New-age guru Dr. Andrew Weil favors the medicinal use of marijuana and even thinks it can cure cancer, but he's down on nutmeg - at least when it's used for psychotropic purposes.

"Yes, you can get high on nutmeg," Weil says, "but I doubt that you would enjoy it very much."

Known best as a spice for pumpkin pie and egg nog, nutmeg contains myristicin, a chemical that mimics mescaline. "You have to consume an awful lot of nutmeg to get high - from a tablespoon up to a whole container," he advises. "If you manage to swallow enough, the effects can be variable, ranging from mild feelings of floating to full-blown delirium. The toxic effects (nausea, diarrhea) are so unpleasant that few people who try nutmeg out of curiosity come back for more."

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