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This is a new month and there's no better time to start making journal entries!
So, what do we have in the news? A bunch of 20-y/o kids decided to prepare a home-made hallucinogenic drug. They casually browsed the Internet and ... presto! Lo and behold. It's possible to make some "good stuff" using Datura seeds. The good thing about Datura, is that it can easily be found all around the country, growing wild. The bad thing is, that it contains some pretty strong alkaloids, which can easily prevent you from ... say ... breathing. No worries, mate! They make some "herbal tea" from this "thorn apple" and try to get high. I know very little about drugs (home-made or otherwise), but I'd certainly never ingest a plant I learned about on the Internet.
The outcome? One dead, and 4 others in critical condition. So far so good. Maybe it was the right thing for these young people, to clear out, so to speak, before they damage other people with their stupidity.
What frightens me about this story, is the ease of finding information about dangerous substances on the Internet. Any kid can find this info, cook up some deadly poison, and see if it works. "Is it as good as they say it is?"
So, what do we have in the news? A bunch of 20-y/o kids decided to prepare a home-made hallucinogenic drug. They casually browsed the Internet and ... presto! Lo and behold. It's possible to make some "good stuff" using Datura seeds. The good thing about Datura, is that it can easily be found all around the country, growing wild. The bad thing is, that it contains some pretty strong alkaloids, which can easily prevent you from ... say ... breathing. No worries, mate! They make some "herbal tea" from this "thorn apple" and try to get high. I know very little about drugs (home-made or otherwise), but I'd certainly never ingest a plant I learned about on the Internet.
The outcome? One dead, and 4 others in critical condition. So far so good. Maybe it was the right thing for these young people, to clear out, so to speak, before they damage other people with their stupidity.
What frightens me about this story, is the ease of finding information about dangerous substances on the Internet. Any kid can find this info, cook up some deadly poison, and see if it works. "Is it as good as they say it is?"
