Datura
Datura
Datura Risks
- Datura may cause severe, long-lasting disorientation, confusion, delirium, and hallucinations. Accidents and self-injuries, sometimes requiring hospitalization, are alarmingly frequent among datura users.
- Datura alkaloids can have toxic effects, including coma or death. 4-5 g of dried Datura stramonium leaves can contain a lethal dose of alkaloids, while flowers and seeds are considerably more potent.
Datura Effects
- Pupil dilation and extreme thirst are usually the first symptoms, followed by hallucinations, elevated body temperature and increased heartbeat, or tachycardia.
- The hallucinations brought on by datura use differ from those caused by drugs such as LSD. A datura user is unable to distinguish between the hallucination and reality, a condition known as frank delirium.
Datura Details
- Datura is a woody-stalked, leafy herb growing up to 2 meters. It produces spiney seed pods and large white or purple trumpet-shaped flowers that face upward.
- Most parts of the plant contain atropine, scopolamine, and hyoscyamine.
- Datura has a long history of use both in S. America and Europe and is known for causing delirious states and poisonings in uninformed users.
- Users usually boil the seeds and flowers into tea and drink the mixture.
