Jenkem (from the English jenkem ) is, according to urban legends , an inhaled drug with hallucinogenic properties, obtained by fermenting urine and feces . [1] In the mid-nineties, rumors circulated that it was the most popular street drug among street children in Zambia . They put feces and urine in a plastic bottle and, pulling a balloon on the neck, left it for fermentation in the sun, and then inhaled the gases formed. [2] [3] [4] [5] In November 2007, a panic wave broke out across the United States due to numerous reports that jenkem is becoming a popular recreational drug among young people, but subsequently the true extent of the phenomenon has been criticized more than once. [6] [7] Some sources reported that the media hysteria was caused by an Internet hoax . [eight]
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The name comes from the South African brand Genken, which has become "the common name for all adhesives used by toxicomaniacs ." [9] In the book Children of AIDS : Emma Guest's orphan crisis in Africa , the production of jenkem is described as follows: “human stool collected from the sewer is placed in a plastic bag, tied and left for about a week until there are stinking, intoxicating fumes” [10] The process is described in a similar way in an article from the IPS news agency from 1995: "People scoop up excrement from sewer pipes, put them in plastic bottles, cover them with bags and leave everything to roam for a week." [4] In a 1999 BBC article, they wrote: "... they filled a liter plastic bottle with dark, earth-like pieces. Tapping lightly, they compacted the mass so that there was enough space for methane." [3]
According to some drug addicts, the effects of using jenkem last about an hour and include auditory and visual hallucinations. [3] In 1995, an experimenter claimed that jenkem is "more psychoactive than marijuana ." [4] In a 1999 interview, one of the drug addicts in an interview admitted: "Under the glue, I just hear voices, but the jenkem causes visual hallucinations. Often I see my dead mother and forget about all the problems." [3] Fumito Ichinoshi, an anesthetist from Boston who investigated the effects of hydrogen sulfide , or sewer gas, on mice, informed Salon.com that “inhaling these gases, like jenkem, can lead to hypoxia , which means lack of oxygen in the body, which can to some extent cause euphoria, but it is likely to be harmful to health. " [7]
See also
- Designer drugs
- Marijuana
- Electronic Cigarette
- Tropicamide
Notes
- ↑ Fuller, Alexandra (2005). The effects can be super dramatic including seizures , vomiting , and hallucinations We just want enough. National Geographic , Volume 208, Issues 1-3, p. 119
- ↑ Donaldson, Aidan (2010). Encountering God in the Margins: Reflections of a Justice Volunteer. Veritas, ISBN 978-1-84730-220-5
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Matheson, Ishbel . Children high on sewage , BBC News (July 30, 1999). Date of treatment July 6, 2007.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Zambia-Narcotics: 'Huffing and Puffing' to a new High, Inter Press Service (August 26, 1995). (reprinted in a Snopes.com article on jenkem , retrieved December 30, 2007.)
- ↑ "African Children Orphaned by AIDS" Archived July 6, 2007. Associated Press , 1999
- ↑ Collier County Sheriff's Office (September 26, 2007). Information Bulletin: New Drug - JENKEM. via The Smoking Gun
- ↑ 1 2 Pietras, Jamie . Smoke this shit , Salon.com (November 9, 2007). Date of treatment November 9, 2007.
- ↑ Emery, David Jenkem - Drug Warning . urbanlegends.about.com . About.com (November 6, 2007). Date of treatment November 7, 2007.
- ↑ Cassere, Di (November 14, 2000). Glue loses high to save street-kid addicts. The independent
- ↑ Guest, Emma. Falling through the net. A street child's story, Zambia // Children of AIDS: Africa's Orphan Crisis. - 2nd. - Pluto Press, 2003 .-- P. 149. - ISBN 978-0-7453-2075-5 .
External links
- "Ass Marijuana" on Pikabu.ru
- Jenkem on Snopes.com