Teens have found a new way to get high: Coating Burt’s Bees lip balm on their eyelids—called “Beezin”—and teens who’ve done it say it can act as a stimulant or augment the feelings of being drunk or high. Health experts suspect users like the tingle caused by the lip balm’s peppermint oil. Regardless, doctors warn that slapping Burt’s Bees on your eyelids can be dangerous. “The peppermint oil in the lip balm is a very strong irritant and can cause inflammation in the eye, redness of the eye [and] swelling.” (Fox 25)
Paul Asay has covered religion for The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Beliefnet.com and The (Colorado Springs) Gazette. He writes about culture for Plugged In and wrote the Batman book God on the Streets of Gotham (Tyndale). He lives in Colorado Springs with wife, Wendy, and his two children. Follow him on Twitter.