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1、DDR DDR PresentationPresentationFrog LickingGetting high on nature is taking on a whole new meaning. BEWARE!BEWARE!USA TODAYAugust 10, 1989NATIONLINETOAD LICKERS BEWARE: The latest way to get high is toad licking. A popular lick victim: the Colorado River Toad. When agitated, it secretes a hallucino

2、genic chemical through its skin. But the party practice could be fatal - some toads emit a cardiac toxin. If you pick the wrong toad, you wont only get high, youll get dead, warns University of Michigan amphibian expert Carl Gans.Bufotenine is considered a controlled, dangerous substance and is ther

3、efore illegal. However, it is not against the law to own a toad. Licking toads will not give you warts or produce a fairy prince, but it might get you high.HOW IT HOW IT STARTEDSTARTEDIn recent years, toad licking has become popular in the Australian outback, prompting Queenslands government to clas

4、sify toad slime as an illegal substance under its Drug Misuse Act.Thats how this whole cycle started-a lack of dope in the Australian outback, said Sager. There, they are killing the toads, drying the skins and making tea. Yummy, huh?This is what you call a desperation high. Its the sort of thing yo

5、u do when you run out of dope, he added. Its bizarre behavior. Man has always found ways to get (high), and hes found some weird ways to do it.The bright coloration of the poison dart frog serves as a warning to potential predators that it is one of the most poisonous animals on earth. From tiny por

6、es in its skin, the frog secretes a defensive toxin that makes it unpalatable to curious predators and which could easily kill if injected into a human or other animal. FROGS ARE POISONOUSBEWARE!BEWARE!Colorado River Toads secrete a very poisonous toxin that causes powerful hallucinations when inges

7、ted and in large amounts may even be able to kill a human. Curious dogs will often mouth the toads and this can kill the dog if they are not treated immediately.It isnt exactly an epidemic, but the Drug Enforcement Administration says toad licking is the latest way to hallucinate.THE HIGHComing on I

8、NSTANLY, you will feel a buzzing head-rush and notice a profound change in light and color perceptions. Acute closed-eye visual hallucinations are commonly reported. Effects last for 5 to 15 minutes, falling off rapidly. WARNING: Venom smokers may experience. Licking toads will not give you warts or

9、 produce a fairy prince, but it might get you high.SMOKING FROGSThe toads venom is concentrated on the surface of its skin, and thats why licking is dangerous. Smoking it is a different story, however. The toxic ingredient in toad venom is called bufotenine, which is burned off while smoking. After

10、the toxic stuff is gone, whats left is the hallucinogen 5-MeO-DMT. THIS is what sends you to never-never land. In order to get a smokeable sample, put the toad on a piece of glass (a pyrex baking dish works well) and rub the parotid glands behind its eyes. This will irritate the toad, and it will secrete a milky fluid. Once there is a goodly amount of it, let it evaporate to a crystal and then scrape it with a razor blade and place it in a glass pipe for smoking.WARNINGWARNINGFrog sec