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‘Beezin’ Craze Can Injure Eyes
WKBN ^ | Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Posted on 05/02/2014 1:30:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Teens are using Burts Bees lip balm to enhance a buzz.

Teenagers are finding new ways to get high and this time it’s by applying lip balm to the skin around their eyes.

It’s called “beezin,” named after the brand Burt’s Bees. Users say that it intensifies the feeling of being high or drunk.

Health officials say the peppermint oil in the lip balm increases tear production, causes swelling to the sensitive areas around the eyes and could cause some dangerous medical conditions.

“The appeal of using this lip balm towards the eye is because of the permeability, it being very instant,” said Certified Nurse Practitioner Tammy Todd with Minute Clinic. “It can cause a buzz to occur in young children.”

Anyone who has tried “beezin” and experiences pain or redness should seek medical attention.


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To: nickcarraway

Of course we do all realize these stories are made up right? Well we should. The press will believe anything a kid tells them.


21 posted on 05/02/2014 2:28:03 PM PDT by discostu (Seriously, do we no longer do "phrasing"?!)
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To: Texan5

Thanks. I think some soap and water and a bottle of eye drops would suffice for medical treatment. lol


22 posted on 05/02/2014 2:29:17 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: nickcarraway

Bob Costas?


23 posted on 05/02/2014 2:29:58 PM PDT by radioactivereb ("I'm tryin' to think but nothin' happens!"-Curly Howard)
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To: Texan5

It tastes horrible alright. It makes the smoke from burning pine seem smooth and tasty.


24 posted on 05/02/2014 2:32:15 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: Slump Tester
I've heard that rubbing the genital area after dicing up jalapenos or habaneros will intensify the buzz as well as making it last longer.

Been there, done that...except that I was only sorting habanero seeds...without gloves, natch. First trip to the restroom, and the burn commenced.

25 posted on 05/02/2014 2:32:31 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: Slump Tester
I've heard that rubbing the genital area after dicing up jalapenos or habaneros will intensify the buzz as well as making it last longer.

Whoa, I never knew that........

"Honey, would you put some jalapenos on your shopping list?".......

26 posted on 05/02/2014 2:34:34 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Under Reagan spring always arrived on time.....)
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To: who knows what evil?
Try peeling a bushel of XXX hot green chile without gloves.
You'll use gloves in the restroom for a week.
27 posted on 05/02/2014 2:34:38 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: nickcarraway

You’ve been hoaxed.


28 posted on 05/02/2014 2:35:38 PM PDT by Southack (The one thing preppers need from the 1st World? http://tinyurl.com/ktfwljc .)
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To: TigersEye

Nice try...I’ve learned my lesson. :-)

With bhut jolokia and trinidad scorpions in the house, it’s gloves, mask and goggles.


29 posted on 05/02/2014 2:37:26 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: who knows what evil?

I have yet to obtain either of those peppers but I know someone who would eat them if I did. When pulling those dried XXX green chiles off of the drying wires one seed popped off and, naturally, avoided the lens of my glasses and went straight into my eye. Most intense 20 minutes of pain I’ve ever experienced.


30 posted on 05/02/2014 2:44:40 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: TigersEye

You tried it? I just couldn’t go there-I don’t even like the smell of unburned bananas, never mind lit on fire.

I love the smell of burning pine-cedar too, but I wouldn’t smoke it...


31 posted on 05/02/2014 2:46:51 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: TigersEye
Most intense 20 minutes of pain I’ve ever experienced.

No doubt...I'd rather take your word for it than experience it myself.

32 posted on 05/02/2014 2:49:43 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: Texan5

Only once! Yes, pine smoke smells good in small doses but a lungfull is killer. Potentially literally since pine smoke is toxic whereas hardwood smoke generally is not. Found that out when I grilled burgers over pine coals that weren’t sufficiently burned down.


33 posted on 05/02/2014 2:52:21 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: who knows what evil?

Yes, I’m sure you would. But it might be just what these beezers are looking for. You could package up some Ghost Pepper seeds and sell them to the kids.


34 posted on 05/02/2014 2:55:57 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: TigersEye

Some merchants at farmer’s market make you sign a waiver before they will sell you the super-hots...


35 posted on 05/02/2014 3:00:37 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: who knows what evil?

That’s funny. When I handed a bag of the XXXhots to a friend, the one who can eat any chile, as a joke I made the disclaimer “I take no responsibility for any injury you may incur.” Sure enough a few minutes later I hear him cry out “@Q%$#%#!” He handled a chile and then forgot and rubbed his eye.


36 posted on 05/02/2014 3:07:55 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine
Seems pretty silly.

A friend of mine's old Art Linkletter joke comes to mind: Kids do the darnedest drugs.

37 posted on 05/02/2014 3:46:19 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: TigersEye

You’re a braver man than I, Gunga Din...

Not any pine here, but plenty of cedar-actually, it is Ashe Juniper-but you don’t grill meat over it-there is plenty of oak and that is great to grill with.


38 posted on 05/02/2014 3:49:21 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Texan5
Juniper smells wonderful. It is considered sacred or spiritual among dozens of societies around the world many of whom never had outside contact until recent centuries.

Not a lot of hardwoods up here in the Rockies of northern CO where the burger incident happened. I would attribute it to ignorance though not bravery. I have cooked over pine coals many times since but with great care that there are only coals. Some willow or river birch twigs are good for kicking up the fire without risk but they are too small and burn too fast to make an entire camp fire with.

39 posted on 05/02/2014 4:03:09 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: TigersEye

I burn twigs and bark from the cedar/juniper trees on the property over a lump of charcoal made for that purpose as incense when I pray my rosary for my friend who is fighting cancer...


40 posted on 05/03/2014 11:10:36 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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