Hedonistic Imperative

Entry point for an eclectic group of sites with information and opinions on many things, including drugs.

Web Pages

• "Extra Strong Hash"
  Phony product packaging (related items...)
• "Just say know" to teenagers and marijuana
  Abstract from J Psychoactive Drugs 1998 Apr-Jun; 30(2):197-203. (related items...)
• 17th century engraving of man harvesting opium. (related items...)
• 1903 advertisement for heroin as a children's cough remedy. (related items...)
• A Friend With Weed is a Friend Indeed!
  With a choice quote from DEA Administrator Donnie Marshall. (related items...)
• Abstinence symptoms following smoked marijuana in humans
  Abstract from Psychopharmacology (Berl) 1999 Feb;141(4):395-404 (related items...)
• Acute and residual effects of marijuana in humans
  Abstract from Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1998 Aug; 60(4):777-84. (related items...)
• Allumeuse de Narghilé
  Jean-Léon Gérome (related items...)
• Anandamides inhibit binding to the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor
  Abstract from J Mol Neurosci 1999 Aug-Oct; 13(1-2):55-61. (related items...)
• Beer versus Drugs
  Wisdom from Anheuser Busch (related items...)
• Behavioral, pharmacological, and molecular characterization of an amphibian cannabinoid receptor
  Abstract from J Neurochem 2000 Jul; 75(1):413-23. (related items...)
• Cannabinoid and heroin activation of mesolimbic dopamine transmission by a common mu1 opioid receptor mechanism
  Abstract from Science 1997 Jun 27; 276(5321):2048-50. (related items...)
• Cannabinoid mimics in chocolate utilized as an argument in court
  Abstract from Int J Legal Med 2000; 113(3):137-9. (related items...)
• Cannabinoid receptors and reward in the rat: a conditioned place preference study
  Abstract from Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2000 Jul; 151(1):25-30. (related items...)
• Cannabinoid transmission and reward-related events
  Abstract from Neurobiol Dis 1998 Dec; 5(6 Pt B):502-33. (related items...)
• Cannabinoid-induced working memory impairment is reversed by a second generation cholinesterase inhibitor in rats
  Abstract from Neuroreport 2000 Jun 26; 11(9):2025-9. (related items...)
• Cannabinoids' Role In Retinal Function
  Press release 12/8/99 from UCSD. (related items...)
• Cannabis and pregnancy
  Abstract from Ugeskr Laeger 1999 Sep 6; 161(36):5024-8. (related items...)
• Cannabis art (related items...)
• Cannabis in the external ear
  Abstract from J Laryngol Otol 1993 May; 107(5):444. (related items...)
• Cannabis poisoning after eating salad
  Schweiz Med Wochenschr 1997 Feb 8; 127(6): 214-8 (related items...)
• Cannabis, Cannabinoids and the Brain
  Links to various cannabis-related abstracts. (related items...)
• Cannabis, vulnerability, and the onset of schizophrenia: an epidemiological perspective
  Abstract from Aust N Z J Psychiatry 2000 Jun; 34(3):468-75. (related items...)
• Cannabis: discrimination of "internal bliss"?
  Abstract from Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1999 Oct; 64(2):257-60. (related items...)
• Cannabis: pharmacology and toxicology in animals and humans
  Abstract from Addiction 1996 Nov; 91(11):1585-614. (related items...)
• Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying learning and memory impairments produced by cannabinoids
  Abstract from Learn Mem 2000 May-Jun;7(3):132-9. (related items...)
• Coca flower (related items...)
• Concentration of marijuana metabolites in the urine after ingestion of hemp seed tea
  Abstract from J Occup Environ Med 1999 Jun; 41(6):510-3 (related items...)
• Cover image for "H is for Heroin" (related items...)
• Cover image from "Black opium: the shocking ecstasy of the forbidden" (related items...)
• Cover image of "Marijuana Girl" (related items...)
• Cover image of "Reefer Club" (related items...)
• Do patients use marijuana as an antidepressant?
  Abstract from Depression, 1996, 4:2, 77-80. (related items...)
• Drugs and the Christian
  By Rev. Dale A. Robbins, D.Min. (related items...)
• Eden Hashish Center advertisement.
  Located in Katmandu, Nepal. (related items...)
• Effect of the shampoo Ultra Clean on drug concentrations in human hair
  Abstract from Int J Legal Med 2000; 113(2):102-6. (related items...)
• Endocannabinoids: new targets for drug development
  Abstract from Curr Pharm Des 2000 Sep; 6(13):1361-80. (related items...)
• Endogenous cannabinoids as an aversive or counter-rewarding system in the rat
  Abstract from Neurosci Lett 1997 Feb 21; 223(2):125-8. (related items...)
• Endogenous Opiates (related items...)
• Enhancement mu opioid antinociception by oral delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol: dose-response analysis and receptor identification
  Abstract from Jpn J Pharmacol 1999 Apr; 79(4):427-31. (related items...)
• Finding of the endocannabinoid signalling system in Hydra, a very primitive organism: possible role in the feeding response
  Abstract from Neuroscience 1999; 92(1):377-87. (related items...)
• Flowing peyote button (related items...)
• Fungi entry from The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances by Richard Rudgley
  Also a nice Amanita muscaria picture (related items...)
• Future Opioids (related items...)
• Girl harvesting opium (related items...)
• Hedonistic Imperative Homepage (related items...)
• Hedweb Cannabis Pages (related items...)
• Hindu ascetic caring for cannabis plants (related items...)
• Illustration of an opium den. (related items...)
• Illustration of turkish opium smokers. (related items...)
• In-vitro and in-vivo action of cannabinoids
  Abstract from Neurochem Res 1999 Oct; 24(10):1233-40. (related items...)
• Interview with Alexander Shulgin
  By Dennis Romero, Los Angeles Times, September 5, 1995 (related items...)
• La Servante de Harem
  Paul-Désiré Trouillebert, 1874 (related items...)
• Making sense of medical marijuana
  Abstract from Proc Assoc Am Physicians 1999 Mar-Apr; 111(2):159-65. (related items...)
• Nail analysis for drugs of abuse: extraction and determination of cannabis in fingernails by RIA and GC-MS
  Abstract from J Anal Toxicol 1999 May-Jun; 23(3):147-52. (related items...)
• Natural and Synthetic Endocannabinoids and Their Structure-Activity Relationships
  Abstract from Curr Pharm Des 2000 Sep 1; 6(13):1381-1397. (related items...)
• Nectar of Delight
  Excerpt on Cannabis from "Plants of the Gods - Their Sacred, Healing and Hallucinogenic Powers" by Schultes and Hoffman. (related items...)
• Nets made by spiders on various drugs (related items...)
• Neuroprotective antioxidants from marijuana
  Abstract from Ann N Y Acad Sci 2000; 899:274-82. (related items...)
• On cannabis, from The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances by Richard Rudgley (related items...)
• Opinion on Heroin (related items...)
• Opioids glossary (related items...)
• Opium Timeline (related items...)
• Opium, The Plant of Joy.
  Historical information (related items...)
• Pain, Itself, Elicits Pain Relief, And Does So Through "Reward" Pathway
  USC Press release / News Clipping (related items...)
• Pharmacological evaluation of aerosolized cannabinoids in mice
  Abstract from Eur J Pharmacol 2000 Jul 7; 399(2-3):141-9. (related items...)
• Photo of a man smoking opium (related items...)
• Photo of coca leaf and botanical info (related items...)
• Photo of crack rock, crack pipes, and some brief information on pharmacology (related items...)
• Photo of hindu kush strain. (related items...)
• Photo of industrial hemp growing (related items...)
• Photo of old woman smoking a chillum. (related items...)
• Picture of hookah-smoking caterpillar from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
  not the famous Tenniel version. (related items...)
• Potential role of cannabinoids in Parkinson's disease
  Abstract from Drugs Aging 2000 Jun; 16(6): 391-5. (related items...)
• Predictive reward signal of dopamine neurons
  Abstract from J Neurophysiol 1998 Jul; 80(1):1-27. (related items...)
• Preparing an opium pipe (related items...)
• Psilocybe entry from The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances by Richard Rudgley (related items...)
• Quantitative analysis and pharmaco-toxicity of cannabinoids in commercially available cannabis seeds
  Abstract from Yakugaku Zasshi 1998 Sep; 118(9):408-14 (related items...)
• San Pedro entry from The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances by Richard Rudgley (related items...)
• Shanghai woman smoking an opium pipe. (related items...)
• Soma entry from The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances by Richard Rudgley (related items...)
• The cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonist SR141716A attenuates the memory impairment produced by delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol or anandamide
  Abstract from Psychopharmacology (Berl) 1998 Nov; 140(1):11-9. (related items...)
• The Doors of Perception
  Online version (related items...)
• The effects of cannabinoids on the brain
  Abstract from Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1999 Oct; 64(2):257-60. (related items...)
• The existence of "Nederwiet", a new fact in the history of cannabis
  Abstract from Ann Pharm Fr 1998; 56(6):264-7. (related items...)
• The neurobiology of cannabinoid dependence: sex differences and potential interactions between cannabinoid and opioid systems
  Abstract from Life Sci 1999; 65(6-7):687-94. (related items...)
• The Pope on Coke
  Celebrity endorsement of Vin Mariani (related items...)
• The use of cannabis as a mood stabilizer in bipolar disorder: anecdotal evidence and the need for clinical research
  Abstract from J Psychoactive Drugs 1998 Apr-Jun; 30(2):171-7. (related items...)
• Time course for the induction and maintenance of tolerance to Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol in mice
  Abstract from Drug Alcohol Depend 2000 Aug 1;60(2):113-9. (related items...)
• Two distinctive antinociceptive systems in rats with pathological pain
  Abstract from Neurosci Lett 2000 Feb 11; 280(1):13-6. (related items...)
• US pro-hemp propaganda from WWII. (related items...)
• Victorian gentlefolk enjoying afternnon tea
  from The Illustrated Police News (1876) (related items...)
• What is crack cocaine? (related items...)