Poison of any kind, be it chemical, food borne or naturally
occurring, has been the subject of everything from the news to
chemical warfare and even been the antagonist for plenty of
mystery writers in their works of fiction. There are hundreds of
deadly poisons known to man; many of which have been used
nefariously to commit murder, genocide and acts of terrorism.
Some of those poisons are on this list; shockingly others, used
to such devastating effect, are not. Whether these poisons were
produced synthetically for purposes other than causing death,
whether they occur naturally in the plants and animals of the
world, or whether they are a by product of some other lab
experiment, one thing is certain; they will all kill you, and they
will all kill you in painful, horrific ways. Here’s a list of the 10
deadliest poisons in the world.

10. Cyanide
A well-known toxin, Cyanide is a deadly poison that affects the
central nervous system (CNS) as well as the heart. Even if a
small dose of cyanide enters the body, the poison will attack
the blood stream and bind to the iron in the blood, thus
prohibiting oxygen to flow through the body, resulting in death
in minutes. Though there are different forms of Cyanide,
Hydrogen Cyanide, is by far the deadliest of them. Considered
a chemical weapon as a gas, Hydrogen Cyanide is incredibly
deadly, killing a human in less than ten minutes. In fact, the
poison was used as such to devastating effect during the First
World War, before chemical weapons were banned under the
Geneva Convention. Today, Cyanide is predominantly used as
a method of murder, suicide, or as a plot device in fiction.

9. Anthrax
Perhaps the most famous post 9/11 poison, Anthrax was
seemingly in the media every day in the early years of the new
millennium due to a series of Anthrax-infected letters that were
mailed to unsuspecting victims across the United States in the
weeks after 9/11. All told five people died and 17 more were
injured in the Anthrax attacks, while millions more were
affected by the paranoia it sparked. A new Anthrax scare arose
everywhere, from major cities to small towns across the United
States. The fear the poison elicited was widespread, and for
good reason. Essentially a disease caused by bacteria, Anthrax
must be inhaled to infect someone as it spreads by spores
released into the air. After becoming infected, a minor cold will
quickly turn into massive respiratory failure as the Anthrax
shuts down a person’s breathing. The mortality rate from
Anthrax is nearly 90% within a week of infection.

8. Sarin
Considered a weapon of mass destruction, and rightfully so, the
nerve gas Sarin will kill you in an agonizing way. From a tight
chest to complete suffocation before your body shuts down,
Sarin does its handiwork on the human body in an interminably
long 60 seconds. That is all it can take; a meagre minute, a
single, torturous minute to die. Though Sarin production as a
weapon has been outlawed since 1993, there have been many
instances since where the poison has been used in terrorist
attacks or chemical warfare, particularly during the Tokyo
Subway attack in 1995, and the insurgencies in Iraq and Syria,
the latter where the chemical agent was employed on civilians
killing anywhere from 330 and 1,800 people.

Following. Don't forget mercury.

7. Amatoxin
Amatoxin is a type of poison found in the world’s deadliest
mushrooms. You know, the one’s they tell you not to eat when
camping. The poison is extremely volatile; if ingested the
Amatoxin enters the blood stream and makes a beeline for the
liver or the kidney, resulting in extreme illness as the poison
attacks the cells of the organ, shutting them down over a matter
of days. Amatoxins can attack the heart as well; a sure bet that
without proper treatment, usually consisting of high amounts
of Penicillin, those who have ingested the poison will fall into a
coma within days, and ultimately die of heart or liver failure.

6. Strychnine
Used as a pesticide meant to kill small animals, Strychnine is
one of the deadliest poisons on earth. Though found naturally
in certain trees in Asia, Strychnine is also created synthetically
in labs (ironically winning a Nobel Prize for the first successful
attempt). The poison can infect a person in a myriad of ways,
whether through ingestion, inhalation, or absorption. Upon
entering the body, within a few minutes the muscles begin
contracting, while nausea and vomiting overwhelm the victim.
As more and more muscles in the body begin to convulse and
spasm, they lead to asphyxiation. The entire lethal process
from ingestion to death takes roughly a half an hour.

5. Mercury
Remember in science class when the teacher implored you not
to break the thermometer? Well, for good reason. A heavy
metal, Mercury is incredibly toxic to the human body when
touched or inhaled. Had you or any of your classmates broken
that thermometer and gotten some of the Mercury on your
body, your skin would have started itching, burning and even
peeling off within minutes. If ingested or inhaled, Mercury is
altogether even more unpleasant, causing memory loss, loss of
vision, kidney failure and brain damage. Eventually Mercury
poisoning will shut down the CNS and result in death.

4. Tetrodotoxin
The infamous poison that dwells deep within the puffer fish,
that many sushi connoisseurs pay a premium to eat in hopes it
is prepared correctly, and the poison that almost killed Homer
Simpson, Tetrodotoxin is lethal. Symptoms, of which there are
a multitude, usually occur 30 minutes after consuming the
poison. First, your mouth will become paralyzed; next
swallowing will become a chore. Soon, your coordination and
speech will become disabled. Following that, seizures and
convulsions may set in, eventually leading to coma and death.
Death most commonly occurs after about 6 hours, but
Tetrodotoxin has been known to kill within 17 minutes, clearly
making it one of the deadliest poisons on earth.

3. Ricin
Ricin has become the new poison of choice when mailing toxic
letters, supplanting Anthrax with that dubious distinction. Even
a former Walking Dead actress was charged and convicted of
mailing Ricin-laced letters recently. While the fervour
surrounding such events may venture into the land of paranoia
in the general public sometimes, the serious precautions taken
by law enforcement with Ricin are wholly justified. Found in
the bean of the Castor Oil Plant, Ricin is incredibly lethal, as it
attacks protein production in the body, ultimately shutting it
down completely. Most deadly when inhaled, hence the
powdered form mail in letters, a quantity no larger than a
sprinkle of table salt can kill. Knowing all this, it is no wonder
Ricin has been studied as an option for chemical warfare by
everyone from the United States military to Al-Qaeda.

2. VX
The most dangerous nerve gas on the planet, this former
pesticide became a prime target for militaries across the globe
to stockpile, despite its label as a banned weapon of mass
destruction. There truly is no use for VX other than as a
chemical agent in war. So toxic is VX that one drop of the
poison coming into contact with exposed skin will kill a
human. Inhalation being the most common form of exposure,
symptoms from VX poisoning will range from flu-like
symptoms with mild exposure to paralysis and full respiratory
failure leading to death when exposed to a lethal dose.

1. Botulinum Toxin
The deadliest poison on earth, a single cap full of Botulinum
Toxin could potentially kill hundreds of thousands of people if
let loose on the world by causing botulism, a disease that can
shut down the CNS. Ironically enough however, Botulinum
Toxin has many practical applications in everything from
Botox treatment, to the treatment of migraines. That said, even
some Botox patients have died as a result of their procedures
involving Botulinum Toxin. Mortality rates in poisoning from
Botulinum Toxin hover around 50% in untreated patients,
while the remainder of those treated may suffer debilitating
complications from their illness for years after treatment. Due
to its volatile and readily available nature, Botulinum Toxin is
the deadliest poison in the world.

Very educative! I've learned a couple of things from you post. Thanks for sharing.

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Botulinum Toxin though. poisons... just hate it.

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Hmmm. Not so good.

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I never knew these things existed , thanks op for this post. (Now I believe yoruba films, add poison to someone's food or drink and the next minute the person is dead).

maggilove:
I never knew these things existed , thanks op for this post. (Now I believe yoruba films, add poison to someone's food or drink and the next minute the person is dead).

Donald3d:

don't mind them, quite funny.

Please my brother which of these legal poisonous drugs can we get in Nigerian chemists? Please i need to teach people raw with what they can see. Please kindly send them to me through sms or call 07031255981 . THANKS IN ANTICIPATION

DANDONdGreat:
Please my brother which of these legal poisonous drugs can we get in Nigerian chemists? Please i need to teach people raw with what they can see. Please kindly send them to me through sms or call 07031255981 . THANKS IN ANTICIPATION

The DSS needs to see this post of yours.

Can one get any of these in a pharmacy...?