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Word: tripster (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1967-1967
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...produced by the naked Waika Indians of northern Brazil-a tribe so backward that they have not yet discovered pots. But their hallucinatory snuff can induce a "trip" faster than LSD. Made from the bark of the epena and ama asita trees, epena is administered through a blowpipe. The tripster puts one end of the pipe to his nostril, and a helper gives a full-lunged blast that sends the snuff deep into the nasal passages. At first reeling and retching from the impact, the snuff taker soon straightens up, begins to strut, emits an occasional laugh or yell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drugs: Beyond LSD | 2/10/1967 | See Source »

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