The article discusses 10 unusual and dangerous drugs that people may not know about. These include:
1. Ramona Bant: A pill that has the opposite effect of marijuana, suppressing appetite and causing severe depression.
2. Carbogen: A mixture of oxygen and carbon dioxide that creates a psychedelic high and a feeling of suffocation.
3. Speedballs: A combination of cocaine and heroin that can lead to overdose and death.
4. Freon: A refrigerant that can be inhaled to get high, but can cause brain damage, cardiac arrest, and coma.
5. Wet: A combination of marijuana and PCP that can cause disassociative hallucinations and a compulsion to murder children.
6. I-Dosing: A technique that uses sound frequencies to alter the listener's mental state and create a high.
7. Stilton Cheese: A type of cheese that can cause vivid dreams and hallucinations when consumed in large quantities.
8. Nutmeg: A spice that can cause hallucinations and a high when taken in excess.
9. Lickable Toads: Toads that secrete hallucinogenic toxins from their skin, which can be licked to get high.
10. Zolpidem: A sleep aid that can be habit-forming and has been used as a date rape drug, causing seizures, sleepwalking, and even death.
These drugs are often used by people who are desperate to get high and are willing to try anything. However, they can have serious and even deadly consequences.
1. The global pharmaceutical market is worth more than a trillion dollars in revenue.
2. The global illegal drug trade is estimated at 360 billion dollars.
3. Ramona Bant is a pill that was briefly popular in Europe from 2006 to 2008.
4. Ramona Bant is also known as the "reverse marijuana" or "anti-pot".
5. Ramona Bant suppresses appetite and can lead to eating disorders.
6. Ramona Bant can cause severe depression, leading to suicidal thoughts.
7. Ramona Bant was officially taken off the shelves but is still available on the black market.
8. Carbagein is a mixture of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
9. Carbagein is typically balanced at 70% oxygen and 30% carbon dioxide.
10. Carbagein can create a psychedelic high and a feeling of suffocation.
11. Carbagein can release the chemical DMT in the brain.
12. DMT is a naturally occurring intense psychedelic released in large quantities when a person is about to die.
13. Speedballs are a mixture of cocaine and heroin.
14. Speedballs can get a person high and also mellow them out.
15. Cocaine is a stimulant that adds energy.
16. Heroin is a depressant that calms a person down.
17. Speedballs can prevent users from crashing after a high, giving them a false sense of a higher tolerance.
18. Speedballs can lead to overdose and death.
19. Freon is a gaseous substance found in many refrigerators, freezers, and air conditioning units.
20. Freon can be used as an inhalant to get high.
21. Freon's effects include dizziness, hallucinations, freezing of the lungs, heart palpitations, and high blood pressure.
22. Freon can cause brain damage, cardiac arrest, and comas.
23. Wet is a combination of marijuana and PCP (angel dust).
24. Wet can create disassociative hallucinogenic side effects.
25. Wet can cause users to experience a compulsion to murder children.
26. In 2012, Osvaldo Rivia killed a six-year-old and critically wounded his 12-year-old sister under the influence of Wet.
27. I-Dosing is done by listening to specific frequencies that force the brain into a state of confusion, happiness, or terror.
28. I-Dosing can stimulate different parts of the mind through tones, sudden switching of keys, and randomized volume changes.
29. I-Dosing tracks are available on YouTube.
30. Stilton cheese is a dairy product made in only three countries across Britain.
31. Eating large quantities of Stilton cheese can lead to intense, bizarre, and vivid dreams.
32. 75% of women and 85% of men have reported incredible experiences while asleep after consuming Stilton cheese.
33. Nutmeg is a seasonal spice found in many baked goods.
34. Taking four to eight teaspoons of ground nutmeg can cause mild hallucinations.
35. Nutmeg's side effects include dizziness, nausea, cottonmouth, paranoia, and difficulty urinating.
36. Licking certain toads can get a person high due to the hallucinogenic toxins secreted from their skin.
37. The Bufo alvarius and Colorado River toad secrete hallucinogenic toxins from their skin.
38. Licking toads can be deadly.
39. Some users dry and burn toad secretions, inhaling the smoke for a more intense high.
40. Zolpidem is a sleep aid that can be habit-forming.
41. Zolpidem can cause seizures, sleepwalking, and even death.
42. Zolpidem has been proven to be an effective date rape drug.
43. The FDA set requirements for women to receive a smaller dose of zolpidem due to safety concerns.