Erowid Tobacco Vault : Bits & Pieces

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Bits & Pieces

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The "Bits & Pieces" section is intended for random snippets of information which don't fit
easily elsewhere and/or which have been newly added, but not yet carefully categorized.

Shina or Tsina
"This snuff powder is produced by the Jamamadis and Denis of the Brazilian Amazon. It consists of equal parts of roasted Nicotiana tabacum leaves and ashes from the bark of Theobroma subincanum Mart. And other Theobroma species (known as cacau). Both are ground fine and snuffed in the evening."
- from Rätsch C. Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants. Park Street Press. 2005. p788; www.christian-raetsch.de