[1] Wasp dope is an emerging trend in the southern United States,[2] although there are obscure reports of insecticide abuse dating back to the 1980s.
[1] In 1979, at a hearing before the United States House of Representatives, it was reported that there was knowledge about the abuse of Raid wasp killer among American drug users.
[4] A July 2000 report from the Journal of Hand Surgery describes 5 patients in the United States who injected common bug poison.
[6] Possible symptoms of ingesting bug poison include, but are not limited to: erratic behavior, nausea, headache, sore throat, extreme inflammation, redness of the hands and feet, auditory hallucinations, convulsions, coma, necrosis, and death.
[10] A 1979 hearing before the United States Congress indicated that some American drug users were smoking Raid wasp killer.