Is Devil's Breath a flower?
Devil's Breath is derived from the flower of the “borrachero” shrub, common in the South American country of Colombia. The seeds, when powdered and extracted via a chemical process, contain a chemical similar to scopolamine called “burandanga”.
Scopolamine, also known as hyoscine, or Devil's Breath, is a natural or synthetically produced tropane alkaloid and anticholinergic drug that is formally used as a medication for treating motion sickness and postoperative nausea and vomiting. It is also sometimes used before surgery to decrease saliva.
The yellow, bell-shaped flower known as Devil's Breath can cause hallucinations and amnesia. The TikToker said she experienced nightmares and sleep paralysis after sniffing the poisonous bloom.
Devil's Breath can be grown in frost-free, typically coastal climates. And although the flower is highly poisonous, it's still legal to grow in most U.S. states.
Devil's Breath - World's Scariest Drug? - YouTube
Scopolamine - also known as Devil's Breath - has a reputation for being an extremely dangerous drug. In 2012, a Vice documentary dubbed it the "world's scariest drug".
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Angel's trumpet is a plant. The leaves and flowers are used to make medicine. Despite serious safety concerns, people use angel's trumpet as a recreational drug to induce hallucinations and euphoria.
Scopolamine is uncontrolled in the United States and in fact, you can purchase the drug online for about 18 dollars a gram. The drug also grows from the jimsonweed plant found in Wyoming, and other parts of the United States, we're just simply lucky that this drug hasn't become more common on the streets.
Poisoning Symptoms
Paralysis and convulsions may also occur, as well as coma and death. Seek medical attention immediately if worrying symptoms occur, particularly if the affected pet or person had recent contact with the angel trumpet plant.
What flower smells like death?
The corpse flower smells like… well, a dead body. Given its rotting odor, the plant, whose technical name is Amorphophallus titanum has also been dubbed the corpse bride, corpse plant, and the world's smelliest flower.
A global report into the habits of those taking illicit drugs found magic mushrooms to have statistical lower risk of harm compared to other substances.
That's because scopolamine provides a potent weapon to Colombian criminals. The drug puts people into a zombie-like state in which they lose both their memory and free will and can be convinced to empty their bank accounts or hand over the keys to their apartments and cars.
Powerful, unpleasant hallucinations. Unconsciousness lasting up to 24 hours. At High Doses, Death.
The drug is burandanga, or scopolamine, derived from nightshade plants, and there are countless stories about how criminals in Colombia and Ecuador use the drug, which is said to remove a person's free will, to assault victims or rob them.
Powerful, unpleasant hallucinations. Unconsciousness lasting up to 24 hours. At High Doses, Death.
Scopolamine prevents communication between the nerves of the vestibule and the vomiting center in the brain by blocking the action of acetylcholine. Scopolamine also may work directly on the vomiting center. Scopolamine must be taken before the onset of motion sickness to be effective.
The Devil's Breath Flower
Jorge Láscar/FlickrThe flower of the Datura plant, from which devil's breath is made. The family of flowering plants responsible for devil's breath has long gone by many equally colorful names: hell's bells, devil's trumpets, angel's trumpets, henbane, moonflowers, jimson weed, and so on.
