Can T Lick Em Then Smoke Em.
Tabloids and TV shows like “L.A. Law” have spread the myth that licking secretions off the common cane toad, Bufo marinus, will lead to hallucinations. The idea is debunked in the June issue of the anthropology journal Ancient Mesoamerica; in fact, tonguing the toads will only make you sick. But one of the article’s authors, Dr. Andrew Weil, of the University of Arizona College of Medicine, says he has discovered the true hallucinogenic amphibian: Bufo alvarius, the Sonoran desert toad....