Drugs, roast beef sandwiches, and garden shears, oh MY!
 

From The Times-Picayune


3 Kenner teens hospitalized for overdose
Weed used to make hallucinogenic drink
Saturday, May 29, 2004
By Matt Scallan
Kenner bureau

Three Kenner teenagers who drank a cocktail made from a flower with hallucinogenic properties and Kool-Aid were treated for a drug overdose, police said Friday.

The teens, ages 16 to 18, boiled down the mixture of the lemonade drink mix with the "angel's trumpet" flower and drank it Monday at a gathering at a home on Pommard Drive in Kenner, Capt. Steve Caraway said.

The mixture can cause severe hallucinations and convulsions or be fatal, depending on the strength of the mix, Caraway said.

A parent arriving at the home about 5 p.m. found the teens in the early stages of overdose, and one of them was in a coma-like state by the time they arrived at Kenner Regional Medical Center, Caraway said.

All three have been released from the hospital, he said.

"They said they didn't have any money for drugs, so they went down the street and picked these flowers," he said.

"The investigating officers were told by others in the home that they were going to boil several more gallons of this so they could sell it."

Caraway declined to identify the teens, two boys and a girl, or the address of the home, because possession of angel's trumpet is not a crime and there are no charges pending.

Police were called by hospital officials, he said.

Caraway said there are several varieties of the plant, formally known as Datura Stramonium.

Its common names are jimson weed, locoweed and devil's weed; it can cause extremely vivid hallucinations.

"One of the kids climbed up on the roof of the house and was getting ready to jump off. Another one was taking bites out of his arm and offering it to other people in the room. He thought it was a roast beef sandwich," Caraway said.

Kenner police have had some dealings in the past with calls related to the plant, he said. "It happens more in the spring and summer, because that's when the flowers bloom," he said.

The weed has also caused problems for authorities in Europe.

Last spring, an 18-year-old German student cut off his penis and tongue with garden shears after drinking a tea made with the plant.

German officials at the time said it was the latest drug craze to hit their country and described the tea from the plant as extremely dangerous and able to drive people to insane acts.

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Sorry, but....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!:haha:

We treated a guy for jimson weed overdose a couple years ago, fellah from the "nuts and granola" crowd, claimed to be a certified herbalist or somesuch. There were clearly some classes that he failed to pay attention to. I had him sent to the ER and was questioning his wife who was describing his healthful vegan organic lifestyle when she mentioned that he was "trying out something called James' Son Weed ..."

Calling the ER to tell them to treat for datura poisoning probably saved the dumb motherfucker's life.

A species of Datura (or Jimson weed) is native to the American west and can often be seen growing in the Canyon Country of Utah. Any self proclaimed "herbalist" who ingests the stuff doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground. Not only can it be lethal, it is NOT a fun high. The effect resembles what one might experience from strichnine poisoning. I have heard it called "widow's weed" because folklore has it that in the old days Hispanic women who wanted to rid themselves of an abusive husband would grind up the seeds and other plant parts and put it in his food.

Really? Cool.


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Looks like an edgy version of a morning glory ...

Locoweed is not so common here in the east.

I heard that...

Pretty, aren't they? And very dramatic if you happen to see one growing all by itself out of the deep red rock formations found in Utah, as I have. But for God's sake, don't try to drink a tea made out of it.;)

No, no, by all means, please do.

Read the article again. Look at their motivation.

Yeah, its a stupid motivation. Like I said and like the article implies, its a lousey high. Even if you had no intention of using it yourself and just wanted to sell it, you'd have a very high (LOL) percentage of dissatisfied customers. When they finally got out of the emergency room, some of them would be looking for you with a gun!;)

Whuuut....?:angel:

The last apartment I lived in, my neighbors had a party. They scored an 8 ball, chopped out lines on a glass table top while their guests watched with anticipation.
Hand everyone a straw and yell go.
It was Drano.:(

i don't partake myself, but damn. what kind of rookie do you have to mistake consumable with stuff cut too far with drano? there is a difference to the discerning party-goer.

The asshat went to Chester and bought it on the street. Didn't taste it, just chopped it all up for everyone to dive it.
They all went to the hospital in 5 ambulances.:rolleyes:

Did the arhat who sold them the stuff go to the hospial in 5 parts (Iwish)?

Y'know, I can understand why someone would smoke grass--It mellows you out and makes you giggle...but I've never understood why anyone would want to do something that made them speed...and if you DO want to speed, all you have to do is take three or four vivarin. It's a hell of a lot cheaper, I'd think.


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