Legally stoned: 14 mind-altering substances you can obtain and use without breaking the law

Foreword / Kinky Friedman -- Introduction -- The divine mushroom : amanita muscaria -- The CIA's magic beans : anadenanthera peregrinal -- Gift from the Green Fairy : artemisia absinthium -- The shaman's potion: ayahuasca -- Gowin' nuts : betel nuts -- Smoking the psychedelic toad of the Sonoran Desert : bufo alvarius toad venom -- Trippin' on tussin : dextromethorphan -- The intoxicating pepper : kava -- Opium's kissing cousin : kratom -- The acid alternative : morning glory and Hawaiian baby woodrose seeds -- Laughing gas : nitrous oxide -- The psychedelic in Grandma's pantry : nutmeg -- Leaves of the shepherdess : salvia divinorum -- Saint of the curanderos : San Pedro cactus -- Appendix 1. Opium poppies -- Appendix 2. What not to do, part 1 : inhaling volatile solvents -- Appendix 3. What not to do, part 2 : solanaceae family of plants.