The reason most people love them isn’t for the tingles, though - they’re coveted beause they loosen your anal sphincters.

Usually, the feeling tops out at around 30 seconds then rapidly dissipates, but not before making some people feel euphoric, giggly, tingly, flushed or like their entire body is throbbing (or, if you’re like me, they just give you a massive headache).

And I don’t mean the jalape ñ o kind.įor the uninitiated, “ poppers ” is the street name for a class of drugs called alkyl nitrites, which refers to a smattering of toxic liquids like amyl or butyl nitrite whose vapors you inhale for an intense, laughably short headrush-type high. It’s been 30 years since I Love Lucy star Lucille Ball passed away, but new revelations about her life have revealed a surprising finding: She loved poppers.