A mom in Georgia recently posted a video on TikTok warning other parents that kids can get baked if they sniff a popular spice in the kitchen.
The now viral video explains that teenagers are tripping out on nutmeg, a spice used to flavor both savory and sweet goods, which also delivers a poisonous “nutmeg intoxication.”
Read on to find out more about the mind-altering drug that, if taken in large amounts, can be dangerous and even make you leave this life forever.
On March 11, a mother on TikTok who goes by the name Lakeview Living posted a video that has since gone viral. In it, she talks to teens and parents about a new trend called “sniffing.”
The clip, seen by almost 600,000 internet users, is captioned: “Really guys?! NUTMEG?! Where do they come up with this stuff??”
In the viral post, the mom says: “Today, I was talking with one of my teacher friends and she was like, ‘Girl, trying to stay one step ahead of these kids is exhausting.’”
Describing it as “flipping wild,” she explains that during a “backpack check,” teachers discovered some students were carrying little bottles of nutmeg.
To avoid being verbally battered, students claimed the spice was for “culinary class.”
But, when the teacher discussed the pumpkin pie spice with the culinary instructor, she replied: “What are you talking about? We’re not making anything with nutmeg.”
The sh0cked mom then told them that the school’s “resource officer” heard what they were saying and took the sweet, nutty substance away before suspending the sneaky kids.
“Y’all can’t get your homework done, but you can figure out how to get high off of nutmeg?” the mother scolds the smart but lazy teens. “Make it make sense.”
MMDA
According to Medical News Today, when consumed it large quantities (two teaspoons), a person gets a “‘high’ similar to that of some hallucinogenic drugs. The name for this is nutmeg intoxication.”
Nutmeg contains a chemical compound called myristicin and when it’s consumed, it’s metabolized by the body, forming the psychedelic drug, methylenedioxyamphetamine (MMDA).
“People with nutmeg intoxication experience a variety of symptoms, including drowsiness and hallucinations.”
Nutmeg poisoning is also dangerous and could be ғᴀᴛᴀʟ.
‘Anarchist Cookbook’
Many of the woman’s fans who were also parents were worried about spice sniffing.
“This has been a thing for years. There’s a substance in it that is psychoactive but not in a fun way. You get the worst hangover of your life for a 10 min high,” one TikToker shares.
A mother, praising teachers for keeping an eye of her kids – all of the generation that succeeds Gen Z – adds: “As a mom of [four] Gen Alpha…I am so thankful for teachers and their patience with my babies. Bc no way.”
Others share that nutmeg sniffing isn’t new. “Class of 2002 it was so popular in my school they had to do a PSA about how toxic nutmeg can be if you use too much,” writes one.
A second says: “Nutmeg was popular when I was like 12… someone done talked to Gen X!”
“Gen X’er here – The Anarchist Cookbook of course,” a third jokes.
Meanwhile, one netizen offers her experience with a child had nutmeg poisoning: “I took care of a kid years ago at the hospital for nutmeg intoxication. It was the first time I’d heard of it. Started in jails. But they have internet, so I’m sure that’s where they learned it.”
People have been using nutmeg as a ᴅʀᴜɢ for a long time, long before prisoners learned that it could make them ʜᴀʟʟᴜᴄɪɴᴀᴛᴇ.
The Encyclopedia of Toxicology says that “nutmeg seeds were used in medicines as an ᴀᴘʜʀᴏᴅɪsɪᴀᴄ, ab0rt!fac!ent, and anti-flatulent, a narcotic, and as a means to induce [menstruation].”
Today, “uses of nutmeg seeds include treatment of hemorrhoids, chronic vomiting, rheumatism, cholera, psychosis, stomach cramps, nausea, and anxiety. Nutmeg seed oil also has antiseptic, analgesic, and antirheumatic properties.”
‘Flippin’ teenagers’
Some kids back at school had an extra long March Break.
@lakeviewliving Really guys?! NUTMEG?! Where do they come up with this stuff?? #nutmeg #school #middleschool #highschool #high #adulting #teacher #teachersoftiktok ♬ original sound – Lakeview Living
“You know why they’re all suspended?” asks the mother. “Because these flippin’ teenagers have figured out you can use nutmeg to get high.”
“Is nothing sacred anymore?” she asks.
