Happy High Herbs Stalls Rejected From Festivals

I have tried a , shall we say, a large and diverse selection of HHH products, and although some have only had minor effects, this has been what they were meant to do. I have never experienced an adverse reaction, only what I have expected and what the packet or staff have told me to expect.

I tried BUZZ. No real indication of what it did apart from the name and what I was told by the staff at the shop. It cost $25 for a small vile. The women told me I should take half and wait and then take the rest if needed.

I took half at about 8pm on a friday mixed with Cola though I could have taken it straight. It tasted nice kinda like Honey. I felt a tingling come on quite quick but it faded almost just as quick. I waited about 40 mins and took the rest. I also had a few tokes on a joint that was going around. It was between 9:30-10pm by this stage. I noticed a tingling feeling at the back of my head and a slight feeling of anxiousness. I continued on and stopped smoking pot. I could feel a level of calm, but nothing a regular or semi user, one would consider being anything of interest.

I left the party at about 11pm. When I got home I smoked a bit more. The feeling had defintly changed by this stage. I was feeling a bit agitated and decided to watch television. I ended up staying awake until about 3am. Although I was extremly tired I couldn't really switch off, my body felt like it had definitely been abused but my head was clearer that "normal" I guess you would say.

I felt the after effects for the next few days, I was extremely tired and laggy. I felt like for a couple of days. My mind was a bit cluttered for about 7 days after this. There was a noticeable difference which I felt was pretty unwarranted considering the actual high was fairly low.

Overall I think BUZZ is over priced @ $25 and the come down is worse that the high. Most users will warrant the mid week blues for a fuckin good MD pill. There was a slight MDxx feeling with this stuff but generally it just wanted me to take more. Given the right circumstances I would take 3-4 viles of the stuff.

On another note, the US are making the "Legal Incense" aka legal herb illegal at the moment because of the stuff that's put in it. I did a bit of reading and it really does appear you would be better off smoking real weed instead of shit conncoted in a lab.

HHH offer a great range of alternatives for festival goers to not only illicit drugs but also to alcohol and high-caffeine energy drinks. Thousands of people have used and enjoyed the products at many festivals across Oz and it is criminal that HHH are being forced out by companies selling energy drinks and alcohol. The ridiculousness of organisers saying that they don't want to be associated with people feeling happy or high at their festivals is beyond comprehension - why the hell are you organising a festival? Oh right...to make money. Woodford, Splendour and the other festivals following suit have lost their credibility by selling out to corporate greed and demand.

As for effects of HHH products, the massive majority of people who take the products enjoy the effects. Speak to a staff member about what you are wanting and how you should take it and they will give you honest, good advice. If you ignore their advice and do something such as take 5x the dose or drink a heap of booze then you may well have adverse reactions. Of course, if you want the effects of MDMA or some other illegal drug, maybe you should just go and find the drug and have all of the associated risks that go with that. HHH are not claiming to sell the illicit products - they are offering alternatives.

I have had vast experience with many, many substances and have also taken lots of HHH products. I've never had an adverse reaction to HHH and have always found they provide the described effects. If you can't notice the effects of HHH party products then I would suggest you need to seek help as you are well and truly out of touch with your body and mind.

Its also worth noting (for all you hardcore illicit-drug-purists) that HHH does not only sell legal alternatives but is also one of the leading supporters of herb and drug-law reform and, if you look into it, you may discover that many of the views of the company may align with your own. So many people are quick to be derisive but very slow to offer any positive, productive input of their own.

Love the herbs!

Herbal stimulants ARE NOT regulated at all. The FACT is that because these DRUGS aren't regulated they have differing effects for different users. It is NOT the responsibility of a Festival or Party organiser to ensure attendees have ample stimulants and nor should it be. That would just open the flood gates for liabilities and insurance companies would have a field day.

Organisers can happily provide legal drinks because they are legal and safe. Sure people get to drunk but the effects are well known and can be treated. The effects of legal highs are not known and also can't be treated on that basis.

This article is MISLEADING to say the least. If you don't want someone at your house you don't need to give them a reason, you just tell them to fuck off and leave it at that.

If attendees want to get a so called legal high so bad then they should purchase it before arriving like most other people these days.

This herbal high shit is just cash grab.

There are many different herbs and products available at HHH, and many with positive effects, so I think it very unfair to blanketly critisize them. I am a great believer in plant lore and their use as an alternative to corporate/chemical products and I respect that HHH has had the courage to make this available to the public. I feel it is a shame that they are banned from festivals, and as an event organizer myself, we come under great pressure from community groups and elders regarding stalls such as HHH. But where there isn't such pressure, I will gladly have Happy Herbal Highs at any of my events.

They're not scientists, they have no idea what long term effects of their products will be. What happens when people who have used their so called legal highs, get liver damage which is only picked up in 20 years time?