A '60s Buzz Recycled - Teens Rediscover Morning Glories Can Be Used as a Hallucinogen

The Washington Post ^ | Wednesday, May 3, 2006; Page B01 | By Theresa Vargas

[edpc]

If your usually bored, angst-ridden teen develops a sudden interest in gardening, watch out.

From the article.....

"You have to eat a lot of them," he said. "I know it lasts between six and eight hours." A friend of his had done it, he said, but he hasn't.

"I never felt I had enough time to sit there and eat 500 seeds," he explained.

It doesn't seem worth it, but people will do almost anything to get high.

[LurkedLongEnough]

Ban cut flowers! Long-stem ok.

[timsbella]

500 seeds. Get a high and your daily intake of roughage.

These kids need jobs.

[p. henry]

Tried it once about 35 years ago. No high but plenty of nausea and some vomiting. Not a lot of fun.

[edpc]

LOL....maybe they did work. A bad trip and you just thought you were vomiting?

[rhombus]

Sounds like another crisis. I guess the only thing we can do is make the plant illegal, expand the War on Drugs by millions and start generating junk-science reports. Oh yeah, and these morning glory seeds aren't like those in the 60s - the seeds produced today are WAY more potent. :-)

[AxelPaulsenJr]

I'd like to invite the teens to clean up the morning glory seeds on our farm. LOL

[D-Chivas]

From Wikipedia:

The seeds of many species of morning glory contain d-lysergic acid amide, ergoline alkaloids better known as LSA. Seeds of I. violacea and R. corymbosa are used as hallucinogens. They are about 5% to 10% as potent as LSD. To discourage morning glory's use as hallucinogenic drugs, some commercial seed producers have started treating seeds with a chemical that will not wash off. This chemical has been known to cause vomiting, nausea and abdominal pain. Typically some form of a warning or notice is printed on the package if seeds have been treated.

[edpc]

Looks like someone didn't read the fine print on the package.....LOL.

[keat]

I though the stuff was a weed and I pull it out when I see it. I didn't realize people bought seeds and actually planted the dang stuff.

[keat]

though = thought

[Izzy Dunne]

I guess the only thing we can do is make the plant illegal, expand the War on Drugs by millions and start generating junk-science reports. Oh yeah, and these morning glory seeds aren't like those in the 60s - the seeds produced today are WAY more potent. :

The fact that you DIDN'T mention spraying them from cropdusters makes me think you aren't really serious about eliminating this scourge on our youth.

;->

[Gone GF]

I knew a couple of guys who tried jimson weed. Boy did they get sick.

[sheik yerbouty]

"Everything old is new again".

[palmer]

Absolutely. If bindweed is so hallucigenic, maybe I only think I'm spraying it and I'm really drinking the spray or something.

[edpc]

From the web.....

Addiction Potential: Since Jimson weed's effects aren't generally considered pleasurable, addiction usually isn't a factor.

I guess they can attest to that.

[rhombus]

The fact that you DIDN'T mention spraying them from cropdusters makes me think you aren't really serious about eliminating this scourge on our youth.

Can't we just leave the cropdusters to Al Qaeda?

[Semper Vigilantis]

Didn't they start coating MG seeds with something back in the 70s to prevent kids from doing this?

[Semper Vigilantis]

Duh - my bad. POsted before reading ALL of the previous posts. Sorry.

[Philistone]

That was about the time my friends and I were smoking dried banana peel. Man, were we stupid.