Toad Venom Sex Stone Kills an NYC Man!

Sweeping the NYC news scene is information about an aphrodisiac that is being sold over-the-counter in sex shops that is made from poisonous toad venom. Here’s what the NY Times has to say:

A 35-year-old New York City man died after ingesting an illegal aphrodisiac derived from toad venom, the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced on Friday...

Stone or Piedra — also known under the street names Rock Hard, Hard Rock, Love Stone, Black Stone or Chinese Rock — is a hard, dark brown square and measures less than a square inch, and it may be packaged in a clear plastic bag with incomplete labeling, the Health Department said. The product, typically sold in adult stores and neighborhood stores, is banned by the Food and Drug Administration and is listed on an F.D.A. import alert for Chinese herbal medicines. The product’s active ingredients contain chemicals known as bufadienolides, which are derived from toad venom and some trees and can disrupt the normal rhythm of the heart.

Alas, our hero wound up dying because he ATE the aphrodisiac instead of using it the way you’re supposed to: By rubbing it against the shaft of your penis. One has to assume he must have swallowed a few condoms and diaphragms before he figured out you don’t ingest those, either.

The toad venom is supposed to prolong erection by, presumably, numbing the nerve endings. I’ve purchased a tube or two of “Natural Male Enhancement Gel” in my time to see what its all about. You last a long time because you don’t feel anything. Not exactly what I’d call an aphrodisiac.

In fact, last time I checked there was no such thing as a real aphrodisiac (unless you count Slave Leia) which is, without a doubt, one of the saddest discoveries that science has produced.

Link to NY Times