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ber of the family kept talking about tomatoes and jimson weed in the hospital where the family had been taken. A young doctor put two and two together, determined the poison and was able to save several members of the family.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has declared jimson weed poisonous. Indians of the southwest used the plant in small, carefully administered doses to produce a state of heightened perception in religious ceremonies. A number of youth during the sixties observed this and tried for the same ‘high.’ Several died as a result.
In my attempts to answer a question about this plant which I will address later, I went to the library in search of information. I read of an elderly African-American couple in the south who used black jimson weed seeds to flavor coffee. Both died as a result.
Jimson weed was once a popular asthma remedy; sufferers inhaled the smoke of burning leaves or actually spioked the leaves. It was effective in relieving asthma symptoms. It was also used as a painkiller and as a narcotic. It is no longer used because of the lethal side effects and the U.S. food and Drug Administration has declared Jimson weed poisonous. It was
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