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[–] [email protected] 92 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

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

Thanks poison!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 12 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 26 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Drugs - natures mosquito repellant

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 16 hours ago

Mosquitoes are such squares!