title: Herbal intoxication. Psychoactive effects from herbal cigarettes, tea, and capsules.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002214:Capsules; D003212:Condiments / Q000506:poisoning; D013286:Datura stramonium / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019684:Magnoliopsida; D008297:Male; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders; D013662:Tea / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D002214:Capsules; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D013662:Tea