The Toad Venom That's Stronger Than DMT: Bufo

Oct 28 2023

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Tulum is experiencing an explosion of people taking Bufo Alvarius. Also called “speed-toading,” it involves smoking the milked poison of the Sonoran Desert toad in a glass pipe and is considered to be the most powerful hallucinogen in the world. Now, growing numbers of psychedelic tourists are travelling to Tulum where Bufo ceremonies are legal, in search of a life-changing experience. However, there are many reports of profoundly negative experiences, lasting psychosis and allegations of sexual assault during ceremonies. VICE’s Matt Shea visits Tulum to see and experience this new Bufo tourism first hand, to discover whether taking the world’s most powerful hallucinogen is worth the risk. Watch more from this series: 3-MMC: The Party Drug Taking Europe by Storm