Sounds like a research experiment for the Euro trip is in progress .
That's one poison I never tried, it's been outlawed in the States a long time. I believe there was a History or Discovery Channel program on it not long ago.
Unfortunately, I can't recall much useful info, I was umm...very drunk at the time. I do remember they featured a guy who was reverse engineering the chemical composition of some old classic samples, in France I believe, and has started to manufacture his own.