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troubleinharlem's avatar

What is this spray?

Asked by troubleinharlem (7991points) January 5th, 2010

A lady came to talk to my school about drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, and it happened to be early in the morning so all of the students were tired. She had this spray that she (asked permission first, of course) would spray right above our faces and it would wake us up quickly. I’m not sure what it was, however.

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filmfann's avatar

Assuming this was a responsable person interested in drug awareness and addiction prevention, it was probably a placebo. Maybe water with a bit of lemon.

troubleinharlem's avatar

@filmfann ; perhaps. good point, about the drug awareness.

jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities's avatar

Just like you would spray a puppy who’s been behaving badly with water. Bad kids, wake up!.

scotsbloke's avatar

She sounds like an evil witch! with magic spray!

But yes, probably just a wake up call….......never heard of anything like it, well except in World of Warcraft…

Judi's avatar

Hummmm…... Drugging kids so they are awake enough to learn about drug prevention> Sounds pretty irresponsible to me, even if it WAS a placebo.

Snarp's avatar

WTF? She did what? And people agreed? If there was supposed to be a lesson, she should have revealed in the end so she is either a bad teacher or she’s just nuts, or else you weren’t paying attention. Whatever it was, it probably doesn’t really work.

CyanoticWasp's avatar

Who did she ask permission from? The class (of minors, presumably) or the teacher, who wouldn’t be qualified to render an informed decision if it had been anything other than benign or inert ingredients? (Or authorized to respond in loco parentis if the parents should have been making this decision for their children.)

This is quite an astonishing question, unless the (placebo) spray was actually part of the lesson: “Don’t just believe everything that people tell you. Know what it is that you’re putting into your body.”

So… to answer your question, ask the teacher “What was the spray that that lady used in our class the other day?” And if she doesn’t know (or won’t tell), then you (and especially your parents) should raise holy hell with the entire administration.

Likeradar's avatar

Did it have a specific smell? Maybe it was energizing aromatherapy?

ubersiren's avatar

You should get her name and call her at work to find out. Not only for curiosity, but to make sure it’s safe. Someone probably should’ve inquired before she used it around a group of people, especially young ones.

CyanoticWasp's avatar

@ubersiren, that was pretty much my point above. A lot of drug use starts by, “Hey, you should try this; it does great things for you.” So if it’s not something that the kids themselves could obviously say, “Oh, lemon spritz? Yeah, I like lemon; give me some of that, please,” then there should have been a much more formal review and approval process, which should have involved the parents.

nsexton2's avatar

It was a scroll of resurrection.

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