What is DMT, Where do I learn the basics?
DMT is a naturally occuring substance, present in trace amounts in normal human metabolism (and its purpouse is unknown, check question 2.1 , as well as in a variety of plants and animals. It can be extracted from some of these plants and smoked for some very strong psychedelic/entheogenic effects lasting 10 minutes. It can also be taken orally, but we have an enzyme (MAO) in our stomach that destroys dmt if taken orally, so for taking orally DMT must be acompanied by a substance that inhibits this enzyme (MAOI, or MAO Inhibitor), which is also present in some other plants. Ayahuasca, a sacred drink used by indigenous people of the Amazon, is an example of a drink made from a dmt-containing plant (Psychotria viridis), together with a MAOI containing plant (Banisteriopsis caapi), that is drank orally for a psychedelic/entheogenic experience lasting around 4 hours. When smoking, we do not need to use MAOI because we do not have MAOs in our lungs. Nevertheless, some people like to also in
