The Deadly Truth Behind Smoking Scorpion Venom

[@TheGreatIbis]

I knew nothing about smoking scorpion venom before watching this. And now that I’ve watched it I still know nothing

[@MrAgmoore]

LOL it was like a non-story. I heard from some guy… that heard from some guy… why didn’t they interview the three in rehab?

[@hitesharjan2117]

Exactly, this "Journalist" came with the Drugs are bad attitude. Didn't find out anything really. He didn't want to ask the questions. So wanted to know what they experienced and how long the effect was as well as the dangers.

[@shamfyre]

​@@hitesharjan2117 because asking people in recovery from addiction about the highs is disrespectful and hinders their recovery process. The journalist did the right thing.

[@eroero830]

You saved me some time.

[@eroero830]

@@shamfyre Or it's a non story with overinflated results. If smoking scorpion venom was a thing people would have been doing it worldwide, similar to opiates, and the scorpions would be bred in private and milked for their venom. But you go on pretending it's a real thing.

[@eh.440]

I'm so moved by the empathy of the lady working in the rehabilitation centre. What a kindhearted person, no judgement, only compassion and making space for them to express themselves

[@GooopGoooop]

Wholeheartedly agree, there's an unfortunate and dangerous stigma around men expressing their emotions. If some of these men had felt able to emote without judgement, perhaps some of them wouldn't have ultimately found themselves addicted and in a rehab

[@edwardk3]

Woman good. Man bad

[@amp4105]

@@edwardk3 incel brain syndrome

[@skinwalkertrippin3980]

Humanity is found in the most unlikely places.

[@ALotOfCancer]

​@@edwardk3If that's what you got from this comment you need to see a doctor. You have brain damage.

[@laurenz6760]

"Living your life is the best drug. Eating food, loving your parents, loving your kids, loving your life... These are the highest highs that you can hope to achieve." Damn

[@ProbablyOnLSD69]

I know so dumb

[@sd8213]

Yea thats bullshit

[@chrissavage9349]

Facts just wish we could all realize this sooner rather then later

[@tmm83093]

Easy for someone to say that hasn't experienced clinical depression.

[@OfAngelsAndAnarchist]

@@tmm83093 hah that’s such an ego trip. “Woe is meeee” Sooner you realize that’s actually entirely your choice and that you do it because you think it’s meaningful, you’ll cut it out and realize it never was. I’ve been there, very many people have, and the point is this: It’s not worth sacrificing your Self for your ego And the SECOND you get out the other side you’ll just be embarrassed for how much time you wasted making yourself sad when nothing was wrong

[@rustymand7086]

I'm from a small town in Kentucky it had a lot of great people that would help each other out, then methamphetamine swept through like a wild fire and ruined the majority of the people it still hurts after 22 years to go back through that area. This video made me think of my small town because every Pakastani I've ever meet has had a heart of gold like my people and to see them plagued with something as bad as meth hurts. I wish those with addictions the best and I hope they find the strength and courage to seek rehab for themselves, their families, and their friends.

[@John-mf6ky]

South Asians period, are always super friendly people

[@bettystiegler1702]

What an absolute tragedy

[@toxic_city]

Can I ask what town you're from?

[@philobetto5106]

I can point you to some of the men responsible, research Yuval Noah Harari, WEF, 'Useless Eaters", Klaus Schwab

[@nghtguy13]

Louisa, Ky here... Or Lawrence County. It's ruined our town as well. :/

[@carolefraze5972]

The fact that he had enough respect to not push the rehab people is true compassion. Everyday sober after being an addict is a fight, even while you sleep (drug dreams suck). When I watch other videos on addiction they really push that boundary for views. These are real people dealing with very real problems, education is key but disrespect is not nessa.

[@shayneoneill1506]

I stopped smoking weed 20 years ago and I still dream about it. Fortunately I was never really an addict (can you be truly addicted to weed in the same sort of way cigarettes or heroin can get you?) but I stopped just cos I didnt really enjoy it anymore. But I still dream about it.

[@carolefraze5972]

@@shayneoneill1506 I’m not sure but it’s your bodies way of healing and yes you can be addicted to weed if you’re self medicating. The fact that you were strong enough to walk away is huge. Not everyone possess this strength. I didn’t.

[@raymondtorres-gy8uj]

Totally hate those drug dreams but like you said that it's the bodys way of healing it makes alot of sence to me. Thank you for sharing that info. Blessings to you and your family always from Puerto Rico with lot's of love 🙏👍❤️

[@NightLight99999]

Nessa? Please don't tell me you moosh brain mfs starting to say nessa instead of necessary

[@pittchow]

Dreaming about using meth is the worst. You wake up convinced you relapse and are thankful it's was just a bad using dream. Every morning I thank God for taking away my weakness and replacing it.

[@Hope_is_Love]

"living your life is the best drug" So true. Such heartbreaking situations

[@ProbablyOnLSD69]

Suuuuch bullshit lmao

[@raunchybarbados4565]

I dunno, i kinda feel like heroin is a stronger high than being sober. Just my opinion though....🙄

[@raunchybarbados4565]

@@immortalwombat7095 i did, and i said high not drug. Now scuse me I gonna go suck down some N20.

[@dhc2]

​@@xx-sb7hi there are way better highs than being sober

[@TSJ99]

I’m high on potenuse

[@heinrichmuller7974]

@ 9:24 did anyone else find it kinda ironic that the dude whose smoking the scorpion venom's name is Rehab...

[@badrrinarayanan4659]

Saying his name out loud is the best advice people can give him :)

[@mma1st105]

Fuckin nuts.

[@ramdalion]

the irony was not lost >

[@nildaluzrodriguez]

😂

[@HighExplosiveDualPurpose40mm]

Exactly...the whole thing was some sort of joke

[@BadWallaby]

These are the vice videos I truly enjoy. As an ex opiate addict 7 years clean I can honestly say these videos can help someone.

[@L_E_L_0_U_P]

7 years for me too man!

[@HeathenFitness]

Hell yeah boys love to see it I got almost 6 months

[@plantguy902]

Congrats to you all! Proud of yas.

[@RUNgetToTheChopperGetDOWN]

Well done, stay strong.

[@TothLaszlo77]

congrats guys, you have my utmost respect 🙏 keep it up

[@NYHeeb]

U can always tell non addicts talk about drugs and addiction. U can never truly understand unless u lives it. Prayer to all my people still struggling

[@emilioaymat5651]

prayers never changed anything --- I have known junkies and alkies b4 and replacing drug abuse w/religion is just substituting one form of self-enslavement w/another. the real power lies and being strong inside and having egoistic determination. without Egoism u will live on ur knees

[@KayentaRojo]

Can someone explain to me how this would have any effect? Pretty soon after a Scorpion dies the venom becomes inert, (hence why many countries dry and eat them). I assumed they milked the scorpion venom and dropped it onto a cigarette or something. But seeing how he just crushed up a dead scorpion, I have no idea how that would have any narcotic effect. Wouldn’t it be just like smoking any other dried insect / arachnids?

[@MrAgmoore]

I dunno. We need a better report than the crap that I just watched.

[@Dewey_Boondye420]

its complete & total bs.. has zero effect. vice had a false lead, had to cover the cost of the trip ect. . running out of ish to cover. the addicts that they showed were opium & heroine users, this drug does not exist. jenkum had more basis in reality than this

[@XSemperIdem5]

Exactly! I'm so confused. I also thought they were going to extract some venom to mix in and smoke and maybe release the scorpion. But then that man pulls out a dried up scorpion and snaps a chunk off. I need the science behind this because I don't understand how this is having an effect as a drug would. Hamilton would explain the chemistry behind this.

[@TheHippyHoppyHippo]

they drink the venom

[@jtktomb8598]

Yep. Maybe a super strong placebo ? I have no idea

[@1speedracer3_51]

This guy might be my new favorite Vice journalist. Respect for not exploiting people getting treatment.

[@rdgloveshouse]

I'm not convinced he isn't being given the run around. I wish Hamilton did this one so we could know if there is actually any psychoactive properties of smoked scorpion

[@guystokesable]

Give it a go and report back, I'll wait

[@rdgloveshouse]

@@guystokesable no thanks

[@keyboardwarrior587]

I agree I feel like it's bullshit. I thought the same hamilton would have given us real answer, this was a waist of time absolutely no answer and complete myths at this point. I've been researching this myth for years and have gotten no compelling answers.

[@GilgameshEthics]

I 100% agree the guy who threw the cigarette in the water was just trolling him for a payday.

[@hitesharjan2117]

This reporter has his bias. Didn't even find out what the effects were and how they felt and what they experienced on the "drug". Their main problem might be opium abuse or heavy use of hash. Hope one day we can learn on a scientific level as to what's going on with smoking scorpion.

[@ckwind1971]

13:45 wow, a very real moment when this journalist is confronted by his own compassion and sensitivity towards these men in recovery. I imagine that these same characteristics informed his choice to be a journalist in the first place. Thanks for including that. Your conclusion is well stated, something I wish was always included in drug abuse related media here in the US.

[@lisafranklin9089]

💯

[@TheTonyFigueroa]

I have compassion for people who, through no fault of their own, contract or are born with diseases. Likewise for people whose suffering is the result of someone else's actions or neglect. I have ZERO compassion for drug users and addicts. Their suffering is a choice they made with full volition. These people should be put away and be required to earn their way back into society.

[@kiranthomlinson3056]

@@TheTonyFigueroa it’s clear you have a fundamental lack of understanding about human psychology and how drug addiction works. While the very first experience may have been a choice, what comes after is not, your draconian treatment of these people only serves to exasperate the issue not solve it. Just look at America’s war on drugs (which congratulations to drugs for winning) compared to places like Swedens implementation of programs to actually help people suffering from addiction. A useful framing to view it in is the framing of what it is, addiction is a disease and should be treated like one, if someone had bi polar disorder we don’t lock them in a mental institution until the end of time (at least we shouldn’t) we help them and provide them with the resources to overcome this obstacle, the same can be said for addiction, locking them away won’t help it will only further cement the actions, we need to help them and provide them with the resources they need to overcome their addiction.

[@TheTonyFigueroa]

@Kiran Thomlinson It would be one thing if the deadly effects of illegal narcotics were unknown or at least not broadly known. But they are all too notorious. Society is paying a massive price for their narcissistic behavior. The war on frugs was lost because it didn't go far enough. I can appreciate your compassion, but you do a terrible disservice to the victims of drug addicts.

[@karahcarrer]

​@@TheTonyFigueroa Theres always one of you who feels such a need to state that opinion ? Like oh please shutup

[@miapdx503]

Something doesn't add up...no one smoked any venom, just took some dried scorpion and added it to a cigarette. 😒

[@mr.beamss9106]

Lmao the guy throwing the ‘sigarette’ in the water after the user meticulously put it together….

[@dylanherron3963]

Yeah, all he did was piss dude off and make sure that he went out and bought more scorpion.

[@theriotartist]

I need that Scorpion banger at the beginning as a ringtone.

[@herbivore7108]

Pakistani folk death metal 🤘🤘 😅

[@amurnotgood3112]

100% that was so hard

[@RemoWilliams1227]

Hell yeah he was cool

[@jaydenwoodard7627]

​@@herbivore7108 any recommendations?

[@herbivore7108]

@@jaydenwoodard7627 Haha nah, I'm not from that region of the world, but I think metal and especially death metal is probably looked down on. From the little I've seen, there are definitely some metal bands in the middle east, non that come to mind unfortunately and also Lamb Of God played a very small show around there many years ago 💁🏻

[@OVERDOSE7002]

This dude did a great job covering this. More info about how the drug actually works and toxicity and such would've been really interesting as well.

[@calitaliarepublic6753]

It's typical low quality Vice reporting. They send in ignorant journalists to be shocked and amazed by a glimpse of foreign culture, while failing to do any investigation whatsoever.

[@zacablaster]

Absolutely. From the descriptions of the users, the venom appears to be a rather strong psychedelic. It may well have medicinal use if properly researched and understood. The issue underlying all of the scorpion smokers isn't any particular substance, it's a neueochemical disposition towards addiction.

[@Efhgi]

​@Hoblem opiods are also central nervous system depressant which for a lot of people feels amazing.

[@idle-hands]

@@Efhgi so is alcohol, barbiturates, GHB, etc etc

[@isubtothebest6020]

That takes actual reporting, this is more like a tour of the area

[@ParkerVRGT]

When he was breaking up the scorpion into that tobacco, did dude say.. "I dunno, that's kinda mid." 😂

[@corybrewer696]

I don't know how much of this I believe. " Smoking scorpion venom" definitely grabs attention but at no point did "venom" get smoked. Just a piece of a dried up scorpion stuffed in to a cigarette and even that got stopped. No explanation of its effects or proof by actual users.

[@ckwind1971]

"That's the most metal thing I've ever seen up close" 😂😂😂 Also the wigarette is the timeless drug delivery system!

[@amurnotgood3112]

Thank you Vice and especially Mustafa for filming and publishing this. Like you said, it brings to light bigger issues in Pakistan, and is definitely better than what any mainstream media outlet here is trying to shove down our throats. Also, the bicchhu song goes HARD

[@EddieExplores]

Can anyone tell me how to make better KZbin videos?

[@dylanjohnston6825]

The song goes hard 😂 lmao shii 💩

[@youtubename8080]

My heart still breaks for vice before a&e and Disney but I’m glad to see they are shifting away from being Buzzfeed 2.0 and seem to be doing more of the content that got them famous

[@tomik6537]

they make hit pieces on harmless spiritual practioners

[@sendthis9480]

Oh geez. Calm down drama queen. Nobody is handing participation awards for fake virtue on news channels anymore. That was last year’s trend. Calm your emotional rhetoric.

[@donkingisafatbiotch]

do you mind explaining what this means?

[@kylatokki22]

Yes! I love to see their comeback as well

[@ALotOfCancer]

​​​​@@donkingisafatbiotchThere are people who think Vice is owned by like 2 evil mega-corporations like Disney, but in reality they're owned by like a million companies that have no influence on the content because that makes zero sense. It's an *investment* which means they don't LITERALLY own Vice.

[@franny5295]

This broke up the monotony and irritation I've had with current events. Truly not something I'd ever even conceived a possibility. I wonder how this came about? Like, where does you life have to be to decide one day, "I'm going to catch a scorpion with venom that can make me curse my own birth if I'm stung and smoke that same venom because..." I wonder...

[@PURDY_POISON]

Lol ikr? 😂

[@bruce5168]

WTF???? How people just come up with the idea to smoke scorpion venom is just OFF THE WALL.😮

[@PURDY_POISON]

Thats like me waking up and saying. Damn I wanna smoke my boogers!😂😂

[@troypollonais9143]

Women: I have no idea how we live longer than men. Especially when life is harder for us Men: SCORPION Za Za for the win!!! 🦂

[@samsonsoturian6013]

That and we beat the crap out of each other

[@NurseViv]

😂😂😂

[@justincarreras7753]

Lol

[@blank7771]

Women are not confused how they live longer than men.

[@ivareskesner2019]

They live longer because we're the ones getting rescued last, risking our lives in any and every hazardous situation and going out there to catch the mammoth while our beautiful ladies urge us on with words of love and _'hurry tf up, what kind of man are you, I'm hungry'._

[@LegitJerome]

Humans are most inventive when it’s comes to finding ways to get high and/or kill themselves.

[@Panster7]

This is the first time I've heard of this. Pretty wild!

[@amir3515]

its a repost

[@Maya_Pinion]

​@@amir3515 so?

[@Maya_Pinion]

Sad,terrifying and sickening and people want to send $$$ to millionaires. Huh

[@MichaelWilliams85]

Because it is bs

[@terridactyl5152]

His name was Rehab Khan

[@Community_Guideline_Violator]

Fun story: I smoked scorpion whilst in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. Caught a scorpion, let it bone dry for 2-3 days in the hot sun, cut the tail off three notches below the stinger, crushed and smoked the rest in a Marb Red 100. Good times.

[@simonandgarfunkelfan]

gat dam

[@SysysEyew]

Good times 😂🎉

[@TroubledOnePaydirt]

I will never forget, I was 9 years old, on vacation in a cabin in Tennessee. I was in the shower, and felt something hit my foot. Wiped the shampoo away from eyes, looked down, and there was a large orangish brown scorpion next to my foot. I FLIPPED OUT. Tore down the shower curtain on my way out. Next day, we’re leaving and we go to sign this guest book that everyone signs before they leave. Last people there before us wrote “there are scorpions living in the walls”…. Scarred me for life. 😂😂😂

[@unfortunatelyaware5379]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO that sounds awful oh my god, i remember once when i was 9 i was living in florida and stepped out of my house because my family was just chilling in front at night and upon stepping outside and standing for a few little, i started feeling lots of tiny things on my leg, so they get the light on my leg and there are hundreds of ants crawling up it- immediately i started kicking and screaming and everyone was wiping at my leg until they were gone, horrible experiences 😂

[@tylerwilliams6022]

If you get stung by a scorpion you best hope it's a big one. It's the small ones that are the dangerous ones.

[@nomaderic]

I'm from south texas. Every summer when the weather gets hot and water is scarce the scorpions move into places like our home. Everyone in the house gets bit at least once every summer.

[@TroubledOnePaydirt]

@@tylerwilliams6022 true. The smaller the deadlier. But, as far as I know, all the scorpions in America are about to equal to a bee sting venom wise.

[@tylerwilliams6022]

@@TroubledOnePaydirt I'm not well versed on scorpions. But for some reason I want to say Arizona or Mexico border states have some small dangerous scorpions. Isn't it odd though for how menacing something like an Emperor Scorpion looks, but it's rather benign.

[@topskurk]

Now I wonder who's that guy that woke up one day and said "Let me try and smoke some Scorpion Venom" 😂😂😂

[@domtom1017]

Not only for this but alot of drugs can u imagine the trial & error also amout of Luck plp had to have let alone go thro to discover sumthin made em feel differently without dieing😂

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Someone experiencing meth withdrawal, probably

[@livingstone8347]

​@@samsonsoturian6013 Surely it would be opiate withdrawal in these Eastern countries.

[@Bethune_Groundstaff]

It’s all the same one guy thru history

[@francislutz8027]

Yep, Mike Tyson

[@anagennao]

So this is supposed to be about smoking scorpion venom, but the venom is only contained in part of the tail. Users were saying that they mix pieces of dried scorpion, not specifically the tail, with tobacco and smoke it. This doesn't sound like it's about the venom. Scorpion exoskeletons contain harmala alkaloids, this is why they fluoresce in UV/blacklight. Harmalas are not known to be devastating compounds, though.

[@tylerwilliams6022]

You caught that too huh?

[@bambibri]

Maybe the drying out or killing of the scorpion causes the venom in its tail to leak back down into other parts of its body?

[@franlp100]

Harmalas is used as imao for DMT/Ayahuasca. Maybe when you smoke it cause some type of high ? I will investigate that

[@anagennao]

@@franlp100 MAOI

[@franlp100]

@@anagennao I'm from Argentina and we say imao, sorry mama !!

[@ankitsonariya918]

The drug user's name being Rehab Khan is just... I can't lol

[@motosaki404]

bahaha i didn't even notice this. thank you

[@bigreddog502]

I've done a lot of drugs unfortunately an I've done a lot of not so savory things to get high, but let me tell you right dang now .......I ain't smokin no scorpion nothin

[@itsyaboyskinnnypimp42069]

I can definetly get behind huffing nitrous Off of whip cream

[@bigreddog502]

@My Cancer Journey you're a scam, reported

[@chicagorilla4983]

No one is. I love vice but documentaries like this are ridiculous.

[@kjones5052]

. 😅

[@LoveFitsAll]

If it got put in a pill, you'd never know lol

[@drobadass7721]

This how the Rock prepared for his role in the Scorpion King. 🦂 👑

[@EpIxSiLvEr13]

*Dude getting ready to float on a cloud by crushing up bits of poisonous Scorpion to put in his cigarette* “Idk looks kinda mid” 🤣🤣🤣

[@sykoteddy]

I deeply respect that you didn't ask for what the highs are like for not making those addicts fall back in addiction!

[@noassociation85]

🤦 fux the point then

[@coolttrain]

Wtf

[@coolname2629]

They damn sure aint addicted to scorpions. This vid is bullshit.

[@MadAlhazred]

Did I miss the part where it explains the what the users of this "drug" experience while taking it?

[@Gumbocinno]

People say vice never left, but it really feels like they're back.

[@ThePoehladian]

VICE has been gone since day one.

[@diarmuiddoherty3098]

​@@ThePoehladian Your still watching lol clearly not doing too badly

[@ThePoehladian]

@@diarmuiddoherty3098 I never watch garbage, I just remind you cult members you shortened your own lifespans because your masters mandated it.

[@ThePoehladian]

Free education for you few who can read.... An illusion it will be, so large, so vast it will escape their perception. Those who will see it will be thought of as insane. We will create separate fronts to prevent them from seeing the connection between us. We will behave as if we are not connected to keep the illusion alive. Our goal will be accomplished one drop at a time so as to never bring suspicion upon ourselves. This will also prevent them from seeing the changes as they occur. "We will always stand above the relative field of their experience for we know the secrets of the absolute. We will work together always and will remain bound by blood and secrecy. Death will come to he who speaks. "We will keep their lifespan short and their minds weak while pretending to do the opposite. We will use our knowledge of science and technology in subtle ways so they will never see what is happening. We will use soft metals, aging accelerators and sedatives in food and water, also in the air. They will be blanketed by poisons everywhere they turn. The soft metals will cause them to lose their minds. We will promise to find a cure from our many fronts, yet we will feed them more poison. The poisons will be absorbed through their skin and mouths, they will destroy their minds and reproductive systems. From all this, their children will be born dead, and we will conceal this information. The poisons will be hidden in everything that surrounds them, in what they drink, eat, breathe and wear. We must be ingenious in dispensing the poisons for they can see far. We will teach them that the poisons are good, with fun images and musical tones. Those they look up to will help. We will enlist them to push our poisons. "They will see our products being used in film and will grow accustomed to them and will never know their true effect. 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If they refuse we shall find ways to implement mind-altering technology into their lives. We will use fear as our weapon. We will establish their governments and establish opposites within. We will own both sides. We will always hide our objective but carry out our plan. They will perform the labor for us and we shall prosper from their toil. "Our families will never mix with theirs. Our blood must be pure always, for it is the way. We will make them kill each other when it suits us. We will keep them separated from the oneness by dogma and religion. We will control all aspects of their lives and tell them what to think and how. We will guide them kindly and gently letting them think they are guiding themselves. We will foment animosity between them through our factions. When a light shall shine among them, we shall extinguish it by ridicule, or death, whichever suits us best. We will make them rip each other’s hearts apart and kill their own children. 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Drop by drop, drop by drop we will advance our goal. We will take over their land, resources and wealth to exercise total control over them. We will deceive them into accepting laws that will steal the little freedom they will have. We willestablish a money system that will imprison them forever, keeping them and their children in debt. "When they shall ban together, we shall accuse them of crimes and present a different story to the world for we shall own all the media. We will use our media to control the flow of information and their sentiment in our favor. When they shall rise up against us we will crush them like insects, for they are less than that. They will be helpless to do anything for they will have no weapons. "We will recruit some of their own to carry out our plans, we will promise them eternal life, but eternal life they will never have for they are not of us. The recruits will be called “initiates” and will be indoctrinated to believe false rites of passage to higher realms. Members of these groups will think they are one with us never knowing the truth. They must never learn this truth for they will turn against us. For their work they will be rewarded with earthly things and great titles, but never will they become immortal and join us, never will they receive the light and travel the stars. They will never reach the higher realms, for the killing of their own kind will prevent passage to the realm of enlightenment. This they will never know. The truth will be hidden in their face, so close they will not be able to focus on it until its too late. Oh yes, so grand the illusion of freedom will be, that they will never know they are our slaves. "When all is in place, the reality we will have created for them will own them. This reality will be their prison. They will live in self-delusion. When our goal is accomplished a new era of domination will begin. Their minds will be bound by their beliefs, the beliefs we have established from time immemorial. "But if they ever find out they are our equal, we shall perish then. THIS THEY MUST NEVER KNOW. If they ever find out that together they can vanquish us, they will take action. They must never, ever find out what we have done, for if they do, we shall have no place to run, for it will be easy to see who we are once the veil has fallen. Our actions will have revealed who we are and they will hunt us down and no person shall give us shelter. "This is the secret covenant by which we shall live the rest of our present and future lives, for this reality will transcend many generations and life spans. This covenant is sealed by blood, our blood. We, the ones who from heaven to earth came." "This covenant must NEVER, EVER be known to exist. It must NEVER, EVER be written or spoken of for if it is, the consciousness it will spawn will release the fury of the PRIME CREATOR upon us and we shall be cast to the depths from whence we came and remain there until the end time of infinity itself." 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jc6800]

I heard they were broke and in risk of shitt8ng down 😢

[@jonbourgoin182]

I wish they went more into the compound itself and what about it makes you high and what the effects are like in detail. Really interesting.

[@DMWBN3]

All that travelling & they didn’t even find anyone smoking it & discuss it. Those addicts could have been addicted to anything & probably shoved infront of the cameras & told to say something!!! Shite.

[@MB-xz8xd]

@@DMWBN3it's all in the video there was a literal build up to the part where they actually found a guy who smokes black scorpion - he was literally filmed pulling apart one side of a dead, dried black scorpion with his bare hands and shoving it, mixed with tobacco or whatever that mixture was, into a cigarette roll before proceeding to light it and then SMOKED the dead body parts of a black scorpion. I had to look away at least once. Not an easy watch. What more could they have done for their audience? - but I agree with the initial comment about wanting to find out why /what about it makes someone high and more detail around the science... But I guess it's hard to find studies evaluating scorpion/scorpion venom as an effective replacement for commonly used drugs.

[@stefanjohansson2373]

@@DMWBN3 9:24 Is what you’re looking for…

[@jsplit9716]

@@MB-xz8xd but he didn't actually smoke it. That could've been completly faked. I don't believe this is a real drug

[@MB-xz8xd]

@@stefanjohansson2373 exactly this... He clearly smokes the cigarette roll containing the scorpion mutilated body parts. Never thought I'd type those words out!

[@JWoodcock]

"Living your life is the best drug". I hear you brother, God bless.

[@Disc_11]

"For the scorpion" needs to be a full song. Straight banger

[@markusbroholm3173]

true

[@koisee3478]

"living life is the best drug" this line should be in every rehabilitation center

[@glenmchargue5461]

It comes off as hokey though. When that guy was saying it, it was genuine and so full of emotion that it hit different. That was a stand out quote in this doc .

[@pab702]

I don’t think smoking scorpion venom gets you high. You might get f*cked up, but you’re not high. You’re poisoned 😂

[@herbivore7108]

Neurotoxicity, but definitely not high 🤝

[@Pax_Mayn3]

Not true, some are like opiates or psychedelics. Toad venom has dmt.

[@user-realahhnikka]

That means alcohol isn’t an intoxicant either because its also classified as a poison

[@Pax_Mayn3]

@@user-realahhnikka I mean water is a solvent.

[@MrAgmoore]

Chemistry nerds get into a fight on the Internet

[@wraithyoshidj6702]

So let me get this straight, you go meet a drug user to ask him about his habit, he accepts to show you and you gonna throw his joint in the river after one puff? Wtf

[@MrAgmoore]

Puff the Magic Dragon

[@I-dont-reply]

Let a homie do the scorpion real quick

[@NexuJin]

He still had 1/3 scorpion left. Why keep 1/3 if he is really quitted?

[@wraithyoshidj6702]

@@NexuJin what are you on about?

[@GuardianComplex]

That caretaker describing how she encourages them to feel and release their emotions despite their cultural pressure to maintain masculinity. Heartbreaking and beautiful.

[@edwardk3]

She is the one we must give support to. Men should be left to fend for themself

[@Weiner-Worm]

​@@edwardk3 No bro, you have feelings for a reason...becoming a dad, marrying the love of your life, winning a sports game, buying your own house, etc. Emotions are ok bro, life is duller without feeling things. Both men and women have feelings and emotions, they are a human quality

[@edwardk3]

@@Weiner-Worm no. We must save women for equality. Otherwise they won't get saved

[@Weiner-Worm]

@@edwardk3 your comment doesn't make sense. Bith men and women have feelings and emotions, that's a fact

[@ivareskesner2019]

As opposed to the wholesome family type of scorpion venom smoking...

[@bigchris2939]

Scorpions be like try me fool I got claws 🦞 🦂

[@ianodonnell5552]

Good rule of thumb with scorpions is if they have big pinchers, they’re usually not very venomous, when they have small pinchers and a fat tail, they’re usually very venomous, I used to keep some of the deadliest in the world, I love scorpions!! I heard that Deathstalker, Leiurus quinquestriatus, which is the deadliest scorpion in the world, venom is the most expensive liquid by volume in the world, around $35,000,000 a gallon.

[@amiralaswad]

KPK Province is far ahead of the other provinces in terms of good governance and actual programmes which see addiction as a symptom and disease not as a 'war on drugs'. Well done PTI.

[@Corneilus123]

I ain't never heard of someone smoking Scorpio venom. I understand it's a neurotoxin but dang. Lemurs agitate centipedes to get high off of them. Lately it had been discovered dolphins figured out a way to get high off of a puffer fish and pass it around to another dolphin.

[@LFSPharaoh]

Puffer puffer pass? Lmao how are we not in a simulation this is getting ridiculous

[@superslimanoniem4712]

Wasn't the dolphin thing debunked and explained as them just playing with essentially a beach ball?

[@RemoWilliams1227]

​@@LFSPharaoh seriously lmfao! We're finding Easter eggs now lol 😂

[@hi-mj5oi]

Coffee is a neurotoxin

[@808bigisland]

Dolphins pick a certain puffer species. Not all are deadly. I swim with a pod regularly. Some pods play, other pods are very serious.

[@MegaPedro1975]

If someone threw away my scorpion venom spliff I’d feel that sting.

[@mazeratifox7208]

I see what you did there..very clever sir. ✊🏾

[@2richants]

Yeah.luckily he saved some for later otherwise he would have been pissed off

[@banjiegirl2001]

😅

[@CMADDillac]

The dude smoking literal scorpion to get highs name is Rehab lol

[@xLazarusEnvy]

Did homie really just break up pieces of a scorpion and start to smoke it?

[@josephthomas7477]

The new venom dosent compare to the venom from the 80’s

[@ThePoehladian]

Doesn't compare to the cool aid your cult all took and tried to force on everyone else. I'm not complaining though. It's the Earth's way of cleaning up the place.

[@bigshot0987]

Speaking from experience

[@KasperCarti]

This is cappppp🧢 lmao it’s not even physchoactive when smoked, you got bamboozled

[@cfontaine]

I understand and respect why he didn't want to ask about what the experience of the drug is like but part of being a journalist is asking the difficult questions and he really failed at that.

[@AppendixVermiformis]

My best bet is there's nothing psychoactive in scorpions, they were just schizophrenic and/or manic while also going through opioid withdrawal. Inhalant abuse may also be tied in some way to the whole mystery.

[@orphandextro7046]

As a former opioid user myself, who feels for all these struggling people in a place that will never support them, I still wanna know what the scorpion venom feels like. I’m sorry, but I do. People also use Cobra venom, reasonably i want to know what that does too.

[@VoidvonStroke]

interesting.

[@bang.bang.ninergang]

Dopamine kicking in….😂

[@fabledfantasty7343]

Why?

[@unktzor]

​@@fabledfantasty7343 maybe because its a high he doesnt know and he hasnt learned enough from the other drugs?

[@soap1056593]

Bruh just stick to cannabis

[@tripical]

As an opioid addict, we need more videos like these. All drugs can be deadly in the end it’s us humans that are deadly, not the drug.

[@planetcaravan2925]

Weak minded ones

[@nickTeeKaystrickland]

Always impressed with the dexterity and control scorpions have over their tails. They can control down to the smallest sections with extreme precision. Very cool to see.

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

I've never heard of people smoking scorpion venom??

[@paulk7446]

Is it the scorpion or the venom they smoke ? The only part they showed them smoking was the actual scorpion and not the venom which would have had to be extracted from the venom glan/sack ?

[@Otiomz]

and you would think smoking venom would be healthy

[@rebellefleur435]

Love the fact that the users name is Rehab lol

[@OnPointFirearms]

Was looking for this comment!

[@BlekJamal]

That guy: Show us how its done Also that guy: you cant do that

[@TheBandios]

It's funny that the guy smoking the scorpion his first name is actually "Rehab"

[@ParkerVRGT]

I was thinking the same thing

[@draganjelic3549]

I'm not very sure how vice got back to 'old videos' quality, but i'm glad seeing good content again. :)

[@memeconnect4489]

i'm sure this is the third time they re-upload this

[@DaxxAlabel]

Yeah, was going to say I think I've seen this one before

[@IceMaidenxx3]

What an incredible therapist! I hope all the patients gain support and strength as progressive, open-minded and dedicated as that shared in the video.

[@chullymonroe]

Who would've taught people smoke scorpion venom 😮 That's insane.

[@hellosweetheart3350]

I can just imagine all the drug abusers wishing they had their hands on those resin filled scorpion paperweights everyone was buying back in the 90s

[@林楷鈞-q6b]

What are the activite ingredient(s) from scorpion? Ihypothesized most protein or even peptides will be destroyed when the user lit the cigarette

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Most scorpion venoms contain nerve toxins that cause some form of paralysis. I'll wager smoking it makes them feel numb.

[@Khemystriy]

It’s an opioid similar to poison dart frog, peptide looking molecule, 60+ carbon

[@Khemystriy]

It’s called heteroscopine/ chlorotoxin

[@yourbrain8700]

​@@Khemystriy What's your source for this acting as an opioid?

[@Khemystriy]

@@yourbrain8700 it’s literally one google click away, type in heteroscopine MOR affinity and you’ll find it

[@chrisclouds4182]

Respect to the journalist for going above and beyond with this piece. You can really feel the compassion in his reporting.

[@localfarang]

That intro 😂

[@peacethemission101]

*enter* Scorpion venom smoker: "Rehab Khan" 😂😂

[@lazypuddycat]

The one thing I picked on is one of the people in recovery says,"Love your parents, love your kids is the highest aspiration in life" What about siblings or your spouse?

[@arcatacompany]

So I might have missed something so far when does the smoking venom come into play because I did not see that actually happened, if you break off pieces of scorpion that's not the same as venom venom would be in a venom sack

[@CalRCRecords]

They don't have access to technology/tools to extract the venom in a pure way, so they just crush up the tail and mix it with the tobacco to smoke. In theory some of the venom is there, but they're just smoking the scorpions entire body which probably is a bad idea even without the venom inside.

[@olliewakefield226]

Ooga booga

[@wolfeflambe]

That part looked very much that the ex cop set that up for the camera crew.

[@siratomfitz]

@@wolfeflambe Completely agree.

[@mirafawn1019]

Well said. The problem of smoking this substance (as it is with addicting destructive drugs) is that its a SYMPTOM. Underlying bigger issues of inequality in any society breeds disparaging results. Socioeconomic imbalance gives way to personal, family, and community desperation. On the other side where imbalance weighs in favor, it's foolish to believe one won't be affected. As long as human beings allow their fellow humankind to suffer without opportunity, from basic essential needs met to hope for a future, more problems continue to grow. Albeit easier born on the side of privilege, pretending that you are special while widening the gap between further wreaks havoc; then you wonder "why" your streets become unsafe with crime and "how" are people so evil that they would hurt, rob, and steal. It's easy to take on the perspective of black versus white. Them versus versus us. Follow the crowd without question. But we are not children who don't know better. Rarely are there not differing shades of gray as nothing tends to be as simple, uncomplicated, or cut and dry as we tell ourselves. We vote against social support of those in our own society in most need, to help feed the 10M children in The U.S who go to bed hungry, temporary childcare providing women with education for better opportunity, we argue that these people are simply lazy. We fight against a living wage as most families work multiple jobs to barely get by and are surprised by the "lack of parenting" when another teen does the unthinkable. Every empire falls, and ours is both rotting from its inside and new. If you know U.S. History, then you know this is an experiment. For one of the richest Country's in the world, with offerings of brilliant ideas and solutions that have kept us united, the division on these positives will be our ultimate downfall. In any case, it's easy to sit back and judge without remorse until the hell of addiction takes over your loved one. Oftentimes its a matter of a lacking Healthcare system when facing pain management. And now, the latest for "our protection" has passed through from government which in reality is leaving millions of Americans abruptly cut off from their maintenance medication, including our elderly. Doctors are without choice, forced to disservice their patients or risk loss of their career. Scorpions may not be far off 😑

[@Free-Bodge79]

That's a great comment empathetically and compassionately wrote. I wholeheartedly agree with a lot of what you've said totally. But. Even if you had the power of a God and could cure all the societal problems we face in the world today. Everything. Poverty., war, famine, oppression., abuse. All the world's ills. You'd still find drug use. I don't know on what level but it would still be present . My augment being that it's part of the human condition, it's part of our psyche. Not for all of us. Some not at all, some more than others. It's always been there, since the dawn of human life. Our ancestors would test plants for active properties, they'd seek them out, the mushrooms, the plants, the cacti and they'd treasure them once found. They'd eat the fruit that was high in natural alcohol. We see this in other species to. They'd do this for a lot of reasons. Spiritual ,religious, medical and healing and a lot of the time just to alter their consciousness , their state of mind. To get a buzz. I'm in no way saying we should go back to a simple shamanistic ,Hunter , gathering place. Modern life and it's societal pressures have exasperated the problem but they didn't create it. We could do an awful lot more to help sure, you make some great examples in your comment. But even if we did all of that, the problem wouldn't be gone. Because you're dealing with people , human beings and we're funny creatures. Some of them just like getting high, they'll choose to do that and they enjoy it . They like getting fucked up. It's the same way how wars always been with us or religious beliefs have. Across every society, continent, ancient ,modern, developed or not. You can't cure these things they just are. 👊💛👍

[@dolphin069]

The rich don’t get high? Get a grip.

[@harryptoe2981]

Write a book ese

[@benayers8622]

@@dolphin069 they have prescriptions so its not called high its medication in their fantasy lie version of reality

[@planetcaravan2925]

Too long, didnt read

[@Novilicious]

This content is only brought to you by Vice and nobody else! ❤

[@djr3ap3r99]

The spiritual sisters supporting they're spiritual brothers in crying and processing emotion is beautiful if more women taught men to do this I think the world could heal alot

[@kalyankrcfr6913]

Here in the mountains of India, some extreme meditators use the sting of the Scorpion to concentrate their consciousness to get beyond the dualities of pain and pleasure.

[@smokeuup]

Imagine being Mr. Rehab went all the way there to get his quick fix, ex cop dude ambush causally taking away his loaded cig, poor dude prolly thinks he’s just passing the dope to the next one … little did he know

[@HitRockBoglim]

I know wtf lmao

[@CalRCRecords]

At least he didn't use the whole scorpion, so hopefully it wasn't his whole stash that got thrown out lol. Seems messed up though, guy was mentally prepared to go on some wild trip and then the other guy just said "nope, here's a forced change of plans". Maybe it will help that guy change his habits, but probably he was just annoyed.

[@smokeuup]

@@CalRCRecords we will never know 😂 there’s a chance it was just for the show. They actually let him smoked the thing and perform the skit for ex cop dude, he prolly took a few drags too 👽👽

[@stanbinary]

14:55 Very insightful points - the whole region needs to uplift itself from its current state - and part of that is to be secure and more friendly to the world. That will create opportunities for people

[@jiggyfun807]

This is interesting to watch even if your to high for the subtitles

[@christopherhernandez3937]

Not gonna lie, that riff at the beginning was pretty metal.

[@cringer8107]

Can someone help me find the song which i get reminded of hearing the guy at the beginning playing? Especially the part at 0:05

[@drewc1991]

Everyone saying how weird it is to smoke scorpion venom yet one of the greatest substances comes from a toad secretion.

[@WinterWitch01]

And do you personally know anyone who has used that “greatest substance” toad venom? It’s weird

[@rny999]

DMT 🎉

[@HansenFT]

@Chronic_Payne pretty common. 5-meo-dmt. Many consider it the most spiritually profound of all psychedelics. Google it, if you dont believe it.

[@vedremo9240]

@@WinterWitch01 yes

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

​@@rny999 no, bufotenin is 5-MeO-DMT. it's a substantially different drug. you might as well conflate psilocin with DMT too, because that's 4-HO-DMT.

[@stanbinary]

I actually think that Pakistan might need to consider importing some Ayahuasca or mushrooms to manage such a crazy addiction. Kudos to the lady in the rehab center to try to help

[@nevasoba5953]

God bless the guy doing the story, he understood the need for compassion and awareness that those men , recovering addicts would possibly be negatively affected by discussing their affliction.

[@goaldeninturnet684]

9:24 the scorpion smoker's name is literally Rehab

[@mphephimjwara5685]

real stories from obscure places is the journalism we need

[@kyddanylopez8238]

Being alive is the greatest drug… oof that hit hard 🪶🥺

[@WinterWitch01]

If that isn’t the most ableist bullshit, ever

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

look at the uniforms - those are prisoners, they say what they're told to say. that was a line straight from their rehab program.

[@holdencaulfield2417]

​@@Ass_of_Amalek those are scrubs. They were under treatment.

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

@@holdencaulfield2417 it's a closed rehab almost certainly attended by order from cops or judges. it's a prison for drug users.

[@holdencaulfield2417]

@@Ass_of_Amalek How do you know that? It is quite possible that those guys who used to smoke scorpion poison have realised that it wasn't exactly good for their health and it created more problems than it solved.

[@_S0Y]

did he say the scorpion ''looks kind of mid'' ?!?! looool

[@herbivore7108]

Lmao, I thought I heard that too

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

A lot of these guys and many Pakistanis in general have experience living in the US/UK, or their relatives do. I've met some whose English was as good as mine.

[@cloutmuzikbeats]

Sad to see these people take some extremes to escape their realities

[@WinterWitch01]

Their reality is the sad part, not the escape

[@KeepMeATec]

@Broski Snowski true

[@ProbablyOnLSD69]

Life sux get high

[@gibransaliba8801]

​@@ProbablyOnLSD69 totally agree 💯

[@Monkeyabroad]

So lame that the ex narc officer threw the scorpion cigarette in the river. It's not even illegal

[@marleneg7794]

When a drug dealer says 'to be honest.." beware what follows might be false

[@wal_4798]

The users name is « Rehab » lmao

[@jamesrjohanniii774]

I caught that as well. It worth a good chuckle..what are the odds ?

[@Charlie-phlezk]

Don't try this at home, kids.

[@EvilTaco]

or anywhere else for that matter

[@alakani]

I'm definitely trying it

[@herbivore7108]

Someone wandering around the Las Vegas desert is definitely trying to find some scorpions right now 😅

[@akshar5620]

Bro’s name is “Rehab” and he is smoking a dead scorpian in a cigarette 😂 only in pakistan 😂