UPDATE: Donald Trump Takes Office as the 47th US President
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I told a European on another forum, maybe Reddit, that if not for racism/white supremacy, the US would pretty much be Scandinavia at this point.
They need to stand up to his ass
These crackers are fucking despicable
migrating birds flying the region are arriving at their destinations HIGH AS FUCK!!!
I think they may have been high from the fumes, just by how happily there were dancing
No, it is highly unsafe to burn cocaine in an open bonfire.
While law enforcement agencies around the world—including Liberian authorities destroying seized narcotics—frequently use open-air burning to publicly destroy large drug busts, this method is highly criticized by environmental and health experts. Doing this in an uncontrolled environment like a bonfire poses severe health and safety risks. [1, 2]
Toxic and Psychoactive Smoke
An open bonfire does not get hot enough to completely destroy the chemical compounds of the drug. Instead, it vaporizes the substance, meaning anyone standing downwind can accidentally inhale airborne cocaine, potentially experiencing a powerful stimulant "high" or acute drug toxicity. [1]
Furthermore, a study on the Thermal Decomposition of Cocaine reveals that heating street cocaine releases a dangerous palette of highly toxic volatile gases, including:
- Hydrogen cyanide (a highly poisonous systemic toxin)
- Carbon monoxide (a gas that interferes with oxygen delivery in the body)
- Carbon disulfide and carbonyl sulfide (highly toxic compounds stemming from chemical impurities) [1]
Hazardous Adulterants
Street cocaine is almost never 100% pure. It is heavily mixed with cutting agents and adulterants like levamisole (a veterinary dewormer) or local anesthetics. When burned at low, open-air temperatures, these chemical additives combust into unknown, highly irritating, and toxic chemical byproducts that can cause severe respiratory distress, lung inflammation, and chemical burns to the airways. [1, 2, 3]
Risk of Explosion
Cocaine is often smuggled in heavily wrapped plastic blocks, and the manufacturing process sometimes leaves behind traces of volatile organic solvents like ether or ammonia. Tossing large quantities of wrapped blocks onto an open fire can lead to unpredictable flare-ups, chemical flash fires, or physical explosions. [1]
How is it safely destroyed?
To prevent environmental contamination and toxic exposure, hazardous narcotics must be destroyed via high-temperature hazardous waste incineration. These specialized facilities burn materials at temperatures exceeding 1,000°C (1,832°F) to guarantee complete molecular breakdown, and they utilize specialized smoke scrubbers to filter out harmful gases before any exhaust enters the atmosphere.
Imagine the irony of quoting a post created by AI that condemns an African country engaged in an old way of doing things that’s detrimental to the environment.
Ask Caroline Elkins about the air when the British burned all their files on the atrocities they committed in Kenya.
Ask Mayor Goode the damages he did to the environment in west Philadelphia 41 years ago.
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