This is a new one for me, but obviously something law officials and physicians might need to be looking for...if you keep company with a toad, you could be considered a potential "toad smoker" if you appear to be under the influence of a controlled substance. BD
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Law enforcement authorities have discovered that people are willing to go to great lengths to get high, including a troubling new method that features a frightened toad. "Toad smoking,"
which is a substitute for "toad licking," is done by extracting venom from the Sonoran Desert toad of the Colorado River. The toad's venom which is secreted when the toad gets angry or scared contains a hallucinogen called bufotenine that can be dried and smoked to produce a buzz.
Clay County Prosecutor Daniel White said possessing the toad is not illegal, but using it to get high off its venom is. "There are a lot of things that are created naturally but they are still not legal," he said. White said that for years people experimented with "toad licking," and now toad smoking is considered a substitute. To do so, a person heats up the frog's venom to break down its toxins and preserve the hallucinogen, which is dried.
While smoking toad venom might sound extreme, an even more disturbing method to get high possibly includes sniffing fermented human waste. Vicky Ward, manager of prevention services at Tri-County Mental Health Services in Kansas City, said she has read e-mail warnings about a drug called jenkem.
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