Jimson weed (Datura stramonium) exposures in Texas, 1998-2004.
Composition of
jimson weed (Datura stramonium) seeds.
Active Plant ingredient Part Symptoms Hemp (Cannabis Tetrahydro Leaves, Hallucinations, sativa L.) cannabinol flowers confusion
Jimson weed Indole Seed leaves Delirium, alkaloids convulsions, coma Nightshade Solanine Berries Delirium, alkaloids leaves convulsions, coma Water hemlock Cicutoxin, an Root, stem Convulsions, (Cicuta spp.) alcohol death White snake Tremetol, Leaves and Milk sickness, root an oil stems trembles, (Eupatorium liver failure, rugosum) death Table 14-8 Longevity of weed seeds buried in the soil.
Jimson Weed is in the category of plants that has anti-cholinergic effects; the effects are similar to those of the drug atropine.
High concentrations can be lethal, but in small doses
jimson weed is used to treat asthma and muscle spasms.
"The evidence is unrefuted that the defendant, prior to selling the
jimson weed to the victim, was told not to sell the weed since it made people sick and he clearly knew of its hallucinogenic effects," Rogers wrote in his decision.
David Hochoy, a former member of the Martha Graham Dance Company, and at the head of Dance Kaleidoscope since 1991, presented a repertory consisting solely of his own works:
Jimson Weed; Girl at the Piano: Recording Sound; the "Summer" section of Seasons (set to Beatles songs); and a solo, For Martha.
But in the evening she seemed strangely pleased To discover that the three doves were still Taking their perches close together at the precise Moment the shadows of the
jimson weed First touched their cage.
Pumpkins grow well when
jimson weed, sometimes called thorn apple, is in the vicinity.
A dream song may come in natural sleep, but the first important song of this kind is likely to come during a fasting vigil or as a result of taking
jimson weed, a drug.
In fact, the original name for the plant in the United States was Jamestown weed, later shortened to
Jimson weed. Today it has many additional names including stink weed, angel's trumpet, loco weed, devil's trumpet, and thorn apple (Figure 1 and 2).
John's wort, gray-headed coneflower, blue vervain, white vervain, horseweed, oxeye, germander, teasel, fringed loosestrife, velvetleaf, wingstem, sundrops, small-flowered agrimony, bull thistle, tick trefoil, bush clover, burdock, showy and tall coneflower,
Jimson weed, pigweed, thin-leafed mountain mint, tick trefoil, downy false foxglove, and three-seeded mercury.