DOSE:

1 glass

oral

Datura

(tea)

I was with my boyfriend and two of his semi-outlaw friends in a motel room when I was told we were going to try jimsonweed. I had absolutely no idea what to expect, but anticipated we might get a mild buzz from it.

One of the friends prepared a tea, using hot tap water and chopped-up stems of the plant, heavily laced with sugar to cut down on the bitterness. He poured us each a glass, and told us to drink it as fast as possible. I understood what he was talking about, because after I drank the first swallow, it felt like my throat was clamping shut and didn't want to let me drink. I managed to drink about 8 oz. of the tea.

The effects came on quick--10 minutes or less. My memories of what happened are spotty. The first thing I remember was standing up to make a trip to the bathroom, and finding that my legs seemed rooted to the ground, feet heavy as lead. I don't know if I was eventually able to walk, or whether I gave up and sat back down.

As another person has reported here, datura is a delusional drug rather than a hallucinatory one. You don't see patterns, trails, or any cool visual effects; you just actually believe in things that aren't there. I remember sitting on the bed, playing with a pearl necklace, then suddenly realizing there was no necklace there. I remember holding a glass for a while--but when I raised it to my mouth to take a drink, my fingers closed around nothingness because there was no glass there.

Apparently, eventually my boyfriend and I left the motel, drove to a fast food place to get a snack, then he took me home. I remember none of that. My boyfriend said that when he asked me what drink I wanted at the burger place, I argued with him insensibly about it.

I do remember coming home, making it to the living room, then managing to get to the couch to lie down. My mother was there and apparently I said something incomprehensible to her before I crashed. It's the only time I can remember in my drug-taking career when I wasn't able to fake being straight. Several hours later I was able to function somewhat normally, at least until bedtime when I could sleep off the rest of the drug.

Using datura is the closest I've ever come to death. I believe it was trying to shut down my nervous system. Although I was walking around, my mind was unconscious. There was nothing fun about it--no euphoria, no beauty, no cool rushes, no socializing. Just leadenness and isolation and unconsciousness. Of all the drugs I've taken, this is the one that I'd be too scared to ever take again.

Exp Year: 2000	ExpID: 807
Gender: Female
Age at time of experience: Not Given
Published: Aug 4, 2000	Views: 21,089
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