In a study that would make even the most cool-headed scientist sweat like a tasty man at a cannibal convention, researchers from the University of Oklahoma pumped nearly 300mg of LSD into the body of a male asiatic elephant.¹ Immediately following the dosage, equivalent to nearly 3000 human hits of acid, the creature suffered a massive seizure and died.¹

This was not an isolated incident. Countless animals have been drugged with hallucinogens in the name of science. Everything from cats² and rats³ to snails⁴ and goats have had their doors of perception unwittingly flung open in the quest to answer one of [stoned] man’s most basic questions: What are our pets like high?

Thanks to German pharmacologist Peter N. Witt, we’ve even drugged spiders. Continue reading →