"I found some Jimson weed and cut a few leaves to put in my moccasins. I'd used it for saddle sores and knew it eased the pain and seemed to help them heal, but it was dangerus stuff to fool around with and many Indians won't touch it." (from Galloway, by Louis L'Amour. Image from Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen)
"It has also been used as a hallucinogen (of the anticholinergic/antimuscarinic, deliriant type), taken entheogenically to cause intense, sacred or occult visions. It is unlikely ever to become a major drug of abuse owing to effects upon both mind and body frequently perceived as being highly unpleasant, giving rise to a state of profound and long-lasting disorientation or delirium (anticholinergic syndrome) with a potentially fatal outcome." (from Wikipedia)
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