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Adrenochrome

Psychedelic use:

“There has been a substantial amount of controversy about whether adrenochrome can be classified as a hallucinogenic drug. Even though adrenochrome induces remarkable psychoactive effects, most researchers agree that an adrenochrome experience does not qualify as a psychedelic one. Psychoactive effects of adrenochrome include euphoria, confusion, changed train of thought, and inability to concentrate.”

While true certainty is never possible, one does have to question this Wiki entry - rather vague.
The author says, "...most researchers agree that..." To which researchers is he referring.

This Wiki contributor - excuse me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that writing style sound an awful lot like the Lars Larson of the old KPTV days? If you close your eyes and allow yourself to slip lazily back in time to perhaps 1984, you can almost hear that familiar basso profundo voice of Larson's as he's standing in front the OHSU Medical Center, awaiting a Live Shot to the ACTION NEWS 12 studios.

Earlier in the day, Lars had been sent out to do a story on hallucinogenic drug abuse in the Portland schools. His wide-ranging take on the story had brought him to the scientific and/or medical angle of the piece. Unfortunately for Lars, or maybe to his benefit, during his last interview with a group of high school seniors over at Lake Oswego, he inadvertently shook hands with a couple of the suspected young trippers. As he shook their hands, he sensed a slight liquid perception on the tip of his poindexter finger. But the moisture dried quickly and he forgot about it.

Here's where it gets interesting. Lars Larson, for those of you who don't know him, has an awful habit of using his poindexter finger to pick his nose. On the way over to the OHSU building for the final “Live Shot” stand-up for the piece, Lars made a comment meant to distract his photog-driver.

"Hey look...over there!" Lars intoned.

The photog, who’d worked with Larson for more time than he cared to admit, knew what Lars was up to. Hoping to avoid a gag reflex, he turned in the direction Larson indicated so he would not have to witness Lars mining for gold.

Lars, who always has been kind of slow on the uptake, saw that the photog had looked away and so he jammed his poindexter far up his left nostril in search of a particularly juicy piece. Little did he know that when he slipped the morsel into his mouth and licked the tip of his finger, he absorbed about 300 mics of adrenochrome

Standing in front of the OHSU location, just as the booth producer said “30 seconds to live, Lars…stand by,” the adrenochrome kicked in. In an instant wrapped in eternity, Lars began envisioning the universe in unexpected ways and he seemed, according to ACTION NEWS 12 reports, to be rather enjoying the whole trippy experience.

Soon, the KPTV anchorwoman and Lars were on at least 75 TV screens across the Portland ADI in split screen. The anchorwoman was frame left, Lars frame right.

The anchorwoman, reading professionally from her teleprompter said: “Joining us tonight on Action News 12 is City Beat reporter Lars Larson with a story about rampant drug use in Portland High Schools.”

Looking seriously into the camera, she implored: “Lars, what have you learned about this awful situation?”

Lars, who by now was soaring into unknown spaces, looked off-screen to his left and began muttering:

“Where’s that little voice coming from. Why am I hearing a woman’s voice?”

The remote camera jiggled slightly as the photog realized something very funny was about to happen on LIVE-TV.

Lars heard another, slightly more distant voice from the booth in his ear: “What the hell is he doing,” the agitated director screamed.

The producer, who was new to KPTV ACTION NEWS 12 and who was trying to make a name for herself so she could move over to one of the network affiliates, grew increasingly twitchy. At the rate this show was deteriorating, she guessed she’d be back in Pocatello giving time cues before the 10 O’clock show.

The anchorwoman, who was still on the split screen with Lars was looking sheepish, unsure of her next move. She wished to god the director would cut away to the remote site, but nothing was changing. Larson was, by this time, giggling and fiddling with his stick microphone. After what seemed an eternity, Lars began to unbutton his shirt collar and pull down his tie, all the time humming the refrain from the pop smash, Karma Chameleon by Culture Club.

Eventually, the News Director burst into the Production Booth, screaming, “What the fuck is Larson doing out there? Get off of him now, you idiots.”

The producer, who seemed to be in some sort of trance, snapped out of it and made an executive decision that Larson’s story had reached the all the conclusion it was ever going to reach. She whispered into the anchorman’s IFB, “We’re bailing out of this. Skip to page 12 and toss to a break.”

The rest is history. It wasn’t long after his chemical experience that Lars understood a change was necessary. This KPTV ACTION NEWS 12 gig was eating away at his insides. It took a few more years, but the dye was cast and Lars, who never figured out what had taken place, made up his mind that he wanted to do Talk Radio. In a small radio studio by himself, he could pick his nose all he wanted.