Making Mushy Minds Mushier

(Toronto, Ontario) Last Sunday, three Niagara Region male teens, ages 14 to 17, were hospitalized after eating jimson weed seeds for recreation. Two of the Niagara teens remain in critical condition.

Jimson weed is poisonous and consumption can be fatal. Nevertheless, its used for its hallucinogenic properties by young people with minds full of mush.

Last October, four Hamilton teens were sent to hospital after smoking jimson-laced cigarettes during their lunch break at school.

In October 2005, a Simcoe boy went into a coma and was airlifted to Sick Kids hospital in Toronto after ingesting jimson weed.

In September 2003, a 13-year-old boy landed in the intensive care unit after eating the plant. It was also linked to at least one death in 2000 in the Niagara Region.

Heh.