Nutmeg and getting high?

Question

how does nutmeg get u high?

Answer 1

Not true at all.

Answer 2

I'm not quite sure what the active ingredient is, however, it's mildly hallucinogenic.  In addition, you can't use the ground nutmeg that you'll find in a grocery store.  You need to grind fresh nutmeg for this to work.

Answer 3

It doesn't. Unless somehow THC ended up in it...

Answer 4

Risks and toxicity of Nutmeg ===

In low doses, nutmeg produces no noticeable physiological or neurological response.

Large doses of 30 g (~6 teaspoons) or more are dangerous, potentially inducing convulsions, palpitations, nausea, eventual dehydration, and generalized body pain.

In amounts of 5–20 g (~1-4 teaspoons) it is a mild to medium hallucinogen, producing visual distortions and a mild euphoria.

Use of nutmeg as a recreational drug is unpopular due to its unpleasant taste and its side effects, including dizziness, flushes, dry mouth, accelerated heartbeat, temporary constipation, difficulty in urination, nausea, and panic.

A user will not experience a peak until approximately six hours after ingestion, and effects can linger for up to three days afterwards.

A risk in any large-quantity (over 25 g, ~5 teaspoons) ingestion of nutmeg is the onset of 'nutmeg poisoning', an acute psychiatric disorder marked by thought disorder, a sense of impending death, and agitation. Some cases have resulted in hospitalization.

Fatal doses in children are significantly lower, with approximately 15g being sufficient to cause death.

Nutmeg is an abortifacient, and as such any significant doses should be avoided by pregnant women.

For more information click on the links below ===

http://www.delagrenade.com/The_Nutmeg.ht...

http://www.erowid.org/plants/nutmeg/nutm...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutmeg