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Weirdly enough, ether can be drank. Erowid has a great many self-reported case studies of the effects of ether drinking

https://erowid.org/experiences/subs/exp_Ether.shtml

I've never consumed or inhaled it myself. However from someone who I know drank it, said the high is rapid and intense. Basically, it's enough to get you arrested for a public intox, and by the time you're at the police station, you're completely sober, save for your breath smelling like gasoline.

Another source about consumption of ether in 19th c Ireland : https://www.newscientist.com/letter/mg19125630-800-bring-bac...

https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(11)...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ether_addiction

As a final edit: It's probably a really bad idea to inhale or drink ether.. but it is definitely drinkable.




β€œThe only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon. Probably at the next gas station.” ― Hunter S. Thompson




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