The Toad Venom Thats Stronger Than DMT: Bufo, High Society

Tulum is experiencing an explosion of people taking Bufo Alvarius. Also called speedtoading, it involves smoking the milked poison of the Sonoran Desert toad in a glass pipe and is considered to be the most powerful hallucinogen in the world. Now, growing numbers of psychedelic tourists are traveling to Tulum where Bufo ceremonies are legal, in search of a lifechanging experience. However, there are many reports of profoundly negative experiences, lasting psychosis and allegations of sexual assault during ceremonies. VICEs Matt Shea visits Tulum to see and experience this new Bufo tourism firsthand, to discover whether taking the worlds most powerful hallucinogen is worth the risk. Watch more from this series: 3MMC: The Party Drug Taking Europe by Storm Roid Renaissance: The UKs Steroid Epidemic The Rise and Rise of Psychedelics The Truth Abo