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by Donald 2471 days ago
DEET is a good acetylcholinesterase inhibitor - certainly possible it has mild hallucinogenic effects.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEET

DEET isn’t a cholinesterase inhibitor.

Yes, but it’s commonly combined with carbamate which is.
Carbamate is an insecticide. In what insect repellent products is it combined with DEET?

And in terms of cholinesterase inhibition, there was a 2009 paper that said it was. Digging into it, it was when applied in vitro at a concentration of 20uM, which you’d need to drink hundreds of milliliters to achieve.

Digging into it, it was when applied in vitro at a concentration of 20uM, which you’d need to drink hundreds of milliliters to achieve.

Which apparently is a thing that is done, going by the bizarre link in geomark's post above.

People are weird.