Posted on 05/13/2012 3:57:59 PM PDT by Innovative
Scopolamine often blown into faces of victims or added to drinks
Within minutes, victims are like 'zombies' - coherent, but with no free will
Some victims report emptying bank accounts to robbers or helping them pillage own house
Drug is made from borrachero tree, which is common in Colombia
... He told Vice that Scopolamine can be blown in the face of a passer-by on the street, and within minutes, that person is under the drug's effect - scopolamine is odourless and tasteless-
'You can guide them wherever you want,' he explained. 'It's like they're a child.'
Black said that one gram of Scopolamine is similar to a gram of cocaine, but later called it 'worse than anthrax.'
In high doses, it is lethal.
The drug, he said, turns people into complete zombies and blocks memories from forming. So even after the drug wears off, victims have no recollection as to what happened.
One victim told Vice that a man approached her on the street asking her for directions. Since it was close by, she helped take the man to his destination, and they drank juice together.
She took the man to her house and helped him gather all of her belongings, including her boyfriend's cameras and savings.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
There used to be some flowers just like this at an apartment complex here..don't know if it's the same thing.
This is an angel trumpet (brugmansia)
aka Instant Democrat
The anti-motion sickness drug? I think it’s over the counter, right?
Needed this for my first marriage.
Yes. Be careful the next time you’re at a polling place.
Sheesh! I coulda used this for my ex-wife!
Scopolamine patches are worn by space travelers to prevent space sickness.
From my experience, they don't always work.
I think you can get scopolamine from Jimson Weed, including the other belladonna alkaloid atropine.
Wonderful. A drug that creates democrats.
Pure scopolamine, I’m skeptical, as with the claim that a puff of powder enough to have physiological effects can be put in the face of a passer-by without his or her noticing. Even Rooskie agents need umbrellas.
Sounds like the basis for writing a new capital crime law. I would torture then burn then chop off the limbs then tie them to a post to dehydrate and die for using that against someone.
These plants are available in well-stocked garden centers. The seeds are widely available in catalogues, and frequently do not even note that the plants can be toxic.
Wasn’t there a 60 minute segment on this where the memory effect was nullified by grape juice?
The victims were being raped by a$$holes but this one girl was able to remember her assailant
In the Guns of Navarone they used it on the captured Major.
Blow that into lines of voters on November 6 and Ø will win by a landslide.
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