People Getting High On Cyanide

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What heck is this about? People using it to get high?MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Department of Health (DoH) on Wednesday warned the public against buying silver cleaners containing cyanide due to its “threat to health and safety,” reiterating the prohibition of the sale of the toxic substance in the market.In a joint memorandum recently signed by DENR and DoH, it said laboratory analysis of samples of these silver cleaners solution show “elevated levels of cyanide clearly posing imminent danger or even death to humans, particularly when accidentally or deliberately ingested.”Data provided by the University of the Philippines-National Poison Management and Control Center (UP-NPMCC) to environmental group EcoWaste Coalition show that in 2009 alone 11 Filipinos (three from adult age group and eight from pediatric age group) died out of the 235 cases of silver cleaner poisoning handled or referred to the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). From January to September 2010, 11 have already died (6 adults and 5 children).The UP-NPMCC also reported a dramatic increase in the non-accidental intake of silver cleaners, which rose from 7 percent in 2005 to 86 percent in 2009.http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/285715/public-warned-cleaners-with-cyanide

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Historically cyanide has been used as a medicine but maybe it works as an intoxicant too... if so an ironic drug of choice wouldn’t you say?