‘Western arrogance’: how the wellness movement co-opted an Amazon frog toxin with deadly effects

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“Reactions are often strong and include tachycardia [increased heart rate], sweating, and severe vomiting … followed by a state of apathy and drowsiness,” the Frontiers in Pharmacology paper said.

That sounds really undesirable

Reading this I don't feel it's "Western arrogance", more like grift and stupidity. Western people are not exceptional in that way, except maybe in that some Western societies reward both.