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Modern blocks of C4 explosive come with the warning “poisonous if eaten” on the packaging
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this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2023
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Yes you can burn it. C4 needs a fairly deliberate effort to explode. There have been issues where improperly set large shots of C4 end up on fire all over the area rather than exploding. Which is a suboptimal situation.
For eating, the way I heard is that people would stick a piece inside their lip ala a tobacco dip. Supposedly the contact with the inner lip causes some kind of heightened feeling. I can’t prove that one though.
I mean, many many organic compounds, like solvents or plasticizers, get you high. Similar to ethanol.
It's all poisoning you, we just have a good way to metabolize ethanol.