New Drug Craze Hits Streets!

[CuongNhuka]

Well, not really. Two or three idiots in one of my classes decided... well... I'll tell you the story. It's really funny.

One of them was trying to figure out how some one came up with smoking pot. One of them joked 'Hay, it's a weed, and it's on fire, I think I'll inhale the smoke!'. Anouther joked, 'Posion ivy is a plant, would you smoke that?'

Aparently, the three are going to try to get together to smoke some posion ivy. God, that'll do some intresting things to them. Want to take bets on the results? I'm thinking one of them will get really really sick.

 

[Lynne]

They might asphyxiate from anaphylaxsis or have severe tissue swelling. The irritant in poision ivy is an allergic irritant that will be carried in the smoke. It surely won't do their mucous membranes or their lungs any good.

If they survive, they will learn a valuable lesson.

 

[bydand]

Before I say anything, I have a disclamer first. One moron tried this (my Great Grandfather) and survived, but don't try this at home.

Now the rest of the story to steal a line. The idiots you know may just be in for the ride of a shortened life. My Great Grandfather was very allergic to Posion Ivy and would get a couple of really bad cases every summer, sometimes from just working close to it and the minute droplets in the air would cause him to break out. He tried everything, until he talked to an old Indian healer and she told him to make a tea out of the posion Ivy leaves and drink the whole cup. Well, Mr. 15 Watt Bulb took this idea and ran with it. One cup of Posion Ivy tea later and the fool almost died. He had a very long recovery, and eventually did come back to full strength. That was in his stomach, I don't even want to think what is going to happen when it hits lung tissue. Side note: he never got another spot from Posion Ivy for the rest of his life, and I can literally roll around in it and I have never been bothered by it, makes you think huh?

 

[Big Don]

My cousins (they all work construction) were burning brush from the side of the road, sadly, poision oak was in the brush, they were all laid up for days, my cousin Mikey inhaled the most, he was laid up for two weeks.

 

[Big Don]

New Drug Craze Hits Streets... Followed Shortly by New Druggies...

 

[newGuy12]

Haha! Surely they won't try that!

If they do, they better hope that they are not allergic to it! Poison Ivy rash is bad enough on the OUTSIDE of the body -- can you imagine if you had it on the inside?

:uhohh:

 

[jks9199]

If your idiot friends really decide to do this...

Buy a dark suit.

Because there's a damn good chance you'll be attending a funeral. The chemical compound in poison ivy/poison oak/poison sumac is the same; it's called urishiol. This chemical will attach itself to the soot and smoke particles, and they will inhale it. At best, if they're sensitive to the chemical, they'll be laid up for several days with a contact dermatitis in their lungs and mouths. There's a damn good chance that this will kill at least one of them -- especially if they're highly sensitive.

 

[tellner]

Get documentation. Save a link to the newspaper story. These guys will have earned their Darwin Awards, and it would be a shame for them not to get the official recognition they deserve.

 

[newGuy12]

No, CuongNhuka, you must stop these fools before they get very sick or kill themselves. Hopefully you can tell them about this before they can find any poison ivy.

 

[tshadowchaser]

If they do try they are truely idiots
Talk them out of it. I know most people that experament with drugs do not research the effects of what might happen but this one is a BAD idea

 

[stone_dragone]

The evolutionist in me says let them do it and prove Darwin right.

The Christian and protector in me says stop them and prevent them from harming themselves and anyone who happens by.

Oh, what to do, what to do...

 

[theletch1]

Inhalation of the smoke from burning a pile of poison ivy could be life threatening. Smoking it directly, as you would a joint, would be a suicide attempt. The possible reactions to inhalation of PI smoke are so dangerous that in many states it is illegal to burn poison ivy. If these guys truly are friends of yours then you will stop them. If they insist then do as Tellner suggested and get documentation as I'm sure the medical community will be interested in what happens.

 

[Mr. E]

Stop them if you value their lives.

If they won't listen to you, tell them that hundreds of people probably died for every one person that found something worth smoking. Most probably figured out something was fun to smoke by inhaling it by accident during a fire or such.

(Somebody probably found out about Mary Jane when a rope factory caught fire or something.)

Ask them to take the time to ask a specialist at the very least before they try anything like that if they have any doubts at all about the matter.

From what I know, the other posters here saying it is a bad idea are right on the mark. The danger is that the stuff that causes the swelling and such will also hit the lung tissues the same way and they will not be able to absorb enough oxygen.

They have to be idiots to even think about trying this sort of thing, so maybe you should also talk to them about having surgery so that they can never have kids. People this stupid should not be allowed to pass along their genes.

 

[Andy Moynihan]

Print this thread and show them. That way anything you can do about it as far as showing them negative medical results, apart from taking the poison ivy from them at gunpoint, has baan done.

 

[CuongNhuka]

If they survive, they will learn a valuable lesson.

The real question, could they get high? Or anything along those lines...

 

[CuongNhuka]

Side note: he never got another spot from Posion Ivy for the rest of his life, and I can literally roll around in it and I have never been bothered by it, makes you think huh?

See, thats actually kinda cool. Not like I'm going to try it though.

 

[CuongNhuka]

New Drug Craze Hits Streets... Followed Shortly by New Druggies...

Or dead druggies

 

[CuongNhuka]

Haha! Surely they won't try that!

It wouldn't surprise me.

 

[CuongNhuka]

If your idiot friends really decide to do this...

Buy a dark suit.

Do you remember a year or so ago I said that someone grabbed my butt, and made inapproperiate comments, then threaten to kill me for defending myself. Well one of them was one who threatened me. So, I really don't care what happens.

 

[CuongNhuka]

Get documentation. Save a link to the newspaper story. These guys will have earned their Darwin Awards, and it would be a shame for them not to get the official recognition they deserve.

Yah, I might have to.