Smoking Embalming Fluid

Everyone knows that embalming fluid is a substance used by funeral homes in order to preserve the dead. We know that a mortician drains the blood of the dead and then fills a needle with the extremely pungent embalming substance and then inserts it into the corpse in order to prevent the decaying process. Most people would not know where or how to get access to this substance let alone fully understand the embalming process. We know that embalming fluid is very popular amongst the dead; I am just having a hard time understanding why the living is insisting on smoking it.

The drug “wet”, “sherm”, “fly”, “amp”, or “illy”, has been sweeping across the nation for many years now and more and more people desire to experience this outrageous drug trend. “Wet” is when a cigarette or marijuana joint is dipped into a vile of embalming fluid, dried completely and then smoked. This drug phenomenon has very similar effects to that of PCP (phencyclidine) by causing extreme hallucinations. It is also believed that most of the embalming fluid that is sold on the drug market contains some form of PCP.

Smoking embalming fluid can be very dangerous and can cause a person to become extremely violent. There have been cases of people on “Wet” killing others because of the drug or committing other heinous crimes. In the year 2000, a 14-year old teenage boy from Philadelphia violently stabbed his neighbor more than 70 times after smoking the drug. It is not uncommon for a person to experience violent feelings while on “sherm”. Other symptoms may include comas, kidney failure and strokes. A person on “sherm” may also have a very strong desire to undress and dislike the taste of meat.

The feelings that people are getting from the drug are not only that of violence, however, they also feel a strong sense of euphoria as well as paranoia. Invincibility and forgetfulness are also common side effects of the drug.

A “wet” cigarette can be sold for about $20.00 and can cause a person to become extremely high for 6 hours up to 3 days depending on the amount smoked. It is very shocking how so many people are beginning to or have been smoking the substance for several years.

You may wonder where people are being able to obtain embalming fluid. There have been cases in Louisiana of people stealing the fluid from funeral homes. It may be unknown to where the majority of wet users are getting the fluid.

Formaldehyde, the main ingredient in embalming fluid is dangerous by itself. This carcinogen has been linked to causes of nasal and lung cancer as well as links to brain cancer and leukemia. This substance is extremely dangerous if smoked. Imagine the potential dangers of mixing it with other chemicals and then being ingested along with a cigarette.

It is very important that we as a people are informed on the drugs out there. It is very important that we warn our children about this drug and that we ourselves are aware that there are people out there who are crazy enough to smoke it.

I hope that God willing this information will be of some help to you.