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Encyclopedia > Jenkem

Jenkem is a hallucinogenic recreational drug composed of noxious gas formed from fermented human feces.[1] In the early and mid-1990s, several reports stated that Jenkem was being used by Zambian street children. In November 2007, anecdotal American media reports gave the impression that Jenkem was a popular drug taking hold with American teenagers. Media reports were characterized by disbelief and distaste for the "grossness" of the phenomenon.[2] Since November 2007, no new reports have appeared to corroborate the early speculations. The general group of pharmacological agents commonly known as hallucinogens can be divided into three broad categories: psychedelics, dissociatives, and deliriants. ... Recreational drug use is the use of psychoactive drugs for recreational purposes rather than for work, medical or spiritual purposes, although the distinction is not always clear. ... In its strictest sense fermentation (scientifically called zymosis) is the energy-yielding anaerobic metabolic breakdown of a nutrient molecule, such as glucose, without net oxidation. ... Horse feces Feces, faeces, or fæces (see spelling differences) is a waste product from an animals digestive tract expelled through the anus (or cloaca) during defecation. ... November 2007 is the eleventh month of that year. ...


Several sources allege that these initial reports were based on a hoax (see section below). David Emery of About.com, popularly noted as an "urban legend guru"[2], concluded that the recent news media reports that Jenkem is gaining a foothold as a substance of abuse among American youth is doubtful and "based on faulty Internet research."[3] Jenkem is a hallucinogenic recreational drug composed of noxious gas formed from fermented human feces. ... Screenshot of About. ... This article is about using the Internet for research; for the field of research about the Internet, see Internet studies. ...

Contents

Description

In the book Children of AIDS: Africa's Orphan Crisis by Emma Guest, the making of Jenkem is described, "fermented human sewage, scraped from pipes and stored in plastic bags for a week or so, until it gives off numbing, intoxicating fumes."[4] The process is similarly described in the 1995 IPS report, "Human excreta is scooped up from the edges of the sewer ponds in old cans and containers which are covered with a polyethylene bag and left to stew or ferment for a week."[5]. In the BBC 1999 article the process is described as, "...ref name=BBC/> Excreta is a generic term used to refer to any masses or fluids excreted as part of the digestive system of a living organism, usually that of humans. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


The general concerns related to "huffing" and hallucinogenic drugs apply to Jenkem usage. contamination due to lacking hygienic conditions during Jenkem manufacturing, which could lead to diarrhea and other gastrointestinal infections, must also be considered. Dr. Fumito Ichinose, an anesthesia specialist in Boston who conducted a study on the effects of hydrogen sulfide gas, or "sewer gas," on mice, informs Salon.com that "the inhalation of gases like those produced from Jenkem could result in hypoxia, a lack of oxygen flow to the body that could be alternately euphoric and physically dangerous."[2] It has been noted that Jenkem usage will leave a taste of sewage in the mouth lasting for several days.[6] Volatile substance abuse or solvent abuse (called huffing) is the practice of inhaling volatile substances for their psychoactive effects. ... The general group of pharmacological agents commonly known as hallucinogens can be divided into three broad categories: psychedelics, dissociatives, and deliriants. ... In medicine, diarrhea, also spelled diarrhoea (see spelling differences), refers to frequent loose or liquid bowel movements. ... See also Bacterial gastroenteritis and Diarrhea Gastroenteritis is a general term referring to inflammation or infection of the gastrointestinal tract, primarily the stomach and intestines. ... Hydrogen sulfide (or hydrogen sulphide) is the chemical compound with the formula H2S. This colorless, toxic and flammable gas is responsible for the foul odour of rotten eggs and flatulence. ... Salon. ... Hypoxia is a pathological condition in which the body as a whole (generalised hypoxia) or region of the body (tissue hypoxia) is deprived of adequate oxygen supply. ...


The effects of Jenkem inhalation last for around an hour and consist of auditory and visual hallucinations.[1] In 1995, a fifth-grader in Lusaka said of Jenkem to a reporter from IPS, an independent wire service, "Old man, this is more potent than cannabis."[5] In a BBC report four years later, 16-year-old Luke Mpande stated his preference for jenkem over other inhalants, "With glue, I just hear voices in my head. But with Jenkem, I see visions. I see my mother who is dead and I forget about the problems in my life."[1] A hallucination is a false sensory perception in the absence of an external stimulus, as distinct from an illusion, which is a misperception of an external stimulus. ... Inter Press Service (abbreviated: IPS) is a global news agency. ...


Neither the pharmacology - the composition and active components of the jenkem gas - nor its pharmacodynamics (how the chemical acts on the body) has been described in a scientific journal. None of the usual authorities on psychoactive drugs have involved themselves in the investigation of this drug. This includes MAPS and Lycaeum Synaesthesia. Erowid, an organization providing access to information about psychoactive plants and chemicals and has covered the subject briefly in their questions section and concluded that it is a hoax.[7] Erowid's website states that the "jenkem stories that have been circulating in the U.S. media are almost certainly the strange result of a hoax." The organization states that "We have seen no credible evidence that anyone in the United States, Canada, or Europe inhales sewage gas from bottled human or animal waste (which would primarily be methane) in order to get psychoactive effects."[8] Pharmacology (in Greek: pharmakon (φάρμακον) meaning drug, and lego (λέγω) to tell (about)) is the study of how drugs interact with living organisms to produce a change in function. ... Pharmacodynamics is the study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and the mechanisms of drug action and the relationship between drug concentration and effect. ... An assortment of psychoactive drugs A psychoactive drug or psychotropic substance is a chemical substance that acts primarily upon the central nervous system where it alters brain function, resulting in temporary changes in perception, mood, consciousness and behavior. ... The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is a non-profit organization that aims to assist scientists to design, fund, obtain approval for and report on studies into the risks and benefits of MDMA, psychedelic drugs and marijuana. ... Erowid. ...


Media reports

First media reports 1995–2004

The first media description of Jenkem came from an Inter Press Service wire report in 1995.[5] In 1999 BBC News then ran a story devoted to this new drug.[1] Then in 2004 the South African weekly investigative newspaper Mail & Guardian included the mention of Jenkem abuse in a report on the predicament of Zambia's street children.[9] All three news reports are based on correspondent investigations in Lusaka, Zambia. Inter Press Service (abbreviated: IPS) is a global news agency. ... This article refers to the news department of the British Broadcasting Corporation, for the BBC News Channel see BBC News (TV channel). ... The Mail & Guardian is a South African newspaper that was started by a group of journalists in 1985 after the closures of the two leading liberal newspapers, the Rand Daily Mail and Sunday Express. ...


Zambian street children

According to a 1998 report in The New York Times, Fountain of Hope, a non-profit organization, informs that Jenkem is used by street children in Lusaka, Zambia to obtain a "powerful high".[10] In 2002, Project Concern International Zambia and Fountain of Hope released a report entitled "Rapid Assessment of Street Children In Lusaka," where Jenkem is listed as the third most popular drug among Lusaka's street children, following Dagga (cannabis) and "glue and Dagga" but ahead of "Ballan" (uncured tobacco) and petrol.[11] The raw materials are plentiful and freely available in the form of fecal matter from the open sewers of Lusaka. This is then fermented in plastic bottles and the fumes are inhaled. John C. Zulu, director of the Ministry of Sport, Youth and Child Development in Zambia informs Salon.com in November 2007 that Jenkem usage is less common than glue-sniffing and, "Initially, they used to get it from the sewer, but they make it anywhere [...] They say it keeps them warm and makes them fearless."[2] The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ... A non-profit organization (abbreviated NPO, or non-profit or not-for-profit) is an organization whose primary objective is to support an issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes, without concern for monetary profit. ... Afghan street urchin smiles for the camera in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan (June 2003). ... Lusaka is the capital and largest city of Zambia. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Petrol redirects here. ... For the art of stitching, see Sewing. ...


Mainstream media and Western use

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The Collier County Sheriff Office intelligence bulletin from September 26, 2007 which was later leaked to the media.
The Collier County Sheriff Office intelligence bulletin from September 26, 2007 which was later leaked to the media.

Until the summer of 2007 the awareness of Jenkem was limited mainly to sporadic posts in online forums and blogs citing the Wikipedia article and the news reports mentioned therein. What set off a flood of media attention began in early September when a concerned parent reported to the principal of Palmetto Ridge High School in Naples, Florida that she had heard about Jenkem from her child who was a student there. Image File history File links Gnome_globe_current_event. ... Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 464 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (720 × 931 pixels, file size: 152 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 464 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (720 × 931 pixels, file size: 152 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. ... Palmetto Ridge High School is a high school located in Naples, Florida. ... Location in Collier County and the state of Florida Coordinates: , Country State Counties Collier Settled 6 November 1886 Incorporated (town) 1925 Incorporated (city) 25 May 1949 Government  - Type Council-Manager  - Mayor Bill Barnett   - City Manager Robert E. Lee  Area [1]  - city  14. ...


No usage was claimed, however the principal passed the information on to the Collier County Sheriff's Office in Naples, and the sheriff office's intelligence bureau issued an internal intelligence bulletin on September 26 which contained the unresearched alarmist phrase "Jenkem is now a popular drug in American Schools." It appears that this assertion was mere conjecture, as later news reports so far has not been able to confirm such widespread usage. The intelligence bulletin based itself, at least in part, on the writings of a 14-year old boy, known online as "Pickwick", who posted in the TOTSE Better Living Through Chemistry discussion forums that he was going to try out Jenkem based on the recipe provided in the sources mentioned above. Collier County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. ... TOTSE (IPA: , commonly mispronounced as IPA: and IPA: ) is a San Francisco Bay Area website and former BBS. The name is an acronym for Temple of the Screaming Electron. // TOTSE was started by Jeff Hunter (a founding member of NIRVANAnet)[specify] in 1989 as a dial-up BBS originally named...


On September 25, "Pickwick" posted to the TOTSE community "The jenkem thing was a hoax" where he retracted his previous trip report asserting it "was faked using flour, water, beer and Nutella." A nationwide DEA bulletin was also issued[citation needed], however the time of this DEA release and its relation to the Collier County Sheriff's Office's bulletin remains unclear. The timeline subsequent to these events is described below. Nutella is the brand name of a hazelnut-based sweet spread created by the Italian company Ferrero. ... Since 1973, the DEA has enforced the drug laws in the United States. ...


The mixture he used has been proven not true. There was no gas given off from the mixture, so the ballon would not fill up as in the pictures, thus proving he really did try to huff jenkem.


Late October to early November 2007

Snopes (Urban Legends Reference Pages) published a report on October 30, 2007 focusing on the veracity of Jenkem. Its conclusion was to initially list the phenomenon as undetermined, however, by November 9 this had been updated to false. Snopes in its first version cited both a widely circulated trip report from an American teenager posted to the online forum TOTSE (this thread was deleted without explanation on October 7, 2007),[12] and a leaked alert bulletin from the Collier County Sheriff's Office in Naples, Florida which asserted that "Jenkem is now a popular drug in American Schools."[13] Snopes, also known as the Urban Legends Reference Pages, is a website dedicated to determining the truth about many urban legends, Internet rumors, email forwards, and other such stories of uncertain or questionable origin. ... TOTSE (IPA: , commonly mispronounced as IPA: and IPA: ) is a San Francisco Bay Area website and former BBS. The name is an acronym for Temple of the Screaming Electron. // TOTSE was started by Jeff Hunter (a founding member of NIRVANAnet)[specify] in 1989 as a dial-up BBS originally named... Collier County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. ...


A few days after the Snopes report had been published, on another website investigating urban legends, About.com, David Emery, described by Salon.com as an "urban legend guru,"[2] also issued a report, more analytic than the Snopes report, concluding that the recent news media reports that Jenkem is gaining a foothold as a substance of abuse among American youth is doubtful and "based on faulty Internet research."[14] For other uses, see Urban legend (disambiguation). ... Screenshot of About. ... This article is about using the Internet for research; for the field of research about the Internet, see Internet studies. ...


On November 3, two mainstream media outlets, television station KIMT of Mason City, Iowa[15] and WINK NEWS,[16] a Fort Myers, Florida broadcaster, reported on the rumours of Jenkem being a new hallucinogenic drug among American high school students. According to WINK News, Collier County Sheriff's Office confirms having issued the drug alert. KIMT is a CBS affiliate serving Mason City, Iowa, Rochester, Minnesota, and Austin, Minnesota. ... Mason City is a city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States. ... WINK-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Southwest Florida. ... Fort Myers is a city located in Lee County, Florida. ...


Drudge Report features Jenkem linking to the Smoking Gun.[17] On November 6, Washington Post columnist Emil Steiner in his OFF/beat blog commented on the Collier Sheriff's Office memo, the Snopes report and the WINK-TV news story apparently introducing his own contamination of the story by reporting the origin of Jenkem to be "Africa and other third world countries." Steiner goes on to report that "a spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Agency insists that 'there are people in America trying [Jenkem].'" The unnamed DEA spokesman stated that the agency had yet to test Jenkem, however volunteering a theory that "hallucinations from methane fumes" are involved. He also labeled any use of Jenkem "dangerous, bad and stupid."[18] The Drudge Report is a U.S.-based news website run by Matt Drudge. ... Screenshot from The Smoking Gun The Smoking Gun is a website that posts legal documents, arrest records, and police mugshots on a daily basis. ... The Washington Post is the largest newspaper in Washington, D.C.. It is also one of the citys oldest papers, having been founded in 1877. ... Emil Gregory Steiner (born November 30, 1978) is an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist who currently writes the OFF/beat blog for The Washington Post. ... Since 1973, the DEA has enforced the drug laws in the United States. ...


Fox News ran the story eight hours after the Steiner Washington Post column entry.[19] Fox also published the Internet alias of the boy who had published a "trip report" in the TOTSE online forum in July, as well as his later retraction. The boy, "Pickwick," in September claimed that the "Jenkem" displayed in the photos accompanying his trip report "was faked using flour, water, beer and Nutella." He also stated "I never inhaled any poop gas and got high off it [...] I have deleted the pictures, hopefully no weirdo saved them to his computer. I just don't want people to ever recognize me as the kid who huffed poop gas."[19][20] In the same article, a Washington D.C. DEA spokesman, Garrison Courtney, informed that "We wouldn't classify it as a drug so much because it's feces and urine." Fox News redirects here. ...


UK technology tabloid website The Register also ran an article on the US Jenkem phenomenon on this date citing the leaked memo, Smoking Gun, Snopes and televised news reports, concluding that ""the jury's out."[21] Current logo of The Register. ...


On November 7, ABC News reported on Jenkem on their website. They also interviewed DEA spokesman Garrison Courtney who stated that, "It is in Africa, we know that… We've heard rumors and speculation about it here, but part of looking for trends is listening first for speculation. It is something we want to keep on top of. The same sort of thing happened when we first heard of kids huffing freon or whippets [nitrous oxide, often found in whipped cream canisters]." The ABC report also focused on the need for law enforcement agencies to go with rumours and unconfirmed reports because so much of police work depends on early intervention which would be impossible if officers had to wait before something was a confirmed reality before acting on it.[22] ABC News logo ABC News Special Report ident, circa 2006 ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. ... Freon is a trade name for a group of chlorofluorocarbons used primarily as a refrigerant. ... A whipped cream charger is a cartridge designed to deliver nitrous oxide in a whipped cream dispenser. ... For other uses, see Nitrous oxide (disambiguation). ...


WSBT-TV in South Bend, Indiana ran the story on its local newscasts and posted it to their web site, including advice that parents "wait up for them (their children) at night and not let their kids go to bed until they have seen them and smelled their breath." [23] The same day, Austin, Texas NBC affiliate KXAN-TV ran a story on Jenkem interviewing a local teenager and a parent. Michael Ginsberg of Clean Investment Counseling stated to KXAN that he was "Not surprised, a little bit nervous and scared for adolescents." Ginsberg did not find it unrealistic that Jenkem would become popular locally stating, "Once it becomes OK with a certain group of adolescents, it becomes OK with a lot more."[24] WSBT-TV (channel 22) is a television station in South Bend, Indiana. ... This article is about the city in Indiana, US. For other uses of the name South Bend, see South Bend (disambiguation). ... Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. ... KXAN-TV is the NBC affiliate of Austin, Texas. ...


An Australian broadcaster, ninemsn, carried the Jenkem story on its website on November 8 based on American news reports.[25] A syndicated report published on CBS affiliate CBS-47 and Fox affiliated Fox 30, both of in Jacksonville, Florida, reported on Jenkem on their web pages, also referring to it by the slang term "butt hash," and also citing media reports from Washington Post, the Drudge Report and Inside Edition. This was also followed up by a Fox 30 televised news segment. In it captain Tim Guerrette of the Collier County Sheriff's department was also interviewed. ninemsn is a 50/50 joint venture between Microsoft and Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL) . It effectively acts as the website for both the Nine Network and MSN, and is one of Australias websites. ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ... WTEV-TV is the CBS affiliate for Jacksonville, Florida and its surrounding areas, which stretch from St. ... FOX redirects here. ... WAWS is the Fox affiliate station in Jacksonville, Florida owned by Clear Channel Communications. ... The Jacksonville skyline and the Acosta Bridge. ... The Drudge Report is a U.S.-based news website run by Matt Drudge. ... Inside Edition is a syndicated news program, on the air since January 9, 1989. ...


Talking to young people in their district did not reveal any awareness of Jenkem's existence and when hearing what it was people expressed revulsion.[26] A Florida syndicated newspaper article also appeared on November 8[27] focusing on the leaked police memo. In the article another DEA spokesman Rusty Payne was also interviewed as well as the Palmetto Ridge High School principal and a spokeswoman for the Collier County Health Department, all of whom had very little to add to the existing vague reports that are circulating in the media. Palmetto Ridge High School is a high school located in Naples, Florida. ...


November 2007

Salon.com featured an in-depth exposition of the Jenkem story by freelance news and culture writer Jamie Pietras.[2] Pietras elicits statements about the evolution of Jenkem usage among Lusaka's street children from a Zambian government official who asserts that the key to curtailing jenkem usage in Zambia is to classify it as a narcotic, so that youth suspected of using the substance could be diverted into juvenile correction centers. Salon also focuses on the media scare that has developed over the Jenkem phenomenon. Salon. ... Moral panic is a sociological term, coined by Stanley Cohen, meaning a reaction by a group of people based on the false or exaggerated perception that some cultural behavior or group, frequently a minority group or a subculture, is dangerously deviant and poses a menace to society. ...

And it's a mystery whether "Pickwick," the self-proclaimed hoaxer behind the great jenkem scare of 2007, could have ever anticipated that his unique brand of Internet theater would inadvertently masquerade as fact. His Totse posts in the months leading up to the controversy reveal anxiety over the attention his prank continued to receive. TOTSE (IPA: , commonly mispronounced as IPA: and IPA: ) is a San Francisco Bay Area website and former BBS. The name is an acronym for Temple of the Screaming Electron. // TOTSE was started by Jeff Hunter (a founding member of NIRVANAnet)[specify] in 1989 as a dial-up BBS originally named...

—Salon.com, November 9, 2007

Salon also obtained comments from Earth Erowid, the pseudonym of the co-creator of Erowid, a renowned online repository of information about psychoactive plants and chemicals, as well as the communications director for the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), Jag Davies, none of whom could elucidate on the chemical from sources within their own ranks. Partnership for a Drug-Free America public affairs representative Candice Besson also informed that PDFA had not heard about the drug before either. Salon. ... Erowid. ... The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is a non-profit organization that aims to assist scientists to design, fund, obtain approval for and report on studies into the risks and benefits of MDMA, psychedelic drugs and marijuana. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


The Enterprise Ledger of Enterprise, Alabama interviewed a local narcotics investigator, Neal Bradley, who stated that jenkem is already in use on the west coast, “Whatever they’re using on the west coast is also used in Coffee County,” he said. “We’ve heard that this was something students were doing and it sounds crazy, but don’t think they’re not doing it here.” The Enterprise Ledger also cited an October 26 article on the Associated Content participatory media website Chrissy & Company for some of the alleged street names being applied to Jenkem and also about the purported health risks associated with its usage.[28] This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... Coffee County is a county of the State of Alabama. ... Screenshot of Associated Contents front page. ...


On November 11, The Times-Reporter of Dover-New Philadelphia included the Jenkem phenomenon in a Sunday commentary piece titled "Federal government attempts to wipe clean smelly drug world" asserting that while it was "largely debunked," with all the media coverage "someone will be stupid enough to try it, and we’ll probably hear reports of it turning up in frat house initiation rituals any day now."[29] Dover is a city in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. ... High Street in downtown New Philadelphia in 2006 The Tuscarawas County Courthouse in New Philadelphia in 2006 New Philadelphia is a city in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 71 miles south of Cleveland on the Tuscarawas River. ...


On November 13 The Orange County Register of Santa Ana, California mentions Jenkem in a notice citing the Salon article and the Snopes report.[30] Also, a televised news item was shown by Evansville, Indiana Fox affiliate WTVW lingering on a closeup photo of the 14-year old boy who in June announced to the TOTSE forums that he was trying out Jenkem only to retract his story later in September. The segment also interviewed a local teenage boy who had heard about the drug but was disgusted at the thought of someone using Jenkem.[31] CBS affiliated television station KWCH of Wichita, Kansas also had Jenkem in its news lineup on this date, interviewing local teenagers and local law enforcement officials, none of whom could shed any more light on the phenomenon. The article accompanying the news segment states that, "there is reason to believe it's all a hoax."[32] The Orange County Register is a daily newspaper published in Santa Ana, California. ... Location of Santa Ana within Orange County, California. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Indiana Coordinates: , Country State County Vanderburgh Townships Center, German, Knight, Perry, Pigeon Government  - Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel (D) Area  - City 40. ... FOX redirects here. ... WTVW is an affiliate of the Fox Network in Evansville, Indiana. ... TOTSE (IPA: , commonly mispronounced as IPA: and IPA: ) is a San Francisco Bay Area website and former BBS. The name is an acronym for Temple of the Screaming Electron. // TOTSE was started by Jeff Hunter (a founding member of NIRVANAnet)[specify] in 1989 as a dial-up BBS originally named... This article is about the broadcast network. ... KWCH channel 12 is the CBS affiliate television station in Wichita, Kansas. ... Wichita is the name of: Wichita (tribe), a Native American tribe Wichita language, the language of the tribe Wichita (film), a 1955 American Western movie directed by Jacques Tourneur Wichita Recordings, a London based independent record label A song by the band Soul Coughing A font replicating the hand writing... This article is about the U.S. state. ...


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