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To: visualops
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.
16 posted on 08/22/2003 8:11:43 PM PDT by Redcloak (All work and no FReep makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no FReep make s Jack a dul boy. Allwork an)
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To: Redcloak
You can buy the stuff online (dried leaves, seeds etc)
http://www.seekershop.com/datura.html
20 posted on 08/22/2003 8:21:08 PM PDT by visualops (I love defenseless animals, especially in a good gravy.)
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