[visualops]

hallucinations and an inability to urinate

freaky

[xrp]

We humans really should allow Darwinism to take hold in our species once again.

[Junior]

Long time no pee...

[ChemistCat]

If they had an average age of 17, some of them were not children.

I hope none were pregnant. That said, I hope they were so miserable and so sick they hoped they'd die. I hope they learned something they'll never forget. I hope their days of ingesting random substances to get high are at a total end. If that is not so, then they deserve what will happen next time all the more.

SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME HOW THE (expensive) WAR ON DRUGS IS SAVING OUR KIDS?

[ChemistCat]

If they had an average age of 17, some of them were not children.

I hope none were pregnant. That said, I hope they were so miserable and so sick they hoped they'd die. I hope they learned something they'll never forget. I hope their days of ingesting random substances to get high are at a total end. If that is not so, then they deserve what will happen next time all the more.

SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME HOW THE (expensive) WAR ON DRUGS IS SAVING OUR KIDS?

[At _War_With_Liberals]

"...an inability to urinate."

Hard to pee when the paranoia sets in.

Had a friend who ate Mandrake root once. Had a bad reaction.

[tet68]

their symptoms disappeared after 24 to 48 hours.

As they probably would have anyway, depending on the dosage.

Daturas are powerful analogues and shouldn't be played with by the inexperienced.

I always loved when Don Carlos told him to catch two lizards, and to sew ones eyes closed and the others mouth closed, then to make a paste of Datura seeds and spread it on his temples, then holding the lizards up next to his head he could ask the lizard with it's eyes sewn shut to look across the other world and see things for him, and the lizard with it's mouth sewn shut would tell him secrets from the other world.

Don't try this at home kids, the seed pods of the daturas look that way for a reason!

[templar]

There are several species, some of which are toxic, including Datura stramonium, commonly known as jimson weed.

You can get very stoned on this. You can also get very dead on it. Note: It is much easier to get dead than to get stoned on jimson weed. Leave it to the Yaqui Bruho's, they know what they are doing (the ones that live do, anyway).

OTOH, an infusion of Jimson weed, taken in very minute amounts (drops, not spoonfuls), can be an extraoridnarily powerful decongestant/antihistimine. I think it is probably illegal to use Jimson weed for anything under current drug laws.

[uvular]

I bought one of these plants last year, and this year had a bumper crop of seedlings this spring, giving them to family and friends. Am I a drug dealer, lover of flowers, or both? Had read warnings online that the plant had such properties, but have never tested it.

They are all in bloom now, and are quite spectacular-to look at!

[Redcloak]

The Indians of southern California called the plant toloache. It was used as part of the initiation ceremony marking the transition of young men from boyhood to manhood. The problem was that a certain percentage of the boys didn't survive the toloache ceremony. They would drink the toloache and dance around a bon fire having hallucinations until they passed out. And mind you, the drug was administered by a shaman who knew what he was doing. The dosage was regulated by the boy's weight. But there's a fine line between the effective dose and a fatal dose. As I recall, about 10% of the boys didn't make the transition.

[Bernard Marx]

Ah, tonight we eat fugu!

Anyone who plays around with datura has a suicidal bent. There are at least two decorative plants growing in my back yard that will kill you if you're stupid enough to eat the foliage or seeds.

It's interesting to see natural selection in operation. It can also be very sad sometimes when parents are too lazy or stupid to do their jobs.

[Fledermaus]

Oh, I thought it said "landscape PAINTINGS"...

[jmc813]

WOD Ping

[BeerSwillr]

"This may represent a new trend of substance abuse in this area."

Or maybe it was just a group of friends that got together after reading something like this...
DORKS