David Theiss, 21, of Kansas City, Missouri, was arrested for keeping a pet toad with the intent of licking it to get high. The skin and venom glands of Colorado River toads produce powerful hallucinogens ... If the guy (stupidly) said that he was licking the toad to get high, that might have been enough to arrest him.
www.boingboing.net/2007/11/16/man-arrested-for-toa.html
The idea of toad licking really twisted the imagination of the public as it made it's way into popular culture through a charade of media coverage pretending to be news. I suppose all this nonsense about licking a toad to get high makes for a good story, though.
www.erowid.org/archive/sonoran_desert_toad/LaLaw.htm www.erowid.org/archive/sonoran_desert_toad/LaLaw.htm
TOAD LICKERS BEWARE: The latest way to get high is toad licking. A popular lick victim: the Colorado River Toad. When agitated, it secretes a hallucinogenic chemical through its skin. But the party practice could be fatal - some toads emit a cardiac toxin.
www.erowid.org/archive/sonoran_desert_toad/news.htm www.erowid.org/archive/sonoran_desert_toad/news.htm
Psychoactive toad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Psychoactive toad is a name used for toads from which psychoactive substances from the family of bufotoxins can be derived. The skin and venom of Bufo alvarius (Colorado River toad or Sonoran Deser...
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TOAD LICKING THE LATEST HIGH Amphibians produce slime that causes hallucinations Licking toads will not give you warts or produce a fairy prince, but it might get you high. It isn't exactly an epidemic, but the Drug Enforcement Administration says toad licking is the latest way to hallucinate.
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Hello Puteri, I may be a fishing addict, but where frogs, toads, worms, any creepy crawlies around...I do a David Copperfield disappearing trick like hearing my 16 year old girlfriend's father come home. Eeeee, licking a toad to get high?
www.puteris-musings.com/2007/11/licking-toad-to-get-hig... www.puteris-musings.com/2007/11/licking-toad-to-get-high.html
Toad Venom Used As Hallucinogenic ... KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A 21-year-old man has been accused of using a toad to get high. ... Clay County sheriff's deputies said David Theiss, of Kansas City, possessed a Colorado River toad with the intention of using it as a hallucinogenic.
www.kmbc.com/news/14587550/detail.html
I've often wondered about the first person to lick a toad and get wasted. I can just hear ... (Judge) "So, Mr. X, you committed the illegal act of licking an hallucinogenic toad to become high?"; (Defendant) "No sir. I was licking the toad for ... um ... other reasons." posted by risenc at 11:25 AM on December 5, 2002...
www.metafilter.com/22106/All-about-toad-licking www.metafilter.com/22106/All-about-toad-licking
: toad in Arizona that college students have taken to licking the backs of; : to get high. I guess the toad emits some sort of hallucinogenic oils or; : toxins through its skin that is strong enough to kill a misguided dog.
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Home : Top Stories : More people smoking toad venom to get high: cops ... "Toad smoking," which is a substitute for "toad licking," is done by extracting venom from the Sonoran Desert toad of the Colorado River. The toad's venom -- which is secreted when the toad gets angry or scared -- contains a hallucinogen...
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