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IV. Datura Poisoning from Hamburger - Canada
On October 18, 1983, after a husband and wife ate a meal of hamburger prepared at home, the husband collapsed, and the wife telephoned for an ambulance to take him to a local hospital. When the ambulance arrived, the wife also became unconscious. Examination of the home showed no carbon monoxide source. Within 24 hours, the couple regained consciousness and explained the circumstances of their illness.
In preparing the hamburger, the wife added what she thought was seasoning but later realized was seeds of Angels' Trumpets (Datura suaveolens) that had been drying above the stove for planting the next year. After removing most of the seeds from the cooked meat, the husband and wife ate one hamburger patty each. Less than 1 hour later, both began to hallucinate. Other symptoms were tachycardia (fast heart rate) and severe diarrhea. Both recovered and were discharged after 3 days of hospitalization.
MMWR, May 25, 1984/Vol. 33/No. 20
Author Comments: There are naturally occurring Datura species in California that could cause similar effects. There have been cases of human poisoning following voluntary ingestion of seeds and other plant parts for the purpose of inducing hallucinations. Fatalities are not uncommon after this type of intoxication and are not due to the plant per se, but to inappropriate behavior during the psychotomimetic episode. Subjects intoxicated by Datura often lose insight into the fact that the hallucinations are drug induced. This loss of insight into the cause of the abnormal state usually does not occur with other recreational hallucinogens like LSD, and is what makes the Datura type intoxication considerably more dangerous.
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'Natural' drugs are every bit as dangerous as the ones made in labs.