[serviceberry]

I don't know why you're being downvoted, it's a reasonable question. The lithium cation is the bioactive part and the smoke will produce it when the particles are dissolved in water.

But the basic answer is that lithium is fairly ubiquitous in the environment and it has biological effects only at fairly substantial doses. I think the usual therapeutic dose is above one gram of lithium carbonate per day.

The most likely product here is lithium hydroxide, which is caustic. The smoke also contains more dangerous substances such as carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide from burning plastic. So, I'd wager you'd be dead or seriously injured long before you feel any cognitive effects.

Lithium also doesn't bioaccumulate, so any small amount that gets in your body will be cleared fairly quickly - probably within a day or two.

In essence, I'd stay clear of the smoke, but not because of the mood-related effects.

[MrMcCall]

Thanks, that's a fantastic, informative response.

> I don't know why you're being downvoted, it's a reasonable question.

No to the high-karma stupid, especially because their stupidity is growing more glaringly obvious by the day, and that makes them angry instead of leading them to reevalute their ignorance.

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