potholder Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Teenagers 'bagging' mothballs to get high Practice of inhaling, chewing, is probably underreported, journal says BOSTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) -- The 18-year-old French woman was hospitalized with scaly skin on her legs and hands, appearing unsteady and mentally sluggish, doctors said. They found the condition puzzling, especially since the woman's twin sister displayed similar, but less severe, symptoms and there was no family history of the problem, the doctors reported in this week's New England Journal of Medicine that Several days later, doctors discovered the cause: a bag of mothballs stashed in her hospital room. The teenagers had been using the mothballs to get high, inhaling air from the bag for about 10 minutes a day because classmates had recommended it. The sicker of the young women also had been chewing half a mothball a day for two months. The doctors described the high as "dangerous" and most likely under-reported in medical literature. The teenager told the doctors that she continued to use the mothballs during her hospitalization "because she thought her symptoms were not related to her habit," said Lionel Feuillet at the Hospital of Timone in Marseille, France. Mothballs, used to prevent moth larva from getting into clothing, contain paradichlorobenzene, a substance also found in air fresheners and insect repellents that can cause liver and kidney failure, and severe anemia. The discovery comes at a time when teenagers are increasingly experimenting with legal drugs such as OxyContin, widely known as "hillbilly heroin," and Vicodin, often bought online or taken from medicine cabinets, even before trying marijuana or alcohol, health officials say. The sicker of the women took six months to recover fully. Her twin, who had only been "bagging" for a few weeks, recovered after three months. Feuillet told Reuters that a cleaning lady discovered the mothballs in the drawer of the patient's night table. When the woman was asked what she was doing with the bag, "she showed us how she used to breathe directly into the mothballs bag," Feuillet said. Although only three cases of getting high with paradichlorobenzene have been reported in medical literature, "since young people usually deny practicing self-intoxication, the incidence of this type of recreational activity is probably underestimated," Feuillet and his colleagues said in the Journal. link what ever happened to getting a dub sack and some md20/20? kids these days really need some help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makeithappennn Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 seriously,what ever happened to smoking blunts to get high? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtydoses Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 dude that is so 2002. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makeithappennn Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 apparently.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spectr Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 that reminds me of this show i saw on tv about kids down south huffing cow shit to get high.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunm Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 I hate teenagers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 So does this shit get you fucked up or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right Said Fred Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 seriously' date='what ever happened to smoking blunts to get high?[/quote'] oh that still happens i did it earlier today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gat Bush Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 anyone who would huff mothballs deserves the repercussions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ginger Bread Man Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 anyone who would huff mothballs deserves the repercussions. hahha mothball huffin is whats in meng... get with the times this is 2007 right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayabusa Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 i saw this show once where kids were choking themselves till passing out, cuz it gives u an unbelievable head rush/high. When blood rushes back to your head apperently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ginger Bread Man Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 in that cause do some nitrous and u will be super straight laid out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
count chocula Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 . . mothballs are the new purp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnitzel Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Yeah I mean back in my days all we had was chrome paint or video head cleaner what's wrong with kids these days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 lol.....i misread the title of this thread.....i thought it said....teenagers are "banging" mothballs.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashassian Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Hahaha mothballs havent seen or heard about them since terminator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashassian Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 lol.....i misread the title of this thread.....i thought it said....teenagers are "banging" mothballs.. Your not alone on this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avancier2 Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Smoke some mothballs in a blunt and see what happens, lol. Seriously though, mothballs smell good in that spray paint/gasoline sort of way, but you are a total shithead with no soul if you use these methods of getting high. I had a shithead roomate huff paint and start drooling and convulsing on me, true story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 real talk.....i didn't even know that moth's had balls!! i know i know.....wonk saggin'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny ballbags Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 fuckin retards... mainlinin fabric softner is where its at.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transparent Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 nigga i got them mothballs nigga whatchu need?? i got nicks, dimes and halfs movin mothbizalls by the key...im your pusha!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gat Bush Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 nigga i got them mothballs nigga whatchu need?? i got nicks' date=' dimes and halfs movin mothbizalls by the key...im your pusha!![/quote'] Googled: Drug Dealer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swedish erotica Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 This shit is in household products like air freshners... How many more rising cases of cancer and other complications do we have to see before realizing that when daily exposure, not just abuse, to these kinds of chemicals is killing us... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUMPKIN ESCOBAR Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Smoke some mothballs in a blunt and see what happens' date=' lol. Seriously though, mothballs smell good in that spray paint/gasoline sort of way, but you are a total shithead with no soul if you use these methods of getting high. I had a shithead roomate huff paint and start drooling and convulsing on me, true story.[/quote'] This nigga is tripping. Mothballs do NOT smell good in any way, shape or form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swedish erotica Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Chinese kids smell like mothballs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CACashRefund Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 ill just stick to amphetamines thank you very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest R@ndomH3ro Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Thizzface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Blazzed Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 fucking mothballs?Maybe if society didnt make drugs like marijuana seem so bad these kids would be looking for a legal high, wich is 10000 times worse then illegal drugs anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viperface Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 what happened to the good ol' bible readin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 I gotsta get high, nigga...I GOTSTA get high! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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