Drug Scare: Kids in Florida are Getting High by Sniffing Feces
You can urine test them. You can take away their financial aid for college. But you can't stop the kids from getting high. Some people will try anything, and I don't think arresting them is going to help:
Information Bulletin
New Drug – JENKEMOn 09/19/07 Cpl. Disarro received and email from a concerned parent regarding a new drug called “Jenkem”. The parent advised their child learned about this drug through various conversations with several students at Palmetto Ridge High.
Jenkem originated in Africa and other third world countries by fermenting raw sewage to create a gas which is inhaled to achieve a high. Jenkem is now a popular drug in American Schools. Jenkem is a homemade substance which consists of fecal matter and urine. The fecal matter and urine are placed in a bottle or jar and covered most commonly with a balloon. The container is then placed in a sunny area for several hours or days until fermented. The contents of the container will separate and release a gas, which is captured in the balloon. Inhaling the gas is said to have a euphoric high similar to ingesting cocaine but with strong hallucinations of times past. [Snopes]
This doesn't sound like a good idea. But what shall we do about it? You can't pop people for poop possession, or piss-test people for piss sniffing. Should we launch a massive public education campaign warning kids that fermenting their excrement and breathing in the resulting fumes will get them wasted? That could backfire.
So I don't know what the solution is. For starters, we should wait to see if this is a real problem or just another hysterical response to a couple gross, though isolated, incidents. If there really is a rising trend of Florida youths sniffing fermented feces, maybe it's just an overreaction to the Miami DEA Chief's recent claim that marijuana will kill you.
Update: The rumor site Snopes, from which this story emerged, has updated the accuracy status of this rumor from "undetermined" to "false." It's unclear what prompted the change, but it looks like this whole story might just be a crock of...
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 7:58pmi remember i heard about this a long time ago and the slang term shit made me laugh pretty hard, but this is funny because u can get good weed in florida u don't need to suck on your own shit
What are these people inhaling?
Comment posted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/05/2007 - 7:16pmI'd like to know exactly what gas it is that's causing these people to get high from fermenting urine and feces. That actually sounds like it could be dangerous, especially if it's hydrogen sulfide or methane. Mind you, the amount of poop gas you could inhale from the balloon probably wouldn't be enough to kill you, but still...
I think I'd rather inhale marijuana and at least know exactly what I'm getting!
New Drugs Always Over The Horizon
Comment posted by Anonymous on Tue, 11/06/2007 - 9:28amEven if the WODS (War On Drugs Supporters) could eliminate every illicit drug today, something they aren't even close to doing (or arguably beginning to do), how will they deal with highs perhaps produced through nanotechnology, genetic engineering, and other new technologies?
The problem isn't the substance. It's abusive behavior, which exists at the core of all human-created problems.
According to NIDA: "Researchers have long recognized the strong correlation between stress and substance abuse."
Common sense suggests that correlation exists with all forms of abuse?
Putting aside that the WODS' "drug education" doesn't seem to mention the word "stress" at all, more or less to the prominent degree warranted, replacing the CSA with an effective system of abuse prevention and treatment focusing on teaching every citizen how to maintain healthy stress levels and how to identify and fix problem stress levels (be they too high or low) within their life, would arguably produce a far healthier (including more productive) society.
Now if only the mainstream media would share that observation with the majority of "We the people", who can then encourage politicians to promptly end the insane corruption that is the WOD.
The fact remains...
Comment posted by Anonymous on Tue, 11/06/2007 - 10:44amThats just plain nasty...
Feces sniffing
Comment posted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/07/2007 - 9:11amI don't think I care for any of that s**t.
Pathetic
Comment posted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/07/2007 - 12:23pmIt's pretty sad when kids start sniffing their shit to alter their reality. No matter if all the drugs are outlawed in the US, people are still going to find a way to get high. If people want to smoke marijuana, let them. They aren't hurting anyone else. If someone wants to get stoned and sit at home, no problem. More people are killed by lung cancer from cigarettes, liver failure from excessive drinking, and driving while drunk than that plant God gave us that grows in the ground. God created weed, Man created beer; In God we trust.
This one brings it home
Comment posted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/18/2007 - 4:32amand the notion that we can have some sort of art and entertainment show deal with the issue on a weekly basis as loved ones search for healing from pain ostensibly caused by the so called subtstance use...they all look the same....talk the same.....have the same sort of interpersonal problems....all use different drugs,,,,opiates or stimunlants of some sort ( as always) and this is a drug problem?
I don't think so...
Almightly,
JC
Feces power
Comment posted by holymusic55 on Wed, 11/07/2007 - 3:57pmI had a vet tell me years ago that dogs eat dog poop because they get stoned from it. This clarified why dogs eat poop for me and I quickly forgot this little bit of trivia till I read ur article about kids inhaling human "poop smoke", what we as kids used to call a fart.
Kids are inventive and will experiment with what is available to them. I would rather see them experimenting with a safe herb provided by God on our planet for our use, than human excrement!! The worst thing that would happen to them on pot would be a bad case of the munchies.
kids getting high
Comment posted by mlang52 on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 12:02pmI still think we should give their brains full time to develop. Let's say, at least the age of 18. Get them through high school first! I shoot for this, as an ideal. Because, I know kids and they will find a way! No different than right now, though! Because, right now, drug connections are easily available to them (in the present system?) at school.
This calls for a POP...Prohibition Of Poop
Comment posted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/07/2007 - 8:02pmSoon people will be pooping In a secret rooms built in their houses with locks on their doors, and special lights and mirrors there will be special poop rooms in the dark corners of business's nation wide. this must be stopped!!
shit high
Comment posted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 12:29amAre they called fecaholics or shit heads?
WOD will never end
Comment posted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 12:22pmOnce we realize that the war on drugs, like ALL other wars, is being funded and kept alive by the very people that swear to be "Waging War" on it, we'll all be better.
Most every modern war that comes to mind has been instigated, planned and created, in many cases by bombing or attacking our own people.
Check out www. zetigeistmovie. com for more info.
WHATS THE PROBLEM HERE?
Comment posted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 7:04pmI personally don't understand what the problem is here. This is much better than smoking marijuana! THIS is completely legal and legitimate! And to the person who said that with marijuana you know what you're getting...OH PLEASE!...i know exactly what I'm getting because i ate it the day before! I had the longest and best high I've ever had with my New Feces or "friends" as I like to call them. Can someone please explain what the issue is with this? As far as I'm concerned...the only bad thing about it is the taste of do-do the next two days.
amazing!
Comment posted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 8:50pmi always wonder what the next drug craze is going to be...
another fine import from the lovely folks in africa.
ONLY IN AMERICA!
Comment posted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 9:23pmBrings a whole new meaning to "EAT SHIT" LOL!
I thought all hash was mixed up with camel dung to help during
Comment posted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/18/2007 - 4:36amcure and that is where the experession good shit originated. Nothing new under the sun in other words...
JC
BARF
Comment posted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 10:58pmShit eating fucktards are going to be voting & driving around in YOUR neighborhoods.Look the fuck out & if you smell someone with shitbreath , punch them in the fucking face for being so god damn stupid.....I really wish theyd let me just shit & piss in their mouths instead of going through all that trouble...I'd do it in broad daylight.. or with a sunlamp..or both at the same time...would that work out? lets try...
stupid fucking idiots
shit breath, mine is legal!
Comment posted by mlang52 on Fri, 11/09/2007 - 9:54amThe only problem, I see, is that some people have "shit"mouths without eating shit. Halitosis has long been present, but no one associated it with shit eating. I guess that is because the human mouth contains more bacteria than a piece of shit! It is more dangerous to be bitten by a human than an animal (unless the animal is rabid, of course!)
So , hitting some guy because he has "shit mouth" may actually result in tea totalers being unnecessarily attacked and injured, just for having bad breath not related to this stupid fad!
It should be noted, that inhaling any gas decreases the oxygen level in the inhaled air, thus in one's blood stream. Inhale it down t zero% oxygen, and you just might die! That is the way most huffers die. By oxygen deprivation. So, this new form of getting high can actually be very deadly, in the right circumstances. Much deadlier to sniff shit than smoke it (the other kind)!!
rofl
Comment posted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/30/2007 - 11:58pmFUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK smoke that herb and calm yo nerve motherfucker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IN THE BEGINNING
Comment posted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 11:05pmsomeone was trying to get some pot from someone else & the other person told them to go eat shit to get high...& so they did & that was the beginning
Super Power Jenkem - the real good shit
Comment posted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 11:15pmIf you really want THE GOOD "SHIT".....
Then eat a bunch of really good hash for your Jenkem shit...
maybe youll get super duper SHIT FACED if you try the direct anal to mouth resuscitation method. might have to get a mouth shit screen to filter any turds that may pass through during the resuscitation process...
I have to piss.....
open your mouth.....
lmfao !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @ the motherfuckers who do this shit
NEW CRIME WAVE
Comment posted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 11:20pmalert....
call the law !!
call the law !!
dipshits killing one another over their piss & shit ...
rofl
Comment posted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/09/2007 - 12:40ampoop- free
pee- free
old bottle & balloon- free
inhaling your poop and pee fumes from a balloon- priceless
damn
Comment posted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/09/2007 - 3:00amall the fentanyl I use makes it so I can barely take a shit... who knows when I'll get the opportunity to try this new and wonderful way of altering ones state of being.
so... like is this a joke being broadcast just to see how many people are dumb enough to give it a shot?
STF
Comment posted by Kevin Kneeland on Fri, 11/09/2007 - 6:53amHere we go. Another chance for a government job if you want to sign up. The STF... Shit Task Force. FTG
Your snopes reference says
Comment posted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/09/2007 - 10:17amYour snopes reference says this is false. It's an urban legend.
snopes
Comment posted by mlang52 on Fri, 11/09/2007 - 10:57amOh, you must be the real smart feller referred to above! You actually looked! I didn't! I didn't know what snopes was!Ammonia gas, could be very pungent and even damaging to respiratory tissue. I really think this "African" high will never get popular. But, you gotta admit, the drugs are "cheap as shit", now-a-days!
wow, where did they learn that?
Comment posted by rita on Sat, 11/10/2007 - 12:13pmPeeing in a bottle -- what a concept!!!
jenkem
Comment posted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/10/2007 - 10:41pmThis is real, I know several people that have gone to Jenkem parties. This is really going on. I know some people that were my friends until I found out they huff Jenkem. They just threw their lives away to get high.
Jenkem is fake and the
Comment posted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/14/2007 - 7:46pmJenkem is fake and the photos are from totse. The pictures were thrown into a story and the press picked up on it. There is no evidence of documented Jenkem use in the U.S.
It's in print so it must be true!!
Comment posted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 12:07pmJust goes to show that the paranoia of drug warriors is such that ANY story about ANY activity they haven't approved is regarded as the Truth. A simple reality check would lead any rational person to doubt the veracity of this whopper. P & PP (poop & piss ponds) have been around ever since mankind has had to 'go'. Wouldn't the (ab)use of "poopiates" be an ancient and well known tradition?
Kudos to the Collier County Sherrifs Office for boosting the propogation of this dangerous lie. Human waste, as well as any other animals', contains a number of incredibly dangerous pathogens. If some stupid kid(s) get a hold of this idea and try it ther's likely be outbreaks of waste borne diseases. That's another clue as to the story being false. If kids were doing this there would be such outbreaks. The gases can also be flammable, so one would expect to hear of a few cases of kids getting "blown away".
Of course, no one ever accused WODS of being rational, intelligent or interested in the Truth.
jbnugget
The Chemical Makeup of this new Drug
Comment posted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 5:58pmHey does anyone know the chemical makeup of this new drug....... is it methane and ammonia...... or is there something else?
shit sniff :D
Comment posted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 8:25amwell well well now this looks interesting
me nd my m8 Hilary decided that we wud try this nd see wat the outcomes were.....im sad to say hilary committed suciced because she was so high she thought a pola bear was chasing her through the desert !! it is such a grate loss to me..!!
i want to warn u kids sniffing SHIT is not good....plz stop !!
i am now 8 months pregnent with my 6th child at 21...this is because wen my children were concceved i was sniffing jenkem they are deformed !! they have 26 noses beetween them !!
PLZ STOP !!
X
X SLYVIA x
SYLVIA!!!
Comment posted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 8:29amITS HILARY!!!
IM NOT DEAD!!!!!!
THE POLAR BEAR CAUGHT UP WITH ME, IM LIVING IN HIS KIDNEY!!!!
how i got in his kidney i do not know !!!!!!!!!!
but you'll will be gladd to know im still sniffing that jenkem !!
corrrr!!!
xx
URE ALIVE !!!!
Comment posted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 8:33amOMG I FORT I HAD LOST YOOU HILARY !!!
IM SO GLADE URE ALIVE ....IM PREGNAT !! WITH A GIRL IM GONNIN NAME HER **JENKEM** AFTER THAT GOOD SHIT
AHHHHHHHH...IM IN LABOR !!! WAT THE HELL SHOULD I DO
HELP ME HILARY!!!
X SLYVIA
WAIT!
Comment posted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 8:40amIM THERE FOR YOU SYLVIA!
AS SOON AS THIS POLAR BEAR SHITS ME OUT I'LL TREKK ACROSS THE DESERT TO HELP YOU DELIVER YOUR BABY JENKEM.
but first i'll need to have a little sniff of myself
MMMMMM-MMMM!!! :P
i think i haave a problem sylvia what do you think ??
xxx
ITZ A GIRL !!
Comment posted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 8:44amOMG U MISSED IT SHES A GIRL!!! OMG OMG THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE
I FIND OUT MY BEST M8 IS ALIVEBUT IN A POLA BEARS KIDNEY THEN I HAVE A BABY WITH NO HEAD !!!!
WE NEED TO REBAB PLZ SOM1 TAKE ME
HILARY I LOVE YOOU !!!!!!!!!!!
XXXXXXXXXX
my fucking twat
Comment posted by Anonymous on Sat, 12/01/2007 - 12:03amgood morning ms winters ms winters ms winters
why is it that the true readers never get the sheet music
is that your idea of god?
suck my dick
idealize
How stupid and desperate
Comment posted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/27/2007 - 10:27pmHow stupid and desperate could someone be to handle, bag and then sniff sh*t?
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JenKem
Comment posted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 12:16pmYou can say it is fake all u want to, and snopes (whatever the hell that is) can say it is fake, we have had 3 teen deaths where I live from the stuff and many police depts. have been running it in the newspapers to warn parents about it. It is not fake! 17 teenage deaths in Fla. so far. Don't know how many more. Don't really care, maybe it will keep more idiots from reproducing more shit sniffers.
To the author
Comment posted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/23/2008 - 1:32amHey everybody Africa is a continent not a country!
" DiJenkem originated in Africa and other third world countries"
did that not occur to you stoners!
THE MILITARY IS DOING THIS
Comment posted by Anonymous on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 1:40amTHE WHOLE REASON I LOOKED THIS UP IS BECAUSE I FIRST HEARD ABOUT IT BEING DONE IN IRAQ BY OUR SOILDERS. I GUESS WHEN THEY HAVE DOWN TIME THEY HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO. KIND OF GROSS TO ME. LOL TO EACH HIS OWN I GUESS.
jenkem
Comment posted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 3:22pmi can die now . i have herd it all. i work in a drug and alcohol rehab and thought i had seen and herd it all. now i have to start monitoring their pooping time? whats next?
WORMS
Comment posted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 6:46amI'm called Kelsi and I thought sniffing jenkum would be betetr for me that doing any other drug but really I was wrong because I had worms at the time and i got them up my nose and now if you go on the rotten website (www.rotten.com ) you can see my son as i passed it onto him. don't do it please.
Kelsi x
Ya know
Comment posted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/05/2007 - 6:59pmThat kid sounds like an awful fart smeller... I mean, smart feller.