y do people get high off of sharpies?
does it really work?
or do they just fake?
2006-07-05 13:17:25 · 7 answers · asked by sisters2fun 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
a sharpie has strong smell....in high school me & my friends had like 4 of them (we smelled them for a couple of minutes...& we fell like we were gonna fall down)...so i think is true -but only when you sniff a lot of them
2006-07-05 13:23:13 · answer #1 · answered by SANTOZ305 3 · 1⤊ 4⤋
You can get a tad bit of a high off of a sharpie, I've used one for a project for a couple hours and I was feeling it. However I wouldn't suggest it, it's chemicals and it will kill brain cells indefinitely. It won't get you high like an acid trip or X, but it will still give a little buzz.
2006-07-05 20:21:28 · answer #2 · answered by Skitz628 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The solvent that is used to carry the pigment is an organic liquid which can displace oxygen in the brain and give you an "oxygen-deprivation buzz". Magic markers are the same way -- there the solvent is xylenes.
Some Sharpies use a mixture of ethanol, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, and ethylene glycol monoethyl ether as their solvent. Others use a combination of n-butanol, n-propanol, and diacetone alcohol.
Either way, chuffing the fumes may give you a buzz, but it is because you are killing brain cells, which will cathc up with you eventually.
2006-07-05 22:27:24 · answer #3 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Very fake. People just say they get high to be cool.
2006-07-05 20:21:46 · answer #4 · answered by mistresskaida 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, you can get high. I think in my health class, the teacher said it can kill your brain cells or something :/
2006-07-05 20:23:43 · answer #5 · answered by OhGosh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fumes do something to their brain which damages it.
2006-07-05 20:21:31 · answer #6 · answered by retrodragonfly 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think they fake
2006-07-05 20:20:18 · answer #7 · answered by kastuvsantra 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋