Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Is jenkem for real?


Search: jankem; jenkem

Why
: Brian and Ian said it's the hot drug in the third world, describing it as "your own pi--" ... I don't even want to write it. They said you eliminate in a jar and then huff it to get high. They mimed it.

Answer
: Yup! The facts:
  • Jenkem (or jekem) is the common name for an inhalant made by fermenting raw sewage (aka poop and pee) used by children in third world countries to produce a cheap dissociative or hallocinogenic high.
  • From a 1995 report: "Human excreta is scooped up from the edges of the sewer ponds in old cans and containers which are covered with a polyethylene bag and left to stew or ferment for a week." They take "care to leave enough room for methane to form at the top."
  • It may or may not also be called Waste, Fruit from Crack Pipe, or Butthash.
  • Initial reports came from Lusaka, Zambia in 1995.
  • A quote from 16 year-old Luke Mpande: "With glue, I just hear voices in my head. But with Jenkem, I see visions. I see my mother who is dead and I forget about the problems in my life."
  • It is not a major problem in schools in Collier County, FL, Coffee County, AL, or any other place in the U.S.
Source: Snopes, Wikipedia

The More You Know
: Let's make a movie.
Wil,

I probably made a mess. And you deserve better.
But love me to take this onto your life, and bear it.
Find another, and carry me in your heart.
I talk to you from there. I talk to you from there.

Love,
Luke Mpande

4 comments:

  1. The cool kids are calling it "butt hash".

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  2. Well that video was hilarious but do people actually do it? Butt hash...hehehehehe. I heard that claims of jenkem use in developing counties were falsified or dubious at best. I mean, I hope so.

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  3. Its not a myth at all, I consider myself a quite experienced Jenkem user. In fact I'm Jenk'd right now.

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  4. @ Anonymous said...


    YOU MIST REALLY KNOW YOUR CRAP!
    IDIOT,

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