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* Most definitely averted with regards to certain high-end opioids such as forms of fentanyl, which can be very dangerous if ingested. Some police officers even claim that skin-contact can cause an overdose, but this is a common misconception.[[note]] Whilst fentanyl can be dangerous if ingested or injected, its potency is exaggerated among law enforcement and the media. As discussed in [[https://youtu.be/RMpCGD7b_H4 this segment]] from '' Last Week Tonight'', cops suffering ill effects from "touching fentanyl" are, in most cases, suffering from anxiety or panic attacks, due to fear that they've touched something lethal (as this is what they're being taught).[[/note]]

->''"Yep, this is the stuff... hot sauce. Good thing this wasn't blood - I'd be licking AIDS right now."''
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce''

-->-- ''Series/AquaTeenHungerForce''

* Discussed in ''Series/{{Psych}}''. Shawn and Gus are watching a drug deal. Gus asks if one of the baddies performed this trope. Not only does he taste the drugs, [[spoiler:he double dips!]]
* In the TV show ''Series/{{Sisters}}'', one of the sisters, Teddy, and her boyfriend come across some some drugs hidden in a shipment of clothes from her clothing line. The boyfriend opens one of the packages and tastes the drug. Teddy asks if it's heroin, and he replies he doesn't know, that's just what they do on TV.

** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': Kirk gives the taste test to a white powder he finds lying about on the "Arena" planet, but in that case it's potassium nitrate.
** On ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'', Sisko once gave Gul'Dukat back a bottle of poisoned wine. Weyoun took a swig and declared it "quite toxic". He then explained that Vorta are immune to most poisons.

* ''Series/TheXFiles'': Mulder tests substances with his fingers ''all the time''. He frequently touches some weird substance or its residue, and sometimes he goes that one step up and smells it or licks it as well. In "[[Recap/TheXFilesS01E11Eve Eve]]," he tastes soda (that he suspects is poisoned, which it is, with digitalis) and his tongue goes numb. He performs TheKetchupTest on fake blood in "[[Recap/TheXFilesS03E11Revelations Revelations]]." Scully's face is a wonder to behold. From "Squeeze:"
-->'''Scully:''' Oh my God, Mulder, it's smells like--I think it's bile.
-->'''Mulder:''' Is there any way I can get it off my fingers quickly without betraying my cool exterior? ''(hastily shakes goo off)''

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