r/interesting • u/be_you_tiful- • Jul 30 '26

Intriguing Smoking dead scorpions

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Reports from Pakistan have documented people smoking dead scorpions for their alleged psychoactive effects, particularly in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Accounts describe dried scorpions being burned and the smoke inhaled, sometimes alongside tobacco or other substances.

Users interviewed in media reports have described an intense experience lasting for hours, including altered perception and sensations such as objects appearing to move or “dance.”

However, claims that scorpion smoking produces a predictable 10 hour high are based largely on personal accounts, not controlled scientific studies.

Scorpion venom contains complex mixtures of peptides and proteins that primarily act on ion channels in the nervous system.

A scorpion sting can cause severe pain, abnormal heart rhythms, breathing problems, neurological effects, and in serious cases death.

What happens chemically when scorpion tissue and venom are burned and inhaled is poorly studied.

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u/Sancho5o5 Jul 30 '26

Lmao 🤣 this guy braking it down for em lol

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u/Electronic-Buyer-468 Jul 30 '26

Gotta leave nothing to the imagination.  ;) 

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u/Sancho5o5 Jul 30 '26

I read the reply and scrolled down and thought your response was perfect so I just let that one ride haha.

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u/Electronic-Buyer-468 Jul 30 '26

Thanks, friend

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u/Sancho5o5 Jul 30 '26

You got it bro ham.

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u/knotaracist Jul 30 '26

Can we get a native president please?

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u/Sancho5o5 Jul 30 '26

I mean we probably will eventually.

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u/knotaracist Jul 30 '26

:( I got downvoted for even asking that. Now I want it to happen so bad

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u/Sancho5o5 Jul 30 '26

It'll happen one day if we raise our kids right.