Jankem (Huffing concentrated gas from raw sewage)

Nwalmaer · 23-05-2007, 08:13

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/406067.stm

At the Lusaka sewage ponds, two teenage boys plunge their hands into the dark brown sludge, gathering up fistfuls and stuffing it into small plastic bottles. They tap the bottles on the ground, taking care to leave enough room for methane to form at the top. A sour smell rises in the hot sun, but the boys seem oblivious to the stench and the foul nature of their task.

They are manufacturing "Jenkem", a disgusting, noxious mixture made from fermented sewage. It is cheap, potent and very popular among the thousands of street-children in Lusaka. When they cannot afford glue or are too scared to steal petrol, these youngsters turn to Jenkem as a way of getting high.

"It lasts about an hour", says one user, 16-year-old Luke Mpande, who prefers Jenkem to other substances.

"With glue, I just hear voices in my head. But with Jenkem, I see visions. I see my mother who is dead and I forget about the problems in my life."

JimiHawK* · 23-05-2007, 08:23

WTF indeed

Smurfy lee · 23-05-2007, 10:33

wow..

brainslookfunny · 23-05-2007, 13:05

i think i just lost the right to complain about anything

phrozen · 23-05-2007, 14:55

Someone needs to get some real drugs to Africa.

euphoricnod · 23-05-2007, 17:08

This should be in DITM... however since it isnt a REAL drug I'm leaving it here

Tiesto · 23-05-2007, 17:08

wow.......................thats dirty.

Phy · 23-05-2007, 17:14

Sewage ?! o_o

youarewhatyouis · 23-05-2007, 17:23

good god that is disgusting

bromance · 23-05-2007, 18:11

I wonder how much I could sell that for on the streets.

'medicine cabinet' · 23-05-2007, 19:14

that is really foul. lets have everyone poop into a 2 litre soda bottle and express mail it to african so these kids can get high. i bet jankem means log huffing

euphoricnod · 23-05-2007, 21:33

I bet kankem roughly translates to, 'idiots huffing shit.'

GenericMind · 23-05-2007, 22:51

That may be the most retarded thing I've ever heard. I don't know, I'm still trying to decide.

euphoricnod · 23-05-2007, 23:04

vYou say thingsthat are far more retarded regularly GM. Be nice to the newbie.

zephyr · 23-05-2007, 23:07

You can get high from your own shit?

WOW

*disappears into bathroom*

fizzle · 23-05-2007, 23:14

haha "you might be a junkie if..."

Spazzzz? · 23-05-2007, 23:49

I've always looked at the typical inhalents as something kids do out of bordem or lack of better drugs. Now they've got an alternative for the alternative. These kids can't even get their hands on glue or whatever kids "huff" these days?