Tripping on Hallucinogenic Frogs ( Part 1, 3)

VICE heads to the Amazon on a hunt for its most hallucinogenic tree frogs. Watch the rest here: There is an Amazonian frog called Phyllomedusa Bicolor or the Sapo which I have been reading about for years. It is totally different from the psychedelic toads found in North America. The Sapo s venom produces an effect much closer to morphine than LSD, but really it s not like either of those things. It s a distinctly vomitous dissociative experience unlike anything else I ve ever encountered. There has been a lot written about the chemistry of the venom, and it has been said to have a diverse array of effects. Some people think it s a miracle opioid which will yield new nonaddictive painkillers. Others think it s a superpotent stimulant and appetite suppressant, and even a strange psychedelic capable of tuning hunters on to the mindset of their prey. In the 80s researchers found one of the constituent