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Outa Meth? Try Some Wasp Spray!
« on: July 18, 2019, 08:50:53 AM »
I think I'd prefer to be stung by wasps than do this, but whatever contributes to Darwin,  I guess.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/wasp-spray-used-as-meth-alternative-in-west-virginia-possible-linked-to-3-overdoes-police

Side note, it won't be long until you have to get special permission at the register to buy wasp spray.
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Re: Outa Meth? Try Some Wasp Spray!
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2019, 09:43:00 AM »
Wow!

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The local station reported Monday that stores in Boone County sold nearly 30 cans of wasp spray on Friday alone.

It's Summer, the height of the wasp and insect season, and it's newsworthy that in an entire county 30 cans of wasp spray were sold in one day?
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Re: Outa Meth? Try Some Wasp Spray!
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2019, 10:25:33 AM »
I thought wasp spray was the new wonder weapon for self defense?
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Re: Outa Meth? Try Some Wasp Spray!
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2019, 10:57:36 AM »
Have they blamed Trump yet?
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Re: Outa Meth? Try Some Wasp Spray!
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2019, 11:39:51 AM »
Quote from: Hawkmoon on July 18, 2019, 09:43:00 AM
Wow!

It's Summer, the height of the wasp and insect season, and it's newsworthy that in an entire county 30 cans of wasp spray were sold in one day?
That isn't that many.  Some of those high pressure sprays designed for distance don't last very long.  And if you have more than just a single house for wasps to make nests, you can go through a can pretty fast.
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Re: Outa Meth? Try Some Wasp Spray!
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2019, 12:06:34 PM »
I stopped being surprised by people's disregard for their brains and lives in the 1980s.  They had started making it harder to buy spray paint because people were huffing it, so they switched to gasoline.  I guess sooner or later they'll find other poisons that can make you goofy if you take a little less than what will kill you.
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Re: Outa Meth? Try Some Wasp Spray!
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2019, 02:46:17 PM »
Quote from: Ben on July 18, 2019, 08:50:53 AM
I think I'd prefer to be stung by wasps than do this, but whatever contributes to Darwin,  I guess.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/wasp-spray-used-as-meth-alternative-in-west-virginia-possible-linked-to-3-overdoes-police

Side note, it won't be long until you have to get special permission at the register to buy wasp spray.

Darwin would approve.
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Re: Outa Meth? Try Some Wasp Spray!
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2019, 10:02:52 PM »
Quote from: griz on July 18, 2019, 12:06:34 PM
They had started making it harder to buy spray paint because people were huffing it...

I will never understand the allure of that form of intoxication.  33 years ago this month I accidentally dosed myself while spraying a urethane protective layer over a memorial we'd made for a friend who lost his fight with gorram cancer at the age of 20.  It was NOT a pleasant experience, feeling akin to what opiates do to me or how I feel when the Meneurie's vertigo gets bad.  I'd rather be puking & pass out on the dirt road drunk on ethyl alcohol (also not a pleasant experience) that have the mildest form of solvent intoxication.

Of course, wasp spray IS meant to eradicate obnoxious pests.  I think meth-heads would fall into that category as well. 
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Re: Outa Meth? Try Some Wasp Spray!
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2019, 03:15:59 PM »
I accidentally huffed polyurethane paint many years ago while painting a rocket with an airbrush.  Nasty experience, that was.  Monumentally stupid, too.  Given my ERT background in the semi industry I should have known to take some basic safety precautions.
Promptly went down to the local Home Despot and bought a good respirator and safety glasses.
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Re: Outa Meth? Try Some Wasp Spray!
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2019, 05:30:53 PM »
US Navy, painting bulkheads with "Red Oxide" paint, in an enclosed engine room, with minimal ventilation. Me and the guy with me were dragged out after we were found having a "paint fight" and laughing like maniacs. God, what a headache I had after that event!
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Re: Outa Meth? Try Some Wasp Spray!
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2019, 05:36:02 PM »
Coming soon to a store near you: Black Flag Wasp Spray, Tide Pod flavor
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