Mike Tyson – who has not participated in a sanctioned fight since 2005 is all set to face Jake Paul in a professional eight-round boxing match, much anticipated by his fans across the world. The 48-year-old, who has a 50-6 record with 44 knockouts, is regarded as the greatest boxer in history.

Also, many people are wondering whether this match between Tyson and the YouTube influencer Paul, who has a 9-1 record, is genuine. According to Tyson, God told him to come out of retirement while he was undergoing the hallucinogenic effects of smoking toad venom.

Tyson already added drama to the upcoming bout by slapping Paul during the weigh-in. Now the boxing legend has also revealed to Interview Magazine that God told him to come out of retirement while he was undergoing the hallucinogenic effects of smoking Sonoran Desert toad’s venom. "You rub it down until it becomes fine sand, and then you smoke it. Then you meet God. And this is what God told me to do," he said.

“I don’t know a psychedelic breakthrough when I used the toad (venom) I was telling you about that before, and it just changed my whole outlook on life. I just said I wanted to fight again," Tyson added.

The Sonoran Desert toad has secretions that produce a hallucinogen known as 5-MeO-DMT - an attraction for people into psychedelics to treat mental disorders and addiction. According to studies, toad venom has been used for a variety of purposes since ancient times in the Columbian culture and experienced a resurgence in the counterculture of the 1960s.

While you can ingest the toad's venom by licking its back, it is more popular and common to extract the venom and convert it to powder form before smoking it. Reports say that smoking the venom induces a psychedelic trip within 10-30 seconds that distorts vision and sound and can render the user physically incapacitated for about 30 minutes.

Verywell.com has quoted users describing this trip "as a feeling of awareness, being connected to a higher power and feeling reborn." Users often report altered moods and perceptions, and some even feel motivated to make major life changes due to their new outlook.

According to experts, 5-MeO-DMT is classified as a Schedule One narcotic in the US. As with any controlled substance, there is an issue of safety concern. Taking high doses of this narcotic can make you disoriented, nauseated, and even white-out.

Doctors say the hangover from smoking toad venom lasts for several days. Further, for those with psychotic and other diagnosable mental health and addictive disorders, the experience may prove triggering, intensifying symptomology into something that exceeds one’s ability to control it.

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