Some of the top rated experiences published this month were:
   
   "I Am Not Hardcore" (Alcohol, Ketamine & 1,4-butanediol), by maison
   http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=53780
   A humorous telling of missteps with CNS depressants.
   
   "Amazing Airbulb Invention" (smoked N,N-DMT), by PippUK
   http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=62835
   A compilation of short, positive, experiences by someone first experimenting with smoking DMT.
   
   

For a more complete listing of What's New at Erowid go to:
http://www.erowid.org/new.php

Conducts laboratory testing of street Ecstasy tablets.

Between Apr 20 and May 19, results were posted for 7 new tablets. http://www.ecstasydata.org/results.php?A=DateRange&Y1=2007&M1=04&D1=20&M2=05&D2=21

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