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The peculiar history of thornapple, the hallucinogenic weed that ended up in supermarket spinach

By David Caldicott, Senior lecturer, Australian National University

Thornapple or jimsonweed and related plants have an interesting history – from an early asthma treatment to intoxicated British soldiers.

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