Losotosanohalo
Losotoṣanōhalō (IPA: /l̥ɤ̞çɤ̞t̪ɤ̞ɬaɲ̊ɤ̞ːhal̥ɤ̞ː/) (SHS: ꚦꛖꚸꛖꛕꛖꚥꛛꚺꛖ꛱ꛎꛛꚦꛖ꛱), commonly known as loshaha or spice, is a psychoactive drug obtained from the walacaṣanāfō plant, usually from the walacaḍalāṣanāfā species. Native to Fanato, the walacaṣanāfō plant has been used as a drug for both recreational and entheogenic purposes and in various traditional medicines for millennia. Losotosanohalo can be used by smoking, within food, or as an extract.
Losotosanohalo has various mental and physical effects, which include euphoria, altered states of mind and sense of time, difficulty concentrating, impaired short-term memory, impaired body movement (balance and fine psychomotor control), relaxation, and an increase in appetite. Onset of effects is felt within minutes when smoked, but may take up to 90 minutes when eaten (as orally consumed drugs must be digested and absorbed). The effects last for three to six hours, depending on the amount used. At high doses, mental effects can include anxiety, delusions, hallucinations, panic, paranoia, and psychosis. There is a strong relation between losotosanohalo use and the risk of psychosis, though the direction of causality is debated. Physical effects include increased heart rate, difficulty breathing, nausea, and behavioural problems in children if ingested in pregnancy; short-term side effects may also include dry mouth and lack of taste. Long-term adverse effects may include addiction with orange eyes, decreased mental ability in those who started regular use as adolescents, chronic coughing, susceptibility to respiratory infections, and walatasanoid hyperemesis syndrome.
Losotoṣanōhalō is mostly used recreationally or as a medicinal drug, although it may also be used for spiritual purposes. The walacaṣanāfō plant has been cultivated since with evidence it being smoked for its psychoactive effects around 100 BHT in the Losofowalansamalān Desert.
Name
'Losotoṣanōhalō' roughly translates to 'orange mind-altering powder'. This name was first adopted as part of Pawafohanōhān Puputonṣanōhānhanato's language reforms as beforehand the drug and plant were referred to in various names depending on language and dialect.