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Still, some people are taking the stuff recreationally. One young man I met named Alexander told me about his experience with Datura: "After taking it, you fall into a deep sleep, but when you wake up you're still dreaming. I guess it can either be a dream or a nightmare. You can't really tell whether or not you're awake. You could easily jump in front of a truck," he explained."I was tripping for two days after taking the stuff, trying to find my girlfriend in bushes that I thought were trains. For another 48 hours after that, I would eat anything shiny that I found—even sun cream. I'd be sitting at a table with my friends and would just casually put body cream in my hand and eat it. In the end, it turned out that the guys who gave me the seeds did it to rob me. They took everything—my backpack, my sandals, everything," he went on.A friend of Alexander's named Andrew disappeared for a few days after trying Datura. His parents found him completely dehydrated and convinced that he was shipwrecked on an island."He looked like a zombie. They had to rush him to intensive care," Alexander told me. Strangely enough, he smiled and nodded when I asked if he'd give Datura another go. Luckily, most people who've had such extreme episodes get so scared they never try it again.I'd be sitting at a table with my friends and would just casually put body cream in my hand and eat it.
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