Posted on 03/19/2005 3:31:08 PM PST by Chris Haire
Knight-Rider) Charleston, S.C. -- Marianne Watson is your typical Daniel Island High School student. She likes shopping at the Galleria. She enjoys hanging out with her friends at Dancin’ Nancies on teen night. She is obsessed with singer Jack Johnson. But unbeknownst to her family, Marianne had a drug problem.
Her friends knew Marianne abused drugs, but troubled teens very rarely know the trouble they are in until it is too late. And in the case of Marianne Watson, the trap she fell into was well hidden. Alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, LSD, heroin – Marianne knew to avoid these drugs. As a member of the local D.A.R.E. teen street team, she was well versed in the dangers of substance abuse.
But what happens when the drugs aren’t illegal? What happens when those drugs don’t cost a dime? Even worse, what happens when those drugs are available in your own home?
For Marianne, the drug pusher was two doors down the hall from her bedroom.
For Marianne, getting high was as easy as cleaning out the lint trap.
For Marianne, her high came from smoking dryer lint. Now she's in a coma.
She's not alone. An estimated eight teenagers in the Low Country of South Carolina have been admitted to local hospitals after smoking dryer lint, leaving experts wondering if they are witnessing the birth of a dangerous new drug epidemic, one that could put the 1980s crack epidemic to shame. Even more troubling, while drug epidemics generally target inner city areas, this new high knows no geographic or socio-economic boundaries. In fact, this new high could potentially be more prevalent among the middle and upper classes than any drug epidemic previously. After all, what suburban household doesn’t have a washer and dryer?
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Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Nice try.
I think it's obvious who's smoking the "lint" here.
Getting high on smoke inhalation? Lack of oxygen?
I am reminded of the Great Banana Peel Scare of the early 70’s. Some hippies start the rumor on the street, it’s picked up by others and soon our “esteemed” Congress critters are trying to ban the importation of bananas.
Exactly.
I'll be generous and give it a 6.
But, hey, I just finished washing. Wonder how much money this would go for?
That's the beauty of it. It's free.
Psst, hey kid, wanna buy a bag?
Yeah, I'm not the best house keeper.
Is this from the onion?
Well it's still not as strange as licking toads.
Nah, I like to make this stuff up.
The 411 on Dryer Lint Slang
Lint-hopping -- collecting dryer lint from lint traps at Laundromats
Snuggle Muggle -- a person who has never smoked lint
Tumble Weed -- lint collected from a lint trap; see also, tumble dry weed
Permanent Press -- high-grade lint
Colorfast -- high-potency lint laced with Clorox, characterized by colorful hallucinations
The Cleaner -- the cops; see also, dry cleaner
Dirty Laundry -- low-grade lint, gathered from various sources, most commonly pockets & belly buttons
Linthead -- a person strung out on lint
Lintels -- the sticky residue left on a lint trap after smoking
Lintel Soup -- a tea made from boiling lintels
Observing Lint -- getting high
Martinized -- getting arrested
Crimson Tide -- coughs assoc. with lint smoking, characterized by bloody mucus
Downy Soft -- high; ex: "Are you high?", "Man, I'm so downy soft."
Rolling with the Tide -- getting high
Bleached Whale -- a person passed out from smoking
April Fresh -- high; see, Downy Soft
Mr. Clean Screen -- a smoker who takes too many hits off the communal lint trap
Gainfully Employed -- an unemployed dryer lint smoker
Laundry Bag -- a plastic bag of dryer lint
Rinse & Repeat -- clean the lint trap and repack it
Feeling Fab -- high
Trapped out -- out of lint
Lint trapped -- having a bad lint trip
Ab-Fab -- stomach cramps & diarrhea assoc. with Lintel Soup
Tide Down -- getting high
Clean & Jerk -- muscle spasms &, in some cases, seizures assoc. with excessive lint smoking
By any chance, do you write for the New York Times?
Go peddle this junk someplace else.
Yooooooooooooo hooooooooooooooo...here's someone to play with. ;^)
Dude, you're not supposed to drink the bong water.
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