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  Vol. 159 No. 17, September 27, 1999 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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The Seeds of the Hawaiian Baby Woodrose Are a Powerful Hallucinogen

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An 18-year-old man was brought to the emergency department after ingesting 12 seeds of the Hawaiian baby woodrose. The patient complained of nausea, vomiting, dizziness, auditory hallucinations, blurred vision, and diaphoresis. The results of physical examination showed tachycardia (heart rate, 110 beats per minute), hypertension (blood pressure, 170/90 mm Hg), nystagmus, and dilated pupils (7 mm). The patient was kept overnight in a telemetry bed, and normal saline was administered intravenously.

One month later, the patient still complained of flashbacks characterized by auditory hallucinations every time he smoked cigarettes. The patient reported that he ordered the seeds at a site on the World Wide Web to get a "natural high."

The Hawaiian Baby Woodrose belongs to the family Convolvulacane, genus Argyreia, species nervosa. It is native to India but also grows in Hawaii, Florida, and California. The filtrate of these seeds was used as a drug for divination, . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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