Posted by Quintal on June 20, 2007, at 17:43:15
In reply to Re: scopolamine trial for depression, posted by linkadge on June 20, 2007, at 15:29:24
They do ship to the US and Canada, but they have some restrictions. I suppose that would mostly be for controlled meds like codeine that are more tightly regulated in those countries (a shame because they also make wonderful antidepressants).
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--------------------------------------------------Hyoscine/scopolamine is FDA approved, so I don't see why there should be a problem if you say you're buying it for travel sickness. Sometimes customs puts a tax levy on items that are sold cheaper in other countries to make up the difference, but since there don't seem to be any hyoscine tablets sold in Canada I don't know what they'd have to compare it to.
One possible explanation about the absence of tablets is that the authorities are trying to curb abuse of this drug via date-rape and other criminal activities?
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Other usesThe use of scopolamine as a truth drug was investigated by various intelligence agencies, including the CIA, during the 1950s. see: Project MKULTRA. It was found that, due to the hallucinogenic side effects of the drug, the truth was prone to distortion, and the project was subsequently abandoned.[citation needed]. Nazi doctor Josef Mengele experimented on scopolamine as an interrogation drug.
Scopolamine is used criminally as a date rape drug[citation needed] and as an aid to robbery, the most common act being the clandestine drugging of a victim's drink.[citation needed] Victims of this crime are often admitted to a hospital in police custody, under the assumption that the patient is experiencing a psychotic episode. A telltale sign is a fever accompanied by a lack of sweat.
In Colombia a plant admixture containing scopolamine called Burundanga has been used shamanically for decades. In recent years its criminal use (as outlined above) has become an epidemic. Approximately fifty percent of emergency room admissions for poisoning in Bogotá have been attributed to scopolamine. Also in Caracas, Venezuela, crime related to burundanga techniques has multiplied in the last years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyoscine#Popular_culture
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