The BBC reports that prison inmates in Australia milked redback spiders and shot up the venom to get high.
But a prison spokesman, Brian Kelly, was sceptical about the veracity of the claim the venom was used as a narcotic, saying it had come from a single unreliable inmate. Mr Kelly said the spiders were more likely to have been kept as pets.
Tarantella lessons in the yard after evening count! Link (Thanks, Kelly!)