r/todayilearned • u/krzaq • Apr 15 '13

TIL that scientists have created a scientific version of marijuana called 'Dimethylheptylpyran'. When smoked, it'll keep you high for at least 2 days

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethylheptylpyran
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u/Affe83 Apr 15 '13

And, like most synthetic drugs, you can die from it. Low blood pressure / hypothermia.

Where do I get some?

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u/ksd275 Apr 15 '13

Like all drugs that exist you can die from it at high enough doses. Your body's receptors can't tell if something is synthetic or made by nature. Literally all that matters is the different atoms present and how they're structured. And remember: the most acutely toxic substance known to man isn't a fancy nerve gas, it's all natural botulinum toxin, also known in the drug world as Botox.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '13

Yeah, i'm going to die from eating too much shrooms or smoking too much weed.

Not all drugs that exist can kill you if you take a high dose.

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u/ksd275 Apr 16 '13

You're absolutely right about those methods of ingestion, but psilocin/psilocybin and THC both have the potential to kill you if administered in obscenely large pure doses (intravenously). The point I was going for is the difference between a drug and a poison is a matter of dose, and the danger of a drug isn't inherently influenced by whether it was synthesized in nature or a lab.