{"id":1963,"date":"2010-11-05T21:32:24","date_gmt":"2010-11-06T03:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1963"},"modified":"2010-11-05T21:32:24","modified_gmt":"2010-11-06T03:32:24","slug":"the-positive-power-of-poisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1963","title":{"rendered":"The Positive Power of Poisons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via Instapundit<\/em><\/a>, a Popular Mechanics<\/em> round up on medical possibilities of venoms and poisons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I can’t say that my 2006 rattlesnake bite had any positive physiological effects, but I can tell you that a sting from the little tan scorpions that we have in southern Colorado (same as this<\/a>?) can have interesting effects on the central nervous system\u2014once you get past the pain. I understand that some people grind and smoke them, but I have not tried that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Via Instapundit, a Popular Mechanics round up on medical possibilities of venoms and poisons. I can’t say that my 2006 rattlesnake bite had any positive physiological effects, but I can tell you that a sting from the little tan scorpions that we have in southern Colorado (same as this?) can have interesting effects on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[125],"class_list":["post-1963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-vF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":691,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=691","url_meta":{"origin":1963,"position":0},"title":"A Cultural History of Magic Mushrooms","author":"Chas S. 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