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[–] [email protected] 102 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Nicotine, THC, and cocaine are also insecticides. And psilocybin might be an insect repellent.

Thanks poison!

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Drugs - natures mosquito repellant

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

So that’s the reason I’m not stung as badly as my friends!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

Mosquitoes are such squares!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Capsaicin is a fungicide, which is extremely useful in the environments where spicy peppers grow.