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"I'm only up here looking for that Boxer I saw digging in your plants......"
Explore! #59 MAR 20 2012; Explore! #29 MAR 21 2012
Somewhat of a landmark in the Franklin area on the corner of Lewisburg Pike and Mack Hatcher Parkway, this one is now gone. I have a sense about these: they speak to me. When they do, I shoot quickly and then they are gone. It has been replaced with a more modern structure that serves the same purpose.
Sydney and Me in the National Owner Handler Terrier Group Ring
CH TwerksWerks Under The Milky Way
Nashville Kennel Club Dog Show
Franklin TN
MAR 8, 2018
This nice old brick wall on Columbia Street side of the Sun Ah Hotel is a constant venue for graffiti vandals. The owners keep removing it per the City of Vancouver bylaw but as soon as it’s cleaned, more arrives.
WHAT IS DMT?
At first I thought maybe some kind of protest to free a political detainee - not.
In 2017 a terrifying new blend of drugs appeared in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, a mix of heroin and the extremely powerful psychedelic substance known as DMT.
DMT or N, N-dimethyltryptamine in medical talk — is a hallucinogenic tryptamine drug. Sometimes referred to as Dimitri, this drug produces effects similar to those of psychedelics, like LSD and magic mushrooms.
DMT stimulates the production of serotonin, a neurotransmitter that causes feelings of happiness. DMT causes users to experience intense euphoria, hallucinations, and new perceptions of reality which people often characterize as life-changing.
A DMT trip can begin instantly and generally lasts less than an hour when users smoke the drug.
Users who drink DMT as a brew often begin to experience hallucinations that last for four to six hours after about thirty minutes. Some users report mild lingering effects that last for several days.
On the physiological level, DMT can cause adverse side effects.
What does a DMT high feel like?
As with most drugs, DMT can affect people in very different ways. Some truly enjoy the experience. Others find it overwhelming or frightening.
As far as its psychoactive effects, people have described feeling like they’re traveling at warp speed through a tunnel of bright lights and shapes. Others describe having an out-of-body experience and feeling like they’ve changed into something else.
There are also some who report visiting other worlds and communicating with elf-like beings.
Some people also report a pretty rough comedown from DMT that leaves them feeling unsettled.
How is DMT consumed?
Synthetic DMT usually comes in the form of a white, crystalline powder. It can be smoked in a pipe, vaporized, injected, or snorted.
Although many users laud the supposed benefits of DMT, the drug is not safe. In fact, DMT can substantially harm a person’s physical health and mental well-being.
Since DMT causes the brain to release serotonin, high doses of the drug may send the body into a serotonin overdose. This condition might provoke seizures, obstruct breathing, or induce a coma. DMT can cause a person extreme anguish or even death.
While some DMT users have had positive psychological experiences with the drug, others have suffered DMT trips which they describe as confusing and terrifying.
The psychological effects of DMT can be traumatizing, especially for people who are living with mental illnesses like schizophrenia.
Unlike most Hallucinogens, there is little evidence that DMT causes tolerance or any physical withdrawal symptoms. DMT can cause psychological dependence when a person repeatedly uses it to escape reality.
DMT dependence include taking higher and more frequent doses of the drug, gathering supplies of it, and spending more money on it.
ABOUT THE SUN AH HOTEL:
Built in 1911 for property developer, Loo Gee Wing, the building has been owned by the Lung Kong clan society since 1926. The top three storeys now house the residential Sun Ah Hotel.
Designed by R.T. Perry and R.A. Nicholais, the coarse brick texture was intended to reflect the hand-built nature and aesthetics of the Arts and Crafts movement, a modern and popular style at the time of construction.
On ground level was popular Foo’s Ho Ho restaurant that closed in 2010. Plans are in progress to reopen.
This site is part of the Chinatown Historic Area, HA-1 in the City of Vancouver’s zoning bylaw. It is included in the Vancouver Heritage Register as a recognized part of the historic neighbourhood.
Sun Ah Hotel is listed in the Canadian Register of Historic Places