Injecting snake venom

[quidamsoul]

I imagine there has to be a high of sorts for him to repeteadly engage in this behavior and consider himself unable to quit. Anti-aging effects would not surprise me if existent within the venom--stranger properties have been derived from stranger still sources, and the more exotic the source of a biochemical, the broader the range of possible peculiar/useful/rare interactions and effects they might have with and on human biochemistry and physiology.

But medical/aesthetic/anti-aging purposes aside, I bet the rush is interesting and can totally picture it being similar to stimulant rushes. There could be some psychoactive alkaloids present in the venom, but I figure that the body's reaction to the potent toxins is on its own significantly adrenaline-packed, perhaps enough to mimic a stimulant rush.

 

[Si Dread]

Se ingwe, crazy way to spend your child hood!

Tell me about it! I got B&W photo's of this little kid with huge snakes wrapped around him, & it's me! I used to wander about with handfuls of Brown House snakes or Olive Grass snakes with which I would scare the shit outta the locals. I cannot tell you how many times I was bitten by non-poisonous varieties, dozens if not hundreds of times. I was once bitten by a slightly poisonous one & got a bit of a headache.

I had no idea that one could use snake venom to get high & I still have doubts to be honest! Just thinking about how toxic those little dried up bits of crystal were makes me wonder how on earth you work out a "safe" dose? It makes working with something as powerful as LSD seem like childs play!