How Does Chloroform Knock You Out? 😵

Morning kidnappers!

You know how chloroform… knocks you out?

How does it do that?

Well, first off, it doesn't.

Using chloroform to knock someone out in like 3 seconds was basically just made up by Hollywood.

In REALITY, it can take like 5 whole minutes to have any effect…

But, if you can somehow hold someone in place for that long, then yeah, it should knock em out…

How exactly? You ask.

Well, chloroform is what's called a “volatile liquid” which means it REALLY wants to evaporate into a gas ASAP…

This is why they use a chloroform soaked rag.

The liquid chloroform evaporates into a gas so the victim can breathe it in!

Simple!

But chloroform has another weird kink, it also really likes to dissolve into fats.

And you know what part of your body has a very high fat concentration?

So, when you inhale chloroform, it goes into your lungs and is absorbed into your bloodstream, which carries it up to the brain.

Now that it's in the brain, it attaches to something called a GABA receptor.

These receptors are basically off-switches for neurons.

Meaning, when chloroform attaches to one of these GABA receptors, think of it like turning off a light switch.

Then, when enough of these light switches are turned off…

BOOM!

Lights out!

Stay Cute,
Reece, Henry & Dylan 🌈

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