Posted on 12/03/2007 12:55:42 PM PST by Squidpup
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.
In October, a Kansas City man was charged with possessing a controlled substance after Clay County authorities determined he possessed a toad with the intent to use its venom to get high.
Clay County Prosecutor Daniel White said possessing the toad is not illegal, but using it to get high off its venom is.
"It is easier to get it, and law enforcement might not immediately know you use it to get high," White said. "It's sort of a New Age way to get high. You convince yourself it is OK because it is something you get naturally from our environment.
"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.
He said some Internet sites feature an instructional video on how to extract the toad's venom.
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Is it Friday yet?
“possession of toad with intent”
When I was at the Citadel that implied someones weekend date. Well there was usually a road before the toad, “road toad”.
CO toad alert
DMT; haven’t heard about that one in decades. Rumor was 48 hours on the rollercoaster; if this is true, that toad will be on the endangered species list quickly...
“But he followed me home...”
As long as yu feed it and keep it in your room, I guess it’s OK, but don’t let me catch you licking it!
Dude!....can I toke your toad?
If the toad thing becomes more popular, I bet people will try Toadohuasca, mixing bufotenin-containing toad spit with an MAO inhibitor like Banisteria Caapi or Peganum Harmala.
Humans, I should say SOME humans, will go to great lengths to get into an altered state.
Them Toad Smokers
How about Them Toad Smokers,
Ain't they clods?
Sittin' there smokin'
Them green toady-frogs.
Smokin' them hoppy-toads,
Smokin' them chunkers,
Smokin' them leapy types,
Smokin' them plunkers.
Look at Them Toad Smokers,
Ain't they snappy?
Smokin' them bog-frogs
Sure makes'em happy.
Them huggermugger Toad Smokers,
Way down south,
Stickin' them smoky-toads
In they mouth.
How to be a Toad Smoker?
No way to duck it.
Gittchyself a toad, and
Rare back and smoke it!
I hate to say I toad you so...
Mason Williams once observed: “There are no empty Tabasco Sauce bottles”. But he was wrong.
I thought you had to be making that up, so I Googled “butt hash.”
I am very sorry I did so.
(But hey, it makes toad-licking seem downright tame.)
Man, I have too. I love football, but...I am presented with Keith Olberdouche and Bob Costas. Is this fair?
I guess I could just go to sleep, but a little toad could be beneficial! LOL
I tried to smoke a toad once, never could keep the rascal lit!
Congress must act immediately to put an end to this epidemic.
Macrochelys temminckii is the alligator snapping turtle. As far as I know, they don’t secrete any toxins. Lotsa luck trying to wrangle one of those suckers. If you can avoid getting chomped, you still have the salmonella to worry about.
But as far as the toads are concerned, their ability to secrete halucinogens is limited by their ability to sense fear. After several episodes, the toad will realize that no harm will come to it, and will therefore stop secreting (kind of a modified Pavlovian effect). Unless of course, the owner continues to ‘up the ante’ and frightens the toad with ever increasing antics that the animal will percieve as life threatening. Eventually the owners of these animals wind up killing them just to get them to ooze out a little ‘happy juice’.
I just wanted to see if one of these idiots would try to
lick the head of a snapping turtle.
I do not believe they would have a tongue to lick any thing.:)
“Toad is the first day of the rest of your life.”
“Here toad. Gone tomorrow.”
“Toad I am a man.”
There was a song about 25-30 years ago called Frog Sucker or Toad Sucker.
Me too, but I didn’t inhale. Not once.
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