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"Please don't lick the toad anymore!"
That's a reminder from the National Park Service (NPS).
What happened to the Americans? Why lick a disgusting toad?
The last time I was so shocked was when Americans drank disinfectant water to prevent the new crown.
After checking, they found that they were licking a Sonoran desert toad, which secreted a substance that caused hallucinations and pleasure similar to drug use.
It turns out that these Americans substituted drug use by licking toads.
That's not surprising. After all, the United States is the world's largest consumer of drugs.
But not all toads can be licked. So let's get to know this toad that Americans love to lick.
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The Sonoran desert toad is a species of toad that lives in northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
Although it looks terrible, in general, it will not hurt people, let alone actively attack humans, and its biggest feature is that the skin can secrete a kind of mucus.
Studies have also found that this toad mucus contains a toxic component called 5-methoxydimethyltryptamine, which causes some hallucinations and pleasure, and each "pleasure" can last for about 15 to 30 minutes.
It is worth mentioning that this fast and powerful hallucinogenic effect is the reason why people lick toads.
But the Sonoran desert toad would never have thought that he had disguised himself very ugly, but he still did not escape the mouths of the Americans.
In fact, the American habit of smoking Sonora toads may have been around for a long time, and there are descriptions of toads in hippie-era literature.
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But why has it been in the rage recently? I'm afraid it will be linked to the epidemic.
Especially in recent years, affected by the epidemic, the US economy has continued to slump, resulting in many "addicts" losing their jobs and can no longer afford high drug expenditures.
As a result, the economical drug use method of "licking toads" quickly spread.
Why is this an economical way to take drugs?
First of all, the Sonora toad is hallucinogenic and unlike drugs, it can only be used once, but as long as it is alive, it can continuously produce 5-methoxydimethyltryptamine.
In addition, this toad is very common in the United States, and it is not a problem to catch it in the wild, which greatly reduces the cost of drug use for addicts.
The New York Times has written that the Sonora toad population is now facing collapse.
Behind this is the growing drug problem in the United States.
According to relevant statistics, more than 50 million Americans have used drugs or abused psychotropic substances in the past year, and the number of deaths due to drug use in the United States has increased year by year.
What is outrageous is that in the face of the increasing number of deaths year by year, the US government has paid little attention to the fight against drugs, not only has no restrictive measures, but even contributed to the situation, such as the legalization of marijuana.
Is this what they call "freedom"?
Everyone knows that in China, the most dangerous crime is drug use and trafficking.
But what about the United States? Cases involving 1 kilogram of heroin carry a maximum sentence of only 13 years in prison.
Converted to China, the whole amount is enough to shoot several times!
So have the US authorities been left alone with drugs?
No, in the eighties of the last century, the United States cracked down on drugs, and the drug problem was effectively controlled for a period of time.
However, with the emergence of some extreme political claims in recent years, such as "people have the freedom to harm their own health", American society is becoming more and more tolerant of drugs.
It's not that the U.S. government is unaware of the magnitude of the problem, but that it is powerless after struggle.
The powerlessness of the U.S. government manifests itself in two ways, one is geographical powerlessness and the other is ideological powerlessness.
Geographically, Mexico, notorious for its drug problem, borders the United States and supplies drugs to the United States.
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Almost half of the drugs produced in Latin America are sold to the United States, and the low-hanging fruit is also fueling the arrogance of American drug traffickers.
In addition to the uncontrollable amount, for the United States, where the benefits are greater than everything, the considerable benefits brought by drugs also make it difficult for the local government to choose.
For the United States, what is more difficult than preventing the large-scale import of foreign drugs is to stop citizens from using drugs.
Natural human rights are the basic values of Americans, and a country that yearns for democracy and freedom will never allow the violation of individual rights, but drug use is precisely personal behavior.
This also makes it difficult for the United States to carry out anti-drug efforts.
More data show that the United States, which accounts for only 5% of the world's population, consumes 60% of the world's drugs, which shows how ridiculously high the number of drug users in the United States is.
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The drug problem has a long history in the United States, like appendages, but it cannot be eradicated, which has also become a pain in the hearts of many Americans.
In fact, not only in the United States, the drug epidemic has become a global social problem.
Although we are the country with the strictest drug control in the world, the situation of drug crimes on the mainland is still grim.
With drugs, Chinese cannot be forgiven.
It's not just because we've experienced opium and finally shaken off the "sick man of East Asia" hat.
It is even more because we know that today's anti-drug results can be achieved, and behind this is the blood and lives of thousands of anti-drug police!
Every year, the public security system sacrifices five times as many anti-narcotics police officers as ordinary police officers, and the injury rate is as high as 10 times.
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In order to avoid retaliation from drug dealers, many of them died without tombstones, relatives could not go to worship, and the posthumous photos in the report needed to be mosaiced.
But the anti-narcotics police sacrificed normal family life, gave dignity and pride for the cause of anti-narcotics, and were even ready to sacrifice the moment they took up their posts.
The years have never been quiet, but someone carries the weight for us!
And as individuals, all we can do is clean ourselves, cherish life, and stay away from drugs!
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Reference: "Many Americans lick toads instead of drug use, the United States urgently reminds "do not lick Sonora toads", how do you think about this matter? - Observer.com