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"death is not listed among the effects"

Au contraire Mason.  Datura is extremely toxic and even a relatively small dose can definately lead to possible permanent psychosis or even death.

"On June 19, 1994, the El Paso City-County Health and Environmental District was notified of two male adolescents (aged 16 and 17 years) who had died from D. stramonium intoxication. On June 18, the decedents and two other male adolescents had consumed tea brewed from a mixture of roots from a Jimson weed plant and alcoholic beverages, then fell asleep on the ground in the desert. Family and police found the decedents the following afternoon. The other two adolescents reported drinking only small amounts of the tea: one experienced hallucinations; the other had no signs or symptoms. Neither was treated, nor were biologic specimens collected. Screening of a toxicologic postmortem blood sample from one decedent detected atropine (55 ng/mL) and a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.03 g/dL (in Texas, intoxication is defined as a BAC greater than or equal to 0.1 g/dL). Analysis of the tea identified atropine, ethanol, and scopolamine. "

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00035694.htm

I remember being fascinated by this plant when I was in high school (no, I didn't ingest it), after reading about it in The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Casteneda.  The shaman or brujo Don Juan taught Carlos about the hallucinogenic properties of Datura but even he warned of the dangers of its misuse.

 

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