Man, you got me all excited with the 'new way to get high' line. Can someone please tell these kids about hyperventalting to pass yourself out? I'm sure it's just as fun!
Hmm. A hoax in the sense that American kids (at least the ones that the authorities in Florida were alerted about) are not necessarily doing it, or at least, not in any kind of epidemic way, but use of the "drug" is not a hoax. It seems to be plenty common on the streets of Zambia.
Rahodeb said:
Hmm. A hoax in the sense that American kids (at least the ones that the authorities in Florida were alerted about) are not necessarily doing it, or at least, not in any kind of epidemic way, but use of the "drug" is not a hoax. It seems to be plenty common on the streets of Zambia.
Rahodeb said:
Hmm. A hoax in the sense that American kids (at least the ones that the authorities in Florida were alerted about) are not necessarily doing it, or at least, not in any kind of epidemic way, but use of the "drug" is not a hoax. It seems to be plenty common on the streets of Zambia.
Did you even read the Snopes report?
Especially the part about the few mid-1990s articles being difficult to verify. And the other part about drug enforcement officials insisting it is real because they've heard rumors about it?
I guess next you'll be writing articles about cow tipping?
Rahodeb said:
Hmm. A hoax in the sense that American kids (at least the ones that the authorities in Florida were alerted about) are not necessarily doing it, or at least, not in any kind of epidemic way, but use of the "drug" is not a hoax. It seems to be plenty common on the streets of Zambia.
Did you even read the Snopes report?
Especially the part about the few mid-1990s articles being difficult to verify. And the other part about drug enforcement officials insisting it is real because they've heard rumors about it?
I guess next you'll be writing articles about cow tipping?
the part about the drug enforcement officials insisting it's real has to do with its use in the US, not about Zambia. yes, i read the Snopes report, and they seem to consider the existence of jenkem to be quite probable, just not the idea of it being widespread (or even there at all) in schools in the US.
Rahodeb said:
Hmm. A hoax in the sense that American kids (at least the ones that the authorities in Florida were alerted about) are not necessarily doing it, or at least, not in any kind of epidemic way, but use of the "drug" is not a hoax. It seems to be plenty common on the streets of Zambia.
Did you even read the Snopes report?
Especially the part about the few mid-1990s articles being difficult to verify. And the other part about drug enforcement officials insisting it is real because they've heard rumors about it?
I guess next you'll be writing articles about cow tipping?
the part about the drug enforcement officials insisting it's real has to do with its use in the US, not about Zambia. yes, i read the Snopes report, and they seem to consider the existence of jenkem to be quite probable, just not the idea of it being widespread (or even there at all) in schools in the US.
Starting with this part:
Those few mid-1990s articles are the only substantive information about jenkem use, we've turned up so far, and even those are difficult to verify.
The articles they are referring too are the ones about Zambia. In other words a few reporters in the mid-1990s said it is real, and then from there it became this is common in Zambia? I have a bridge I'm selling if you're interested.
Next up is the stuff about America in the same paragraph, my error with that. But it really doesn't matter.
The point is, there is no substantial evidence that Zambia has this problem. There is no science to indicate that that snorting methane will make you hallucinate. The article is nonsense.
I suppose next we'll be subjected to articles from LGF, oh wait that is already a reality.
Primary gases emitted from a slurry of urine and feces are ammonia, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and methane. If you can show how any of these dangerous gases can get you high I'm all ears.
The article mentions specifically that it is the methane being "harvested" for a high. This is simply and unequivocally not possible. Methane is a VERY common gas. It does not get you high, it kills you.
It is not uncommon for people who work on farms with livestock to be overcome by gases from manure pits. The very same gases that come from human waste. They die. Die quickly, frequently with no warning, and to the best of anyones knowledge, with no buzz.
The absurdity that you would suggest to people that you could get a great trippin high from sewage fumes is about the same as suggesting that mixing bleach and ammonia is a great vitamin tonic.
Toku666
Columbus, OH
May 2004
NOV 25, 2007 12:45 AM