Parents warned of alarming new trend of students snorting Smarties that can lead to NASAL maggots

Mail on Sunday (UK) ^ | 11:48 EST, 20 January 2014 | Snejana Farberov

[Olog-hai]

Parents in Rhode Island are being warned that their children could succumb to horrifying infestations of nasal maggots worming in their noses, internal bleeding and lung infections if they continue snorting Smarties candies.

The skin-crawling consequences of the unusual trend which seeks to imitate cocaine users seen on television, are caused by a condition called nasal myiasis—which occurs when flies lay larvae eggs inside the nose—attracted by the rotting candy rammed up inside the lining.

According to officials in Portsmouth Middle School, the trend is a “widespread phenomenon” that has been sweeping YouTube in recent years and has involved over a dozen students in the area. …

[2ndDivisionVet]

Isn’t “Nasal Maggots” the GOP-e club password?

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

When snorting smarties gets out of hand!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Never ran into this problem when I used to to inhale the dust daily in the factory while making them. Did ware a dust mask but still got a whiff of the powder often. Well they are made in New Jersey now. I don’t eat them anymore after knowing what goes into them.

[Antihero101607]

Seriously? Is there supposed to be a satire tag in there somewhere? This isn’t another hoax like jenkem?

[informavoracious]

Only a DUmmie would snort a Smartie.

[Squawk 8888]

Just to clarify: What Americans call “Smarties” are called “Rockets” in Canada and are sorta like a round Pez. “Smarties” in Canada and the UK are similar to chocolate M&Ms.

[Squawk 8888]

Candy-snortin’ non-ping.

[RPTMS]

Darwin.

[GeronL]

Their just making this stuff up now, right??

[Squawk 8888]

Probably. But think of the cinematic possibilities for a remake of Reefer Madness.

[GeronL]

Very colorful candies

[Slings and Arrows]

BS...sense...tingling...

[jonrick46]

So this is the reason . .

[gitmo]

Why would you let a fly go up your nose? To get a buzz?

I think we need a government program to teach people what should and should not go into each body orifice. < /lib>

[JoeProBono]

[dalereed]

Never heard of a smartie, is that a picture of them?

[arthurus]

Years ago I had a headache and stopped at a 7-11 to get a Goodies powder for it. In those days aspirin powders were mostly a Southern thing and Northerners didn't seem to know what it was. I opened the little blue envelope and straightened one of the individual packets, tapped one end and prepaređ to drop the powder onto my tongue when a customer with a New Jersey sounding accent asked me what that stuff was. I told her it was aspirin (actually APC in those days). She asked me, "how do you use it?" I told her that "you snort it" and placed the charge up to my nose. She got a horrified look on her face, shuddered and turned away and left the store quickly. I then tapped the powder onto my tongue and swallowed it with the soda I had already opened.

[arthurus]

They’re.

[Moltke]

Nose candy. Tragically misunderstood.