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If that's datura, which it looks to me like it is, you don't want any part of it. It's pretty much universally regarded as giving one of the worst, most unpleasant trips imaginable, and its effects last at least 24-48 hours or even longer. It's also just outright toxic depending on the dosage. It's just not worth it.
...so you know those recipes for homemade pepper spray? Would it be possible to make datura spray? Asking for a friend....
Sounds like this was basically the plot of the first Nolan Batman.
Amazing. Bunch of stoned-out-of-gourd-anarchist-ninjas trying to burn Gotham to the ground and the only saviour is a playboy billionaire
Did I just start my supervillain arc!?
It's worth it to be sure to make no mistake
Yeah, I've seen posts on Reddit that went like “I thought surely datura can't be that bad... I can now report that it's absolute garbage of a drug and the worst experience I've had in my life”.
I always thought "Engelstrompete" (Brugmansia) gives you the worst.
In my teenage years some mutual friends tried it. One ran off for a half a day into the forrest with a Garbage Bin Lid and a Wooden Spoon "to fight the dragon". He came back with a scratched face and body but was " sucessful" and happy(?) about somehow.
Still kinda funny though
On the other hand I heard stories like hell on earth. Fe something like its Raining Fire and all the other people are zombies. For 3-4 days. And he thought it was all real.
I looked it up, and it's apparently closely related to the datura genus, so that doesn't surprise me lol
Holy crap. Used in some cultures on unruly children so that their ancestors could directly admonish them!