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'Mad honey' that can stop your heart is being sold online

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-mad-honey-heart-sold-online.html
34•samizdis•3d ago

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NDlurker•27m ago
Old Vice documentary about it. This is where I had first heard about it. Used to be really hard to find the honey online, like only one or 2 places that sold it

https://youtu.be/wDOvmhqvIA8

daedrdev•24m ago
I imagine the native also built up tolerance over generations, not just knowledge as the article contends . Dying from a specific action is quite the evolutionary motivator
culi•18m ago
As with many psychoactive plants and foods, the adaptation here isn't so much a genetic/physiological tolerance as it is an often in-depth body of knowledge/practices for how to utilize the drug/medicine safely. Look at the notorious Datura for example which can cause you to go into a delirious state for over 2 days. The amount of preparation, processing, and knowledge that goes into administering it safely is lost on modern day kids who simply read an Erowid experience about a powerful psychoactive plant that likely grows locally.
meindnoch•13m ago
A lot of things sold online can stop your heart.
Bang2Bay•12m ago
Name a few. I want to be an informed person.
Supermancho•5m ago
* Sibutramine (weight loss medication)

* Suldenafil or tadalafil (ED medication)

* SARMS (steroids in general)

* Caffeine powder (another game of guess the dosage)

john_strinlai•3m ago
tide pods (if eaten), bleach (if eaten), aspirin (if a whole bottle is eaten)

(hopefully the /s isn't necessary, but just in case, /s)

nozzlegear•10m ago
A reasonable person wouldn't expect honey to stop their heart though.
nkrisc•13m ago
They mention the toxin comes from the rhododendron flower. I remember camping in North Carolina once and one of the people I was with warned against burning anything from the rhododendron in the area, as supposedly the smoke would give you the runs.

I mostly thought they were joking, and I have no idea what specific type of rhododendron would be there (if any), but maybe there’s a glimmer of merit to it? Or maybe they were thinking of a different plant?

This was somewhere in the Blue Ridge Mountains, if I remember correctly.

AngryData•11m ago
If you buy psychoactive honey/drugs online, it is on you to find out what it is and what kind of dosage you should take.
Forgeties79•8m ago
Yes but also we need to deal with the reality of the world, which is 1) not everyone is going to and 2) they don’t deserve to die because of it.

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