![]() ![]() The process has seemed to reach our shores now, St Clair said. While smoking marijuana laced with embalming fluid has been taking place internationally for some time, the situation appears to be on the rise in the Caribbean region this year.Įarlier this year Jamaica reported the process of smoking marijuana tainted with embalming fluid being on the rise in gangs there. The high from “smoking wet” is said to last from between six hours to three days. “However, the drug also produced feeling of anger, forgetfulness and paranoia,” it stated. “The effects of embalming fluid included visual and auditory hallucinations, euphoria, a feeling of invincibility and increased pain tolerance,” the BBC stated in a report on the phenomenon in England in 2001. In order to get an additional high, criminals are said to be dipping their marijuana cigarettes in the embalming fluid then putting them to dry before smoking the tainted concoction. The use of marijuana tainted with embalming fluid is known as “smoking wet,” the T&T Guardian was told.Įmbalming fluid is a chemical used to preserve the dead and is a compound of formaldehyde, methanol, ethanol and other solvents. St Clair, the co-host of the popular Eye on Dependency programme, gave the warning at the “Let’s Talk Cannabis: Prospects for Legalisation” panel discussion held at the Cipriani College of Labour and Co-operative Studies on Wednesday night. “They are using embalming oil with marijuana when they are going out to do crimes, embalming oils and marijuana, be careful out there folks,” he said. ![]() “There are criminals now and I read it last night and it really gave me goosebumps that their code is ‘smoke and forget kill and collect’,” radio personality Garth St Clair has said. ![]() Criminals in this country are getting high smoking marijuana laced with embalming fluid to make themselves ruthless before they go out on crime sprees, an activist who works with drug addicts and inmates has warned. ![]()
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