title: Misuse and legend in the "toad licking" phenomenon.
abstract: Between 1988 and 1992 a new illicit drug experience arrived on the cultural scene in the United States, Canada, South and Central America, and Australia. The media created a frenzy of misinformation in reporting on the latest drug craze which was termed "toad licking". The uses of bufo toad secretions have occurred throughout history in a variety of cultural milieus. These are explored as a backdrop to contemporary drug use/misuse issues. At the interpersonal and social level, media exposure helped create and maintain the use/misuse phenomenon, turning a fairly obscure activity into a potential epidemic.
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authors: Lyttle
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002018:Bufanolides; D002025:Bufonidae; D002027:Bufotenin; D002395:Catecholamines; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006213:Hallucinogens; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D002018:Bufanolides; D002395:Catecholamines; D006213:Hallucinogens; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D002027:Bufotenin; C005734:bufogenin; C026738:bufotoxin