Video of two guys high on Jimson Weed
January 2nd, 2007Watch the Inside Edition video segment on Jimson Weed which depicts two young men under the influence of the Jimson Weed, also known as Datura. What they seem to be experiencing is commonly reported among those bold enough to dive into datura. Experiences include severe hallucinations such as seeing and communicating to people that no one else can see, smoking cigarettes that do not exist and talking to “dead” people. What is interesting about this film is the common experience and hallucinations the two seem to share when they both enjoy an invisible cigarette together. Hallucinations experienced under Jimson Weed are unlike the hallucinations experienced through other psychedelic and hallucinogenic drugs such as mushrooms and LSD.
Datura stramonium, also called Jimson Weed, gypsum weed, Loco Weed, Jamestown Weed, Thorn Apple, Angel’s Trumpet, and Zombie’s Cucumber is a common poisonous weed in the Nightshade Family. It contains tropane alkaloids that are sometimes used as a hallucinogen. The active ingredients are atropine, hyoscyamine and scopolamine which are classified as deliriants, or anticholinergics.
The effects of Datura have been described as a living dream: consciousness falls in and out, people who don’t exist or are miles away are conversed with etc. The effects can last for days. Tropane alkaloids are some of the few substances which cause true hallucinations which cannot be distinguished from reality. It may be described as a “real” trance when a user under the effect can be awake but completely disconected from his immediate environment. In this case, the user would ignore most stimili and respond to unreal ones. This is unlike psylocybin or LSD, which only cause sensory distortions. – Wiki
