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This legend may have been (inadvertently) inspired by [[Narconon]], a [[Scientology]]-based [[drug rehabilitation]] program that uses exercise, saunas, and dangerously high doses of niacin (and other vitamins) to detox. It is also part of L. Ron Hubbard's general [[Purification Rundown]], which can supposedly remove pollutants as well as drug residues. Although some drug users claim that this has worked,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thcclear.com|title=THC Detox Guide-THCClear}}</ref> there are currently no peer-reviewed scientific studies to back these methods up.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Narconon/junkscience.htm#niacin |title=Narconon Exposed |publisher=Cs.cmu.edu |access-date=2010-07-27}}</ref>

==Drug checking==

===Moonshine===

[[File:Moonshine3.jpg|right|thumb|A typical jar of moonshine, with a sample being ignited to produce a blue flame. It was once wrongly believed that the blue flame meant that it was safe to drink.]]

A common folk test for the quality of moonshine was to pour a small quantity of it into a spoon and set it on fire. The theory was that a safe distillate burns with a blue flame, but a tainted distillate burns with a yellow flame. Practitioners of this simple test also held that if a radiator coil had been used as a condenser, then there would be [[lead]] in the distillate, which would give a reddish flame. This led to the [[mnemonic]], "Lead burns red and makes you dead," or simply, "Red means dead."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.skylarkmedicalclinic.com/Moonshine.htm|title=Moonshine|access-date=23 July 2008|website=Skylark Medical Clinic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716082440/http://www.skylarkmedicalclinic.com/Moonshine.htm|archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref>{{medrs|date=April 2020}}

==See also==