ONLY ON WINK: Are local kids using human waste to get high?
By WINK News
Story Created: Nov 2, 2007 at 9:49 PM EST
Story Updated: Nov 5, 2007 at 12:43 AM EST
Collier County, Fla. - WINK News Now obtained a confidential memo sent around the Collier County Sheriff's Office. What it showed, sent a shockwave of disgust through our staff.
The question now is, is the new way to get high described in the memo, really being used in Southwest Florida. WINK News Now investigates.
It's called Jenkem - the ingredients may shock you.
"That's gross. I'm sorry, but when you think about people using this to get high, what do you think? That they're idiots," said a high school student WINK News Now spoke with.
Basically, the new drug is a mixture of solid human waste and urine, turned into a gas that can be huffed.
WINK News Now found the memo discussing the drug on Snopes.com, a website devoted to investigating urban legends. Tonight, the Collier County Sheriff's Office confirms they sent it out.
When our crews asked some students about the drug, they said they never heard about it, and would not be interested in trying it.
However, the memo suggests students are already talking about the drug at Palmetto Ridge High School. A parent apparently e-mailed a deputy, saying her son had heard about the mixture.
Deputies say they haven't had any confirmed cases of kids using the drug. Even Snopes.com is saying it's undetermined if kids in the U.S. are really huffing the gas.
