Here's a life changing experience for ya'll....I was just re-reading the stories in the Datura vault, and I decided that my experience would be one that folks would like to read. So, let's go back a ways...to August 22, 1998, a date that will live in infamy for me.
Datura
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- 4 corroborating sources
- duration data present
- toxicity data (PsychonautWiki)
- classified Tentative
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Typical encyclopedia coverage. Cross-reference for important decisions.
- 4 corroborating sources
- duration data present
- toxicity data (PsychonautWiki)
- classified Tentative
Aliases: Toloache, Malpitte, Stinkweed, Loco seed, Moonflower
Summary
Datura (also known as devil's trumpet, moonflower, jimsonweed, devil's weed, hell's bells, thorn-apple, and many others) is a genus of nine species of poisonous flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. Datura is known as powerful and dangerous deliriants, used for shamanic and medical purposes, as well as poisons. They contain the potent anticholinergic substances scopolamine, hyoscyamine, and atropine primarily in their seeds and flowers.
Dose Information
| ROA | Threshold |
|---|---|
| Oral | Extremely variable - no safe dosage can be recommended |
| Smoked | Extremely variable - no safe dosage can be recommended |
Only a threshold dose is documented for this substance — the smallest amount with a noticeable effect. There is no published light/common/strong ladder to show above it.
Onset, Duration & After-effects
| ROA | Onset | Comeup | Peak | Offset | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral | 0.33-2 hrs | 30-90 min | 5-12 hrs | 2-3 hrs | 8-18 hrs |
| Smoked | 5-10 min | 10-20 min | 3-8 hrs | 1-3 hrs | 12-72 hrs |
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Dose & duration (reference)
Datura: routes the PsychonautWiki Journal app is missing Source: SubstanceSearch (substancesearch.com) Oral dose: threshold Extremely variable - no safe dosage can be recommended Smoked dose: threshold Extremely variable - no safe dosage can be recommended Smoked duration: onset 5-10m · come-up 10-20m · peak 3-8h · offset 1-3h · total 12-72h · after-effects 4-24h Note: ranges are harm-reduction guidance, not a prescription. Start low, go slow, and test your substances.
Custom Units carry a single dose per route, so the full ranges live in the reference above. A route's suggested dose is the midpoint of its common range. Ranges are harm-reduction guidance, not a prescription.
Tolerance
Build-up
not well-characterized; effects are highly unpredictable regardless of tolerance
Reset
unknown — use is strongly discouraged
Cross-tolerance
Effects
Aggregated from 284 Erowid and 20 Bluelight experience reports
Positive Effects 13
Anxiety Suppression
40.5%
88%
Sedation
26.3%
78%
Color Enhancement
25.0%
75%
Tactile Enhancement
22.5%
70%
Focus Enhancement
20.1%
70%
Music Enhancement
16.2%
70%
Euphoria
14.1%
70%
Empathy
12.3%
70%
Body High
6.6%
85%
Introspection
6.3%
70%
Sociability Enhancement
5.0%
85%
Muscle Relaxation
5.0%
75%
Creativity Enhancement
2.1%
70%
Adverse Effects 53
Entity Imagery
70.0%
90%
Amnesia
45.0%
88%
Thought Disorganization
45.0%
83%
Depersonalization
45.0%
79%
Body Load
40.0%
76%
Fear
40.0%
90%
Dry Mouth
40.0%
89%
Confusion
36.5%
88%
Ataxia
35.0%
87%
Delusion
35.0%
90%
Pareidolia
30.0%
86%
Visual Distortions
30.0%
76%
Paranoia
25.0%
87%
Panic
25.0%
84%
Memory Suppression
21.1%
90%
Blurred Vision
20.0%
85%
Nausea
16.1%
88%
Heaviness
15.0%
83%
Stomach Cramps
15.0%
80%
Tremor
15.0%
82%
Combinations
Cross-Check Datura with another substanceDatura stalls the gut: anything swallowed with it — including a redose taken because the first dose “isn’t working” — is absorbed late and unpredictably, then lands all at once. That delay applies to every combination below.
Community Trip Reports
Anecdotal first-person accounts from Reddit, Erowid, and Bluelight. Click a source to expand. Reports are harm-reduction context, not medical guidance. Tags summarise each author's own verdict — how reports are classified.
Erowid 8 reports 2 positive 6 cautionary visit
Datura metel smoked. Well... I have had a couple of Datura metel plants for a little while now. One is the type popularily known as Double Blackcurrant Swirl and the other one is a Cream colored variety. They have shed their oldest largest leaves with age. Now..
I personally have had much success with Datura. I love the plant and its effects dearly. It feels like a waking dream and does enjoyably absurd things to me. It has much potential as a tool for adventure and artistic creation, at least in my personal case.
Before I even start I want to say that this will be a lengthy report and will include everything from me first hearing about the plant to the aftermath so to hopefully give an insight about the whole experience to future psychonauts (because stories of Datura usage are rarer than say, other drugs).
5th March 2010 First Datura Experience I had recently procured 500 Datura Metel Seeds after randomly noticing them being sold on a botanical website for 3 pound, coming free with 80 morning glory seeds which I had tried before and had the utmost good time on.
The stadium lights hit my eyes like a flashlight being shined straight at me. The voices of a thousand angry youth combined in my ear to create a sound as natural and ambient as the air itself.
I do not condone the recreational use of Datura at all. Its horrible. So kids, there is no need to eat Datura. Stay the fuck away from it. And if you do decide to try it, even after reading this report, and or countless other train wreck experiences.. Then you are as fucking dumb as I am.
Background I was always open minded to new expiriences, that is new drugs. I never had any fears with first times. Since datura I have taken almost every know supstance except heroin which I told myself never will. I never expirienced problems with addiction but with one - marijuana.
Bluelight 8 threads 8 neutral visit
(Datura-inoxia / 12 seeds 1 leaf 2 petals) First time. Drinking from the devils cup (Datura / 12 seeds, 1 leaf, 2 petals) First time. Drinking from the devils cup. Around 2 years ago I was experimenting a great deal with lesser known trips and “tribal” trips.
Datura-1st time-Mad Goddess Of COnfusion I would just like to say that this is not my report, just a report i found on a probably not very popular site, so i thought id share, since i know i love reading them. I would also like to try this, but for sure not untill i have my own place.
HI everyone. Here is a report on a Mallpitte (Datura, seeds in the pods) experience written by one of my friends. Please excuse the bad grammar and spelling and language. Written after effects wear off, very aggresive at the time.
Jimson Weed and the phenomena of 'disappearing cigarettes' Ok, so I was young once, and very very bored. I was tired of pot, beer *yawnsville*, and in my small town there was nothing really fun to be had, no ecstacy, no LSD, none of the good stuff.
Datura flowers It took me a while to type this, any comments would be appreciated! Here is how it all started. Me and 2 of my close friends(we will call em J and P) planned tripping on a march weekend. First we wanted to get some shrooms then J brought datura flowers.
Datura Hey there this is my first post and I would like to introduce myself with a datura story I experienced a long time ago... http://www.erowid.org/plants/brugmansia/brugmansia.shtml It all started when my friends and I started looking for 'natural' drugs around the area, when we all came across a small tree of moon...
I've tried Datura on 3 other occasions before last night, all of which have been much higher doses, 24 hour trips etc. My first one can be found here, quite a long TR - http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=84372 .
A quick summary of an experience with datura. Picked dead pod off of withered stramonium. Ate 1 tsp of seeds which were completely black around 5 pm. Walked into the woods from my suburban neighborhood until reaching a corn field that was completely surrounded by heavy brush and forest.
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