Getting High Injecting Snake Venom

We met with a guy who's been injecting himself with snake venom for 20 years and he looks better than ever.
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The hemotoxins which attack human blood cells in a tree viper's venom can result in an agonising death in less than 30 minutes. The neurotoxins in a cobra bite can kill a person in half that time. for the past 20 years Steve Ludwin has been sticking all this lovely deadly snake juice in a syringe and mainlining it all the way to immortality. Privately milking an array of deadly snakes including rattlesnakes, monocled cobras, and a few casual vipers thrown in to the mix, Steve has been injecting what would for any normal human be fatal amounts venom into his body since the late 80s.

The basic principle - laid out by pioneer herpetologist, Bill Haast, who died last year at the age of 100 - is that regular exposure to the venom results in the body developing an immunity. Steve claims to not only never get ill, but that cobra venom is the ultimate pick me up, with effects lasting a days after injecting, making Steve stronger, faster and more resilient. Finally it looks like mainstream scientific research might be catching up.

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[someguyhunter]

no you may not blow that up.

[lunachild131]

i think its really cool what hes doing but i have a question! is his hand tremor from the venom or does he just have that?

[MrDiabeticonion]

wtf? hes not really getting high?

[hopebear06]

I threw up! OMG!

[MHSstoners4life]

Watch your ass grills

[frankie closi]

What the fuck I wouldn't want my blood to be like syrup

[SatanOfGlory]

My sides...

[SatanOfGlory]

He's getting high off snake venom and people compare him to pedophiles and murders...Yup. Just remember kids you're apart of the most intellectual living creatures on the face of the planet. Extremely bright folks in this species...

[judgment bringer 258]

thats what i thought hahaha

[JoeeyTheeKangaroo]

This guy is so cool.

[tommy25906]

He's so fucking cool. I love reptiles, snakes are amazing creatures, but not worth the risk in keeping.

[yamaotostrike]

The Japanese drink snake blood. :o