[TheBattman]

Were they fans of this group:

[NoLibZone]

Jimson Weed Willie We weed up

[dila813]

That is worse than kids eating 4-oclocks when I was in high school.

At least that one only made you throw-up for 6 hrs for the trip.

[Gene Eric]

>> suffering hallucinations so severe, we’re told he is trying to smoke his nurse’s ...

I stopped reading right there.

[tanuki]

Whatever you do, DON’T bring this plant inside the house. I was warned by people who know in Arizona that keeping this plant in an unventilated area is tantamount to committing suicide-its toxin is that potent. From time to time, people are drawn to its pleasant odor. Big mistake.

[TigersEye]

It has a deadly nerve toxin in it. They might have mentioned that in the article.

[The KG9 Kid]

"... Tuesday morning two young men went to the hospital and one into police custody in Bethany. One of the teens, a 17 year old, is suffering hallucinations so severe, we're told he is trying to smoke his nurse's fingers. It's all because of a weed native to Oklahoma that's a growing trend among teens. It has many names like Jimson Weed, Moon Lilly and Thorn Apple... Officers know it as "Trouble."

"... Wednesday, August 3rd. It was hot in Bethany. We were working the day watch out of Narcotics. My partner's Bill Gannon. The boss is Ed Backstrand, chief of detectives. My name's Friday..."

[BIGLOOK]

It's Datura which is known by many names and different species are found widely throughout the west. It' even sold as a flowering garden plant known as Moon Flower because of its attractive, fragrant flowers.

Best avoid it.

[waterhill]

Mesquite beans are also potentially hallucinogenic/deadly.
It depends on the way they are processed.
Thats all I will say. Don’t mess with them.

[waterhill]

Mesquite beans are also potentially hallucinogenic/deadly.
It depends on the way they are processed.
Thats all I will say. Don’t mess with them.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

[Spartan79]

Same stuff that Gene Autrey sang about in Back in the Saddle Again, "Where the lonely cattle feed, on the lowly gypsym weed". Locoweed. Does have a pretty flower. I grew up in the Texas Panhandle, where you'd see it a lot. Never had any notion to eat it, though.

[jespasinthru]

What kind of fool still messes with jimson weed in this day and age? I knew some idiots in high school who got into that stuff, and it didn’t end well. If you’re that desperate to get stoned, go buy some reefer or a bottle of booze.

[Grammy]

It grows prolificly around here. My son’s scout leader warned the boys about it. He also warned that it can affect honey, if the hive happens to be around a field that is full of it.

Someone in my neighborhood had goats that stunk to high heaven. Another little old lady neighbor threatened to plant Jimson Weed next to the fence between their properties.

Hmmmm..... note to self, be nice to the little old lady.

[brent13a]

They’re doing this at 17 years old? I call this fate culling the herd. I was in USMC boot camp when I was 17, I sure wasn’t ingesting deadly toxic plants to get high.

[MaxMax]

Smoking banana peels wasn't in their curriculum.