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NDlurker 34 minutes ago [-]
Old Vice documentary about it. This is where I had first heard about it. Used to be really hard to find the honey online, like only one or 2 places that sold it
They mention the toxin comes from the rhododendron flower. I remember camping in North Carolina once and one of the people I was with warned against burning anything from the rhododendron in the area, as supposedly the smoke would give you the runs.
I mostly thought they were joking, and I have no idea what specific type of rhododendron would be there (if any), but maybe there’s a glimmer of merit to it? Or maybe they were thinking of a different plant?
This was somewhere in the Blue Ridge Mountains, if I remember correctly.
john_strinlai 4 minutes ago [-]
i believe ingestion is the primary concern, but the smoke can also lead to symptoms, yes.
AngryData 18 minutes ago [-]
If you buy psychoactive honey/drugs online, it is on you to find out what it is and what kind of dosage you should take.
Dylan16807 3 minutes ago [-]
It's on you to figure out the dosage you can take, and it should be on the producer to label the dosage they're selling.
Forgeties79 16 minutes ago [-]
Yes but also we need to deal with the reality of the world, which is 1) not everyone is going to and 2) they don’t deserve to die because of it.
sokoloff 9 minutes ago [-]
I agree they don’t “deserve” to die, but someone comfortable with that level of risk management is quite hard to fully protect from themselves.
I imagine the native also built up tolerance over generations, not just knowledge as the article contends . Dying from a specific action is quite the evolutionary motivator
culi 26 minutes ago [-]
As with many psychoactive plants and foods, the adaptation here isn't so much a genetic/physiological tolerance as it is an often in-depth body of knowledge/practices for how to utilize the drug/medicine safely. Look at the notorious Datura for example which can cause you to go into a delirious state for over 2 days. The amount of preparation, processing, and knowledge that goes into administering it safely is lost on modern day kids who simply read an Erowid experience about a powerful psychoactive plant that likely grows locally.
meindnoch 20 minutes ago [-]
A lot of things sold online can stop your heart.
nozzlegear 17 minutes ago [-]
A reasonable person wouldn't expect honey to stop their heart though.
rootsudo 7 minutes ago [-]
Exactly, thank you.
Bang2Bay 20 minutes ago [-]
Name a few. I want to be an informed person.
emdash 1 minutes ago [-]
Water (in the right dosage)
Supermancho 13 minutes ago [-]
* Sibutramine (weight loss medication)
* Suldenafil or tadalafil (ED medication)
* SARMS (steroids in general)
* Caffeine powder (another game of guess the dosage)
drop_star 10 minutes ago [-]
Yohimbine is popular for weightloss but its dangerous if not dosed correctly
https://youtu.be/wDOvmhqvIA8
I mostly thought they were joking, and I have no idea what specific type of rhododendron would be there (if any), but maybe there’s a glimmer of merit to it? Or maybe they were thinking of a different plant?
This was somewhere in the Blue Ridge Mountains, if I remember correctly.
* Suldenafil or tadalafil (ED medication)
* SARMS (steroids in general)
* Caffeine powder (another game of guess the dosage)