Stories about Datura are heard since childhood. One can be hypnotised if you take or inhale Datura. Scopolamine is also present in Jimson Weed (Datura stramonium), a plant found in most of the Latin ...

If you've heard of the Datura stramonium plant (it has many names, including the commonly used "jimson weed"), you've likely heard about its hallucinogenic effects, or, perhaps, how it may be used to ...

The Datura genus, which includes stramonium, encompasses a number of plant species that have featured heavily in the traditional medicine and popular culture of countries such as Mexico and Spain.

Used as a poison, a cosmetic and a treatment for asthma, Datura stramonium has a rich and varied history. Just don’t mention the naked soldiers … The agent that contaminated baby spinach, prompting a ...

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