HOUSEHOLD HIGHSBrazil’s DIY Drug Concoctions
WORDS BY ADRIANA ALVES AND ARTUR TAVARES, PHOTOS BY BEATRIZ RAMELLO
Ever wondered how a Brazilian without a source of disposable income or a reliable drug connection gets high? Us too. So we asked some buddies of ours down there to sate our curiosity. They gave us three simple recipes for frying up neurons that can be made with crap lying around the house. Just so we’re on the same page, we are not to be held responsible if you try these out and end up catatonic. Seriously, do not do this. We are NOT telling you to do this. Bad things will happen to you and we will not apologize to your mom when you become a drooling vegetable.
But yes, stupid people really do ingest this shit down there.
VHS TEA
INGREDIENTS: VHS tape
Battery
Water (enough to fill a pot)
Guarana powder
A half liter of cachaça
PREPARATION:
1. Unspool the tape from the VHS cassette and discard the case.
2. Throw everything (except the guarana powder) in a pot and set the burner to high.
3. Now sprinkle in the guarana powder to add a nice zing of flavor.
4. You’re about done when the mixture starts to bubble and reaches the color of boiled Cheez Whiz mixed with diarrhea.
5. Strain the liquid and pour it in a pitcher.
6. Drink it.
TESTIMONIAL FROM VHS-TEA DRINKER VALÈRIA DANTAS MOTA:
“It’s kind of a harsh trip—there’s no notion of space at all. I think I sat on my bed the whole time, but I’m not sure. There was a lot of mental confusion. I had mixed thoughts and couldn’t control their flow. It was very confusing and I did it alone, so nobody was there to tell me what was going on. The only things I know for sure are that I wrote a lot of nonsense in a notebook and woke up naked, which is something that never happens. The following day I had a slight hangover, kind of like the ones I get from alcohol. When I told some friends that I drank this tea, they made me scared by saying it contains heavy metals like lead. But I’m OK. There have not been any lasting side effects.” |
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See all articles by this contributor Anonymous, on Nov 16, 2009 wrote:
somewhat typical vice crap, this article.
| | Anonymous, on Sep 3, 2009 wrote:
7. R.I.P. | | Anonymous, on Sep 2, 2009 wrote:
Hay k ser muy giri para tomarse esa mierda si esk estais flipaos!!! | |
| b3nn3, on Jul 4, 2009 wrote:
haha splash out and buy a dispenser...go get some bulbs...jeez kids | | Anonymous, on Jun 17, 2009 wrote:
ideal for a political tea party... | | Anonymous, on Jun 16, 2009 wrote:
how stupid can people possibly get?"oooh i wanna try it. batteries & film yaaayyy!!" fuckin morans | | Anonymous, on Jun 12, 2009 wrote:
holy shit.. i really want to try this!! kinda scared to though i don’t want to die | | Anonymous, on Jun 10, 2009 wrote:
why the fuck would you waste a perfectly nice bottle of cahaca when you can just have caprinhas with it instead... | | Anonymous, on Jun 10, 2009 wrote:
Why do toxic stuff like this when it’s so easy (and often legal) to grow your own hallucinogen plants? Stick with stuff that’s been around for thousands of years and if you grow it yourself, you know what’s in it. | | Anonymous, on Jun 8, 2009 wrote:
stop doing drugs | | Anonymous, on Jun 8, 2009 wrote:
"But yes, stupid people really do ingest this shit down there." that`s a big fat lie. i’m a braziian and i love to get hight but not like this..... and we have so many nice stuff that u can get hight from,, like ayahuasca, jurema, even zabumba tea.. but this is a mith : valeria dantas mota never drinked that, and i bet that the couple (adriana and artur) had nothing else to write about and made this absurd and irresponsible article. vice u waste ur money! | | Anonymous, on Jun 8, 2009 wrote:
i bet there’s a kid somewhere who just read this article and is going to make vhs popsicles. | |
| Stanleyhalen, on Jun 8, 2009 wrote:
What? no stove top meth?
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| your mom, on Jun 4, 2009 wrote:
Who thought of the VHS Tea in the first place? What is it that gets you high? | |
| TonyFunfetti, on Jun 2, 2009 wrote:
I’m gonna use my trainspotter vhs.
| | Anonymous, on Jun 1, 2009 wrote:
This is bullshit. I grew up poor as shit in Rio and never even heard of this. Huffing glue was always #1, lança perfume 2nd. If you had money you could smoke pot or do cocaine, which a lot of people shot up. Some old creepy alcoholic dudes would also shoot up whiskey and cachaça. Dead serious. | |
| greeksalot, on Jun 1, 2009 wrote:
These are almost as bad as getting high off the fumes from shit/piss. Almost. | | Anonymous, on Jun 1, 2009 wrote:
Cachaca is alcohol... if you’ve got the alcohol, why bother with toxic shit? | | Anonymous, on Jun 1, 2009 wrote:
kids couldnt possibly be doing this to get high, no one under the age of 18 knows what the fuck a VHS tape even is anymore... | | Anonymous, on Jun 1, 2009 wrote:
lulz @ anons taking this srsly. maybe some1 has tried these methods, but surely there are easier/cost effective methods to achieve similar fx. ITT: anons who don’t know satire | | Anonymous, on May 29, 2009 wrote:
this is completely irresponsible and is on par with huffing paint (a very stupid way to get high). If you kids really want to get high, get some weed or some mushrooms or some LSD or something do not resort to poisoning yourself like this. | | Anonymous, on May 28, 2009 wrote:
Boil your gramma fucker | |
| Johnny Myers, on May 28, 2009 wrote:
this all seems like alot of work. ill just stick to trusty metallic spray paint and starter fluid. plus i cant part with my mary-kate and ashley vhs tape collection. | | Anonymous, on May 27, 2009 wrote:
Congratulations. You just killed some teenagers. | |
| housecat, on May 27, 2009 wrote:
fuck. Intervention; Brazil edition ON DEMAND. That’s my billion dollar idea of the day. | | |
| housecat, on May 27, 2009 wrote:
fuck. Intervention; Brazil edition ON DEMAND. That’s my billion dollar idea of the day. | | Anonymous, on May 27, 2009 wrote:
fuck. Intervention; Brazil edition ON DEMAND. That’s my billion dollar idea of the day. | | Anonymous, on May 22, 2009 wrote:
people these days.
mine as well drink your own fluids! | | Anonymous, on May 21, 2009 wrote:
i thought the aboriginals in australia were bad for sniffing petrol and paint, but anyone whos desperate enough to drink vhs tea should really go jump... | | Anonymous, on May 20, 2009 wrote:
Why would you need to pollute good ole ether? | | | Next 30 comments > |
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