Claim: Robbers in shopping mall parking lots are using ether-filled perfume bottles to render their victims unconscious. ... THE FEMALE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOW AND ASKED ME IF I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN "SNIFFING" SOME PERFUME THEY WERE SELLING. I REMEMBERED THE E-MAIL I JUST RECEIVED YESTERDAY,
www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/perfume.asp
Ether Sniffing: produces euphoria and "release"; it is somewhat difficult for most abusers to obtain. Refrigerants Inhaling: like glue, it gives a "high"; ...
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Is ether sniffed and drunk in the United States today? Though reports are few, it seems highly likely. Ether sniffing by a child was reported in Salt Lake City in 1962. 23 Dr. Nagle states that "there are anesthetists in this country who have become addicted to anesthetic agents.
www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/cu/CU43.ht... www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/cu/CU43.html
The original term for capturing all packets on a network was called 'Sniffing the Ether' which sounded like something bad to people not familiar to computers and ethernet.
www.unixgeeks.org/security/newbie/security/sniffer/snif... www.unixgeeks.org/security/newbie/security/sniffer/sniffer.html
cnoa.PDF (PDF File)
ether, chloro-form, and nitrous oxide (“laughing gas”), were used by people to become intoxi-cated. Ether, drinking and sniffing for recreational purposes, was quite popular in the nineteenth century; in fact it was regarded as a harmless, cheap substitute for alcohol.
www.cnoa.org/N-07.pdf
Anyway, the perfume wasn't perfume at all, it was some kind of ether or strong substance to cause anyone who breathes the fumes to black out.
urbanlegends.about.com/od/crime/a/two_sniffs.htm urbanlegends.about.com/od/crime/a/two_sniffs.htm
3. Sedative pt 1. You feel like dizzy, and you can't stop sniffing and sniffing, ... Motions around you get's like a crappy animation, and people trying to communicate with you doesn't make any sense at all (probably because they're on ether too) ; 5. Putting away the cursed rag. This part is like waking up after a knee...
www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=9771
A summary of basic information about Ether and its use. ... Diethyl ether is a highly volatile solvent. Like gasoline, it is a liquid which easily evaporates into a gaseous form and which is also highly flammable/explosive.
www.erowid.org/chemicals/ether/ether_basics.shtml www.erowid.org/chemicals/ether/ether_basics.shtml
The individual shown here died while sniffing ether. He was a habitual inhalant abuser and had built a special apparatus for inhaling ether. Inhaling any volatile substance in a closed system with no supply of fresh air is especially dangerous.
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Although it is said that it takes a lot more than one sniff of ether to knock a victim out, so it is rather doubtful that this could be done with ether. But is this probable? Unlikely, since the only case officially reported is as full of holes as swiss cheese.
www.bellaonline.com/articles/art7262.asp
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