Friends of Erowid,

We hope everyone in the Northern hemisphere is enjoying the warmth of late summer. As the tomatoes ripen out in front of Erowid Central, it's a reminder that there are just two weeks left in the season's matching grant campaign. We really hope to take full advantage of this opportunity and there are still matching funds available.

If you have found Erowid a useful resource and would like to do your part to keep it freely available...now's a great time to make a donation. Most donations of $200 or higher will be doubled by this matching offer. For more details, visit:
Erowid.org/donations/donations_matching.shtml

We welcome submissions, suggestions, criticisms, or corrections at submissions@erowid.org.

peace,
fire & earth

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INDEX

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1. Mimosa Active Without MAOI?
   Erowid.org/plants/mimosa/mimosa_info2.shtml
   
   Article from a 1999 Entheogen Review discussion of Jonathan Ott's statement at the 1998 Psychoactivity conference regarding bioassays of Mimosa spp. sans MAOI.
   
   
   
2. Escottology
   Don't Try This at Home: Vol. 2
   
   July installment of the monthly column by Scott O. Moore.
   
   
   
3. Scientology Vault
   Erowid.org/spirit/traditions/scientology/scientology.shtml
   
   Links to scientology sites, critic sites, and media articles.
   
   
   
4. Drinking Age in the U.S. Military
   Erowid.org/chemicals/alcohol/alcohol_law1.shtml
   
   Brief discussion of the differences in drinking age as experienced by enlisted soldiers, depending on where they are stationed.
   
   
   
5. Yerba Maté Info Summary
   Erowid.org/plants/yerba_mate/yerba_mate_info2.shtml
   
   Includes notes on health issues, plus references.
   
   
   
6. 2C-I Bits & Pieces
   Erowid.org/chemicals/2ci/2ci_bits.shtml
   
   Note about 2C-I and other 2C compounds being sold as a "mescaline derivative".
   
   
   
7. DEA Announces Arrests and Investigation
   Erowid.org/psychoactives/research_chems/research_chems_info1.shtml
   
   Updated description of recent circumstances of research chemical company arrests, including links to DEA press release and media articles. Note that the DEA's press release has changed since it was first published.
   
   
   
8. Major Update to Donations Area
   Complete renovation and redesign of the Donations area as part of the process of updating to Erowid 3.0 design.
   
   
   
9. Art Vaults
   Six new artists have been added to the art vaults this month.
   
   August Featured Artist: Carlos Caban
   
   
   
10. 161 New Experience Reports
    Erowid.org/experiences/exp.cgi?DateRange&Y1=2004&M1=07&D1=14&M2=08&D2=17
    
    
    
11. One New Ask Erowid Question
    Erowid.org/ask/ask.cgi?DateRange&Y1=2004&M1=07&D1=14&M2=08&D2=17
    
    
    
12. Books Added to the Library / Bookstore
    In the ongoing project of collecting historic as well as recently-published books for the reference library, we've added 28 new titles this month, including:
    
    The Handbook of Clinically Tested Herbal Remedies
    American Women and the Repeal of Prohibition
    Dangerous Garden
    Hideous Absinthe: A History of the Devil in a Bottle
    Cannabis: From Pariah to Prescription
    The Amazonian Chronicles
    
    
    

For a more complete listing of What's New at Erowid go to: Erowid.org/new.php

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ECSTASYDATA.ORG

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http://www.ecstasydata.org/results

Conducts laboratory testing of street Ecstasy tablets (NOTE: co-pay is now $30).
Between Jul 14 and Aug 16, results were posted for 11 new tablets.

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