# Is bell pepper a narcotic for anyone other than me?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bell-pepper-a-narcotic-for-anyone-other-than-me/685807>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 10, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bell-pepper-a-narcotic-for-anyone-other-than-me/685807 "2014-04-10T17:39:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bell-pepper-a-narcotic-for-anyone-other-than-me/685807/41 "2014-04-22T19:57:47Z")

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> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#):
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> Also, I was told in a college plants and man biology class that the only difference between bell peppers of different colors were the different colors. I did confirm they taste exactly the same.

What? A red pepper tastes different than a green pepper. A red pepper is in a later stage of ripeness than a green pepper, and has a sweeter taste. It’s like the difference between a green banana and a yellow or browning one.

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bell-pepper-a-narcotic-for-anyone-other-than-me/685807/42 "2014-04-22T20:01:59Z")

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> [@toofs](#):
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> Be careful, pepper huffing can kale you.

I huffing your post.

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**Author:** ![drleech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@drleech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drleech)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bell-pepper-a-narcotic-for-anyone-other-than-me/685807/43 "2014-04-23T14:45:02Z")

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> [@Frylock](#):
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> If I slice open a red bell pepper, place one half over my nose, and inhale deeply, I get a distinct physical kick of shuddering ecstatic pleasure for just a few seconds. It makes me feel better if I’m sad.
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> I am not kidding or exaggerating about this–it literally feels to me like I took a hit of something.

You lucky bastard…

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**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bell-pepper-a-narcotic-for-anyone-other-than-me/685807/44 "2014-04-23T15:24:10Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> Nutmeg will get you high if you ingest enough of it, but it’s not a fun high. It landed one of my friends in the hospital. Got him feverish, disoriented, and vomiting. Other accounts I have read seem to confirm that this is a common reaction. I’ve never heard of anyone trying it more than once.

Yep, that’s the effects we were told would ensue from ingesting enough nutmeg to get a high. ☹

Supposedly, it’s from the other things in the nutmeg. I wouldn’t know exactly; I never had the urge for altered reality, at least to that extent.

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