Mike Tyson says he smokes toad venom thrice daily, which sounds about right
You'll get no pushback from us on that assertion, Mr. Tyson
Mike Tyson, legendary heavyweight boxing champ and near perpetual pop cultural mainstay (perhaps thanks to many people’s odd, disconcerting ability to forget the man is a convicted rapist), has made many an eyebrow-raising decision in his life. He’s also repeatedly toed the line between wanton hedonist and spiritual wanderer, so the latest bit of Tyson trivia to come everyone’s way doesn’t exactly come as a surprise: Lately Mike’s become a big fan of smoking hallucinogenic toad venom.
Speaking to the New York Post while at Wonderland, a conference in Miami “dedicated to psychedelics, microdosing and medicine,” Tyson explains that he smokes a lot of the toxin secreted by the famous Sonoran Desert Toad—up to three times a day, to be more specific. Now, after more than 53 inner cosmic excursions, Tyson claims (once again) to be a changed person with a new perspective on the human condition.
“In my trips I’ve seen that death is beautiful. Life and death both have to be beautiful, but death has a bad rep,” Tyson said, adding in what we assume was a very serious tone that, “The toad has taught me that I’m not going to be here forever. There’s an expiration date.”