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67 lines
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THE SLEAZE REPORT
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NEWS THAT YOU CAN DO WITHOUT
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"TOAD LICKERS"
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Just when you thought America's drug crisis couldn't get any worse,
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hopheads have found a new way to get high that's so bizarre it sounds
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like a sick joke; They lick toads!
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Before you even think about laughing, consider this: Toad licking
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is a felony, just like taking heroin or LSD! "You take a toad, shake it
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about and agitate it," explained Berkeley, Calif., Police Chief Ronald
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Nelson.
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"That makes it emit a chemical through its skin. "Then you lick
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the chemical off the back of the toad." Explained Dr. Alan Tani of the
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San Francisco Poison Control Center, "Some toads exude hallucinogenic
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substances as well as toxins as part of their defense."
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The most commonly used toad for U.S. drug-takers is the Colorado
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River toad, found in the Southwest and Mexico. It gives off a drug
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compound called bufotenine.
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"We hear of youngsters who do this fairly frequently," said a
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California probation officer. "Kids sniff glue of paint, but say that
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makes you so numb you can't think or talk. PCP also makes you unable to
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function. But the kids say that toad licking gives you a trip without
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paralyzing you.
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"It isn't as strong as LSD, but it's free." However the toadlickers
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don't realize they're playing a dangerous game.
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A Drug Enforcement Agency official, who asked not to be named, said
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he didn't know of anyone arrested yet for toad licking, but he added,
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"Bufotenine is in the same category of illegal drugs as heroin and LSD.
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It's a felony to possess it and a felony to use the drug."
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!!! RIVET RIVET !!!
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This highly regarded report comes from your favorite newspaper
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"The National Enquirer."
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