Warning: This article contains discussion of drug addiction which some readers may find distressing.
A man who's taken nearly 200 drugs has shared his experience with one which was 'absolutely horrific'.
Most of us normal folks are probably only aware of a handful of different drugs, ranging from the more commonly used ones to the ones our parents and teachers are always telling us to stay away from.
All of them come with their dangers, with the party drug ketamine affecting a huge amount of young people in the UK particularly and addiction to the Class B substance causing all sorts of issues with bladders.
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I'm not going to be the police and tell you never to take drugs but what's most important is that if you do choose to take some, you do it safely.
One man who helps people with that is Dominic Milton Trott, who has taken 182 different ones in his quest to build an appropriate drug bible with people across the world.
He has since published The Honest Drug Book, documenting his experience with each and every one, and while he encourages the safety of some of the rarer and perhaps more dangerous drugs, he also suggests that we stay well clear of one in particular.
Although he's made it clear that he will never take fentanyl, the Mancunian shared that it was Black Mamba, which left him feeling perhaps the worst he's ever felt.
Much like the deadly snake with the same name, it's one you'd want to stay away from, as while it is a type of cannabis, it's often far more potent and unpredictable than the natural cannabis you might be more used to.
Speaking to Vice, Trott explained just why it was such a 'horrendous ride' when he took the illegal 'zombie drug'.
He said: "I was rolled up in the foetal position on the bed. It was horrific. But one of the things that got me through that experience was the knowledge it was going to come to an end.
"I had done my research before. But if I was a naive 16-year-old kid who just thought it was artificial cannabis, then it descends into this inferno of hell, it would be truly terrifying. It was this sort of experience that drove me to write and finish the book."
Thankfully, Trott lived to tell the tale but he will know more than most the dangers that they can often cause, with deaths sadly far too common across the world.
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James Moorhouse