Joe Rogan Experience #2566 - Cody Tucker · Aired Oct 15, 2026
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Inhaling scopolamine can render a person effectively zombie-like and suggestible to the will of others.
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Scopolamine is real, and criminals do use it to confuse and rob people, usually by slipping it into food or drinks. It can cause confusion, memory loss and hallucinations. But McGill University's Office for Science and Society says there is no truth to the idea that blowing the powder in someone's face lets you control their mind, and drug experts call an instant zombie state from breathing it in unlikely. A controlled study or a verified case showing that inhaling scopolamine makes people reliably obedient would flip this verdict.
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Quick answer
Is it true that Inhaling scopolamine can render a person effectively zombie-like and suggestible to the will of others?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Scopolamine is real, and criminals do use it to confuse and rob people, usually by slipping it into food or drinks. It can cause confusion, memory loss and hallucinations. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2566 - Cody Tucker, aired Oct 15, 2026, at 3:11. The supporting source is mcgill.ca, linked below.
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