Some of the network's best stuff are their documentary series, and one that particularly blew our minds (and thoroughly freaked us out) was about a Colombian drug called scopolamine. For those who haven't heard, it's some pretty frightening stuff.
Check out part two of Colombian Devil's Breath after the jump.
For those interested in drug use (not that we're saying you are) consider this next piece.
While many experts, including Asylum's resident physician, say smoking weed stunts your mental faculties, the amount of creativity stoners put into building bongs is still pretty impressive. Pipes built to look like the Starship Enterprise, fashioned out of fresh apples or built right into a gas mask are just a few examples of the ingenuity unleashed by the munchies.
Of course, like our local head shop, we don't recommend using this equipment for anything other than tobacco.
But as April 20 ("4/20") approaches, at least take a spin through some of the most impressive pipes that smokers have come up with through the years.



























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Sunday 06 July
By kristina
you know, if i wanted to watch a video to find out news, hmm i'd watch the news on the various tv stations. is it too much to ask for someone to put forth the effort to summarize what the hell the problem is with this drug? i mean how hard is it to say "oh yeah this drug's dangerous, watch this tv channel, watch this video" hmm all of two seconds. christ SUMMARIZE what the point of the actual article was!
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Sunday 06 July
By jess
THANKYOU!!!!! i so agree w/ your comment im glad im not the onlyone who feels this way!!!!
Monday 07 July
By Meg
Scopolamine, also called Twilight Sleep, has been around forever. It used to be used in childbirth. Mother would hurt & and would often need to be restrained. But she would have no memory after.....it's an amnesic.
Monday 07 July
By angelocool
WHY WOULD YOU USE THE NAME CHRIST IN YOUR COMMENTS , WHY DONT YOU USE YOUR OWN NAME TO MAKE A POINT , AND THE FACT THAT U USE IT WITH SMALL LETTERS PISSES ME OFF EVEN MORE , HAVE RESPECT FOR GODS NAME , THATS ALL
Tuesday 08 July
By Heather
Are you really stupid enough to need someone to summarize the problem with this drug?! Use your brain and think for a second. If you cannot interpret the problem with this drug, then maybe you should try a tenth of this, or if you're feeling lucky, try a whole gram.
Sunday 06 July
By DR. EDSON ANDRE\\\' JOHNSON D.D.ULC
NEW DRUG SCALPOMINE? NO!!! EEN AROUND FOR YEARS. DATURA AND BRUNFELSIA OBATAINED DRUGS. GAD IS THERE SOME "EEP THE PEOPLE IN WORRY COMMITTEE" TO KEEP OUR MINDS OFF THE BUSH BRAINED NEW DEPRESSION WERE IN ? GET REAL! SCALPOMINE THE TRUTH SERUM DRUG AROUND AND IN USE FOR DECADES AND MORE! GET REAL!!!!!
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Sunday 06 July
By undrgrndgirl
scopolamine is the ingredient in anti-motion sickness patches...so i don't know how "scary" it really might be...its been used for motion sickness for centuries!
this is probably another dea/fda bull-chip scare tactic...
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Monday 07 July
By leb
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopolamine -- date rape drug which has been used in several countries, it says it has been used in many thefts, it can be toxic in small doses, etc
Sunday 06 July
By DR. EDSON ANDRE' JOHNSON D.D.ULC
SALPALOMINE NEW?! NONSENSE! THE "TRUTH SERUM" DRUG USED FOR YERS DERIVED FROM DATURAS AND BRUNFELSIA READ YOUR PLANT AND DRUG TOXOCOGY BOOKS IS THERE SOME COMMITTE OUT THER SET P TO KEEP THE PEOPLES MINDS FF THE REAL PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD BUSHS NEW DEPRESSION FOR ONE?
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Sunday 06 July
By Darin
Drugs are not bad and guns don't kill people, people do.. Moderation is key
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Sunday 06 July
By pscarpelli
That's why I only kill one or two people a monthy these days...
Monday 07 July
By Ralph Garcia
Darwin drugs are not cool. do you know that cocaine and heroin are smuggled in by drug dealers from South America known as drug mules. They swallow pellet wafers of cocaine or heroin wrapped in condoms. Once they're in America, they crap it out. They wash it in the sink with toothbrush, soap, water, and toothpaste. So what people are doing in clubs has been in crap and in someone's colon.
Sunday 06 July
By Lisa
Yawn. Scopolamine is the drug in anti-nausea/anti-motion sickness patches. It's chemically very similar to atropine, and both drugs have similar effects. Scopolamine and atropine are also found in varying amounts in any plant in the nightshade family: Jimson Weed (Datura), Brugmansia (Angel's Trumpet), Tomatoes (especially the foliage), Potatoes (again, mostly the foliage) and Nightshade (Belladonna spp.)
Of course it's dangerous to abuse scopolamine, just as it's dangerous to abuse atropine. Both drugs have legitimate uses, however; the scopolamine as an anti-motion sickness drug, and the atropine as an antidote to organophosphate pesticide poisoning and as a way to dilate pupils for eye exams.
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Thursday 10 July
By Diana S.
That's great that you know how the drug is used in the medical world but it is also important to know how is being used if it falls into the wrong hands. Trust me, it is very popular in Colombia. I'm from there and my aunt and uncle ended up without any money in their accounts almost dead from just holding a piece of paper.
Sunday 06 July
By Roy
Scopalomine was used in World War 2 by the Germans as a 'Truth Serum'. It was administered in large doses, rendering those being questioned very willing. In many cases it didn't work, as the POW's subjected to it wouldn't succumb to it's mind altering properites. To list this as a 'new' drug defies the basic tenets of ignorance. Pay no attention to history, and it will repeat itself.
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Sunday 06 July
By Diana
scopolomine...given to women in labor years ago (maybe some still dp) as a "hypnotique"...causing amnesia for pain. in other words, the women feels and experiences the pain, she just doesn't clearly remember it. also used for motion sickness. so much for being "scary"!
wooooooooooooooooooooo!
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Sunday 06 July
By Byron McClellan
As a practicing pharmacist with over 35-years experience, this is a bunch of BS folks, believe me.
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Monday 07 July
By alex
You said that as a practicing pharmacist, that this is all bullshit... could you elaborate a bit if you don't mind ;) I don't mean that in an asshole-way, I just wanted your elaboration of which;what;why it was all b-s
Sunday 06 July
By BoyintheMachine
You don't have to travel to exotic countries to get Scopalamine. Try the garden or a loal field.
Plants w/ Scopalomine:
Datura (Jimson Weed, Devil Weed, Thornapple, Devil Trumpet, Angel Trumpet) - garden flower, usualy having white, yellow, or purple flowers, though the most common flowers found in gardens are white. (I recently passed by a church which had large white-flowering Datura all over it's flowerbed.) The plant produces a large seedpod covered in thorns (hence, 'thornapple') Trivia: Devil Trumpets are species of Datura w/ flowers pointing heavenward. Angel Trumpets are species w/ flowers pointing downward. The name 'Jimson Weed' comes from the settles of Jamestown who mistakenly ate the plant and were poisoned.
Henbane (Sorcerer's berry/cherry, Devil's Eyes) -wild plant, pale yellow flowers w/ purple veins and a purple-ish-brown center (the devil's 'eye'). This was the plant given to Odesseus by Hermes to protect him from Circe's spells.
Horsenettle - wild plant (pretty purple flowers, yellow berries, all of the plant has prickly needles, grows all over the place where I live.)
Belladonna (spanish for 'beautiful lady', as woman used to use eyedrops made from the black berries to dilate their eyes and make them more sexualy attractive.) Belladonna is a wild plant.
All of these plants were listed as ingrediants of witchcraft, especialy to produce a 'flying ointment' the witch would rub over her naked body. It is now believed the the myth of witches having the ability to fly was truly a hallucination brought on by the toxins of these plants.
Also, these same plants were also listed as ingrediants of a salve that was used by 'werewolves' to transform into a wolf. It is likewise believed that this was also caused by hallucinations brought on by these plants.
All of these plants are poisonous. Please do not ingest, smoke, or make a salve out of these plants.
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Monday 07 July
By Ariel
Yup, already found 'em growing wild. Got a bag I keep 'em in to dehydrate 'em so I can make ointments, "herbal seasonings," and tobacco or other smokable mix-ins. Don't intend to use 'em myself, but there are so many people who've been so malicious towards me, that it would be a waste of opportunity to ignore the prospect of experimenting on them. I'll letcha know what happens...