Why does seemingly no one else on the entire internet know anything about this? The name says it. Natives used this stuff like hemp. They got high, made rope, and medicine for as many or more ailments than Can-Abyss is used for. Even the scientific name tells you it's similar to pot. Apocynum Cannabinum. It's not related, but scientific names are given for good reasons. It grows wild in North America, is a lot like pot, is highly medicinal, and as far as I know, has not been illegelized, or else it probably wouldn't still grow wild (but then there's Jimson), so what's up? Why is this plant not known to the...Natural intoxicant community? Has anyone tried it?
Cymarin, a chemical found in the plant's roots, was used as a cardiac stimulant, and was listed until 1952 in the medicinal text United States Pharmacopoeia. The milky sap contains cardiac glycosides (a chemical compound derived from a simple sugar and is often of medicinal importance) that have physiologic actions similar to digitoxin. . It is highly toxic to dogs..
