Slog - Comments on High as Shit http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit posted by Jeff Kirby Oh the ways people find to get high. Can’t afford to buy drugs? Don’t worry; you can make them yourself from your own poop. Put some dook in a plastic bottle and cap it off, leaving enough room for methane to gather, let it stew for a couple hours, then huff the gas that formed in the bottle. The drug is called Jenkem, invented by street children in Namibia who were too poor to afford sanitary drugs. Supposedly, the high is massively strong and hallucinogenic. Here is an account of a Jenkem trip: So I was... Copyright 2008 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:46:25 -0800 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 07:36:57 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Levislade If ripping out my eyes would cause me to unread that, I would.

Good god, man!

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774891 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774891 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:51:08 -0800 Comment by Sam Holy shit (no pun intended), I literally thought the same thing, Levislade: "GOOD ...GOD!"

]]> Sam http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774897 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774897 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:58:02 -0800 Comment by reverend dr dj riz i want the name and the address of the first person that came up with the idea of gettin high on dookey so i can go over there and slap them twice..

]]> reverend dr dj riz http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774902 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774902 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:05:54 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo Clearly we need to make human shit illegal. Think of the children!

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774903 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774903 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:06:07 -0800 Comment by Lee Gibson I've never in my life been so glad that I actually enjoy my own state of consciousness.

]]> Lee Gibson http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774904 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774904 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:06:50 -0800 Comment by Original Monique Oh. Dear. Gawd. Please, someone ship all your drugs to Namibia so that they don't find a way to make the vomit in my mouth some kind of drug.

]]> Original Monique http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774909 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774909 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:11:56 -0800 Comment by matthew e This sounds like a possible hoax to me, but my desire to know more is far outweighed by my desire to not think about this ever, ever again.

]]> matthew e http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774915 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774915 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:15:04 -0800 Comment by tsm Best hoax ever! Whomever thought this one up in the hopes that dumb stoners everywhere would actually believe it and start trying to inhale their own feces: you rule.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774918 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774918 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:17:43 -0800 Comment by laterite Insert somethingawful barfing emoticon here.

]]> laterite http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774929 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774929 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:22:26 -0800 Comment by mj Poor kids get high to take the feeling of hunger away.
If you were starving you would make drugs out of poop too.

]]> mj http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774930 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774930 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:22:49 -0800 Comment by Keep Your Money, Send More Poo! They got me hooked on poo, Man!

]]> Keep Your Money, Send More Poo! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774932 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774932 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:23:56 -0800 Comment by Gitai From what I just read about methane, inhaling it is just going to cause you to suffocate.

Now, start huffing ethylene, and you'll prophesy like you're at Delphi.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774938 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774938 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:27:12 -0800 Comment by RonK, Seattle Wait til South Park gets ahold of this!

]]> RonK, Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774948 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774948 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:30:56 -0800 Comment by j if this is a hoax - it roped in the BBC in 1999...

]]> j http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774956 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774956 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:35:49 -0800 Comment by j sorry, dropped the link to the BBC story on Jenkem from 1999

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/406067.stm

]]> j http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774957 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774957 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:36:45 -0800 Comment by ecce homo @3

The first to come up with the idea was James brown and Grandmaster Flash.

But then, most of hip hop is barely tolerable whilst in the depths of a jenkem doo doo high. I always knew those gang bangers had shit for brains.

]]> ecce homo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774966 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774966 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:43:22 -0800 Comment by tsm @15 - still don't buy it. Are there any chemists out there explaining how shit becomes a drug? These kids could just be huffing industrial chemicals that found their way into the sewage system, if they actually exist and are huffing anything.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774968 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774968 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:47:43 -0800 Comment by DJSauvage Jenkem is prolly better injected

]]> DJSauvage http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774973 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774973 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:53:04 -0800 Comment by Amy Kate Horn I'm skeptical that the vats at any sewage treatment plant are accessible to passersby. I grew up near the Lynnwood plant in Edmonds and though you could see into the sludge baths from atop a nearby hillside, there was no way to get anywhere near close enough to take a sample.

]]> Amy Kate Horn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774983 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774983 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:05:11 -0800 Comment by Amy Kate Horn And wouldn't it be easier to collect your own waste anyway? [For the record, I asked Jeff not to post this at lunch time.]

]]> Amy Kate Horn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774986 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c774986 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:07:03 -0800 Comment by T I think reading this has already ruined any and all meals I'll have this weekend.

]]> T http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775007 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775007 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:18:30 -0800 Comment by Phenics Myth? Nothing on Erowid about Jenkem, which is odd for that site.


Google search "Jenkem Myth" turns up a surprising number of white supremacy groups and the usual blogs linking to blogs asking this same question.


Other variable term searches return that BBC story from '99. But one oft referenced story isn't enough for Truth.


An article from the UN circa '01 gives a credible reference to Jenkem abuse in Africa, but doesn’t answer if it is a myth or not.

http://www.unicef.org/evaldatabase/index_14393.html


However, this US government site referencing a Finnish study does show that indole is produced by sewage in an air free environment, an environment which a small plastic bottle would create during sunlight fermentation (and not in an air exposed sewage treatment vat/plant). I’m not sure if indole can be suspended in a gas, such as methane or other gaseous sewage bi-products. Or at least can be held in suspension long enough so the ‘huff’ can get into the blood via the lungs. Maybe Science knows?


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1917724&dopt=AbstractPlus

/geek

]]> Phenics http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775021 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775021 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:24:13 -0800 Comment by monkey I'm so happy I can afford sanitary drugs.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775042 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775042 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:41:00 -0800 Comment by Dylan Gives whole new meaning to "this is some good shit".

]]> Dylan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775080 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775080 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:05:37 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe This shit is dope. This dope is shit. Imagine the fun!

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775089 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775089 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:13:46 -0800 Comment by --MC Reminds me of the Lenny Bruce bit about the fecalphile looking to score some shit. "What are you doing?" "Oh, just .. looking around. (sings) Looking around, for the curly brown .. "

]]> --MC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775104 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:31:42 -0800 Comment by Callie BOL! This post seems to be the very reason that the term Barf Out Loud was coined by my friends and I a few months back. The universe knew we were going to need it.

]]> Callie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775114 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775114 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:36:02 -0800 Comment by MC Scat Cat Geez, all this time I thought I was the only one!

]]> MC Scat Cat http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775122 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775122 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:43:13 -0800 Comment by Fnarf It's a fake. The intensely detailed description of the trip is a giveaway. It's just methane. No trip, just stupor.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775182 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775182 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:30:40 -0800 Comment by Sally Struthers Lawnchair I'd rather try to smoke a banana peel.

]]> Sally Struthers Lawnchair http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775352 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775352 Drugs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:55:12 -0800 Comment by Edgar Allen Poe Well dress me in tiny clothes, and throw me in a ditch, and steal my vote! I wish I were still alive for this one...

]]> Edgar Allen Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775378 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c775378 Drugs Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:01:08 -0800 Comment by phbrei mbojuldvq dviagmpjz jfhqcmgx vuwrh ydncup lsioxyr grjxaulk wiuxe

]]> phbrei mbojuldvq http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c781822 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c781822 Drugs Sat, 11 Aug 2007 07:36:43 -0800 Comment by zdhvp onmwscg ofepl wuldo jlnfa olmniwps lvabdncxe eucgh vczp http://www.pnyeuqx.dgycmo.com

]]> zdhvp onmwscg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c781823 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/high_as_shit#c781823 Drugs Sat, 11 Aug 2007 07:36:57 -0800