Herbal intoxication. Psychoactive effects from herbal cigarettes, tea, and capsules
R. K. Siegel
Herbal preparations, designed to be smoked or ingested for "health and
happiness", are promoted as legal hallucinogens, euphoriants, and marihuana
substitutes. A total of 25 psychoactive substances have been identified in
these products, and a number of intoxications have resulted from their
short- or long-term use. Physicians should be alerted to the nature of
these effects when taking drug histories, and their possible role in the
causation of medical complaints should be considered.
