The peculiar history of thornapple, the hallucinogenic weed that ended up in supermarket spinach

The soldiers prepared a meal from the plant and shortly afterwards, were entirely incapacitated. They were, apparently “stark naked … sitting up in a corner, like a monkey, grinning and making mows at them”. Another of the affected soldiers would “fondly kiss, and paw his companions”.

https://theconversation.com/the-peculiar-history-of-thornapple-the-hallucinogenic-weed-that-ended-up-in-supermarket-spinach-197014

#TheConversation #Spinach #Thornapple #DaturaStramonium

The mystery of Australia's hallucinogenic spinach has been solved. The weed contaminating crops is "Datura stramonium".

That means horrible trips, especially for people who weren't expecting it.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/australia/weed-responsible-hallucinogenic-spinach-recall-identified

#spinach #Datura

Alert for Australians (and New Zealanders) re #contaminated #BabySpinach #recall !

The baby #spinach contaminant is “Likely a nightshade”.
“Warning comes as more than 130 people who ate range of contaminated fresh food items suffer symptoms including #hallucinations and #delirium “

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/19/likely-a-nightshade-australians-urged-not-to-seek-out-spinach-products-for-recreational-high