Material: Flaky-textured and pleasantly bitter fruiting parts of perennial vine used as a flavoring in beer brewing.May be smoked like marijuana, extracted into alcohol or steeped in water (1 oz./pt.).
Active Constituents: Lupuline (a resinous powder chemically related to THC).
Effects: Sedative. When smoked gives mild marijuana-like high with sedative qualities.
Contraindications: Excessive use over a long period may cause dizziness, mental stupor and mild juandice symptoms in some individuals.
Note: Several popular books
on the cultivation of cannabis have pointed out that hops vines may be grafted
to marijuana root stocks. The result is aplant which appears to be a normal
hops vine but which contains the active constituents of marijuana. This means
that people can raise their own marijuana disguised as hops and not be discovered
by law agents. Because of this the government has asked hops growers to refuse
to sell hops cuttings
to the general public. There are no laws against hops but they are now difficult
to obtain. Hops are mostly propagated from root cuttings. Viable seeds are
rare.
Supplier: Dried hop or viable roots MGH; viable seeds RCS.
Hops is a euphoric. It makes an entertaining tea in combination with passionflower and damiana.
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