Witches Weeds
May/June 2011 ISSN-1059-6518 Volume 24 Number 3
By Frank Hubbell, DO
“WITCHES WEEDS”:
While on a recent trip to a Caribbean island, I couldn’t help but notice the amount of highly toxic, hallucinogenic plants growing along the roadways. Most were in full bloom, bearing fruit, and seeds. A little on-line research quickly established exactly how common the problems are with these remarkably poisonous plants, and that severe illness and death were not unusual.