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<\/a>The toad, also known as the Colorado River toad, uses the powerful toxin to defend itself against predators in Mexico and south-western US states, where it is found in the Sonoran Desert.<\/p>\n
Known by chemists as 5-MeO-DMT, the natural substance is said to induce an intense psychedelic state when consumed by users, earning it the nickname the God molecule.<\/p>\n
A study from 2019<\/a>\u00a0suggested the substance may have therapeutic properties, such as easing anxiety and depression, but acknowledged there was a limited understanding of its effects in humans.<\/p>\n Mr Vidal has previously promoted use of the toad’s venom online, including in YouTube videos,\u00a0according to Spanish newspaper El Pa\u00eds<\/a>.<\/p>\n The actor, who has featured in hundreds of pornographic movies, had been under investigation for 11 months over the death of the photographer, Spanish police said.<\/p>\n Mr Vidal and the two other suspects were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and violating public health laws. All three were released provisionally.<\/p>\n Investigators said they had discovered toad rituals were being carried out regularly on grounds they offered medicinal benefits.<\/p>\n But the “apparently harmless ancestral ritual” posed a “serious health risk”, attracting people who were “easily influenced, vulnerable or who were seeking help for illnesses or addictions using alternative methods”, a police statement said.<\/p>\n Mr Vidal’s lawyer, Daniel Salvador, said the photographer had “previously tried that substance and wanted to try it again” in a “comfortable” environment.<\/p>\n He denied suggestions that Mr Vidal had acted as a shaman during the ritual, saying his client was “very upset by the death of this person”.<\/p>\n “With all due respect to the dead man and his family, Nacho maintains that the consumption [of the venom] was completely voluntary,”\u00a0the lawyer told La Vanguardia newspaper<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"