Drugs have been abused from time immemorial. The current drug abuse problem, which involves' large segments of the teenage and young adult population, has received wide coverage in the mass news media. It is noteworthy that the ingenuity of some has popularized, revived or even invented certain drug abuses. Who can tell how long laughing gas (nitrous oxide) and ether would have remained unutilized after the experiments of Davy and Farady, had it not been for certain practical jokers and experimentally-minded "thrill seekers"? In the 1840's and 1850's, inhalation of ether vapor and laughing gas at so-called "parties" became very popular in American universities. There is ample evidence that a wide range of volatiles are still abused (14). Psychedelics like marihuana, hashish, mescaline, psilocybin and LSD-25 are, nevertheless, among the main substances now abused. Since these are usually classified as dangerous drugs, their possession is illegal, except by qualified persons. One can easily appreciate, therefore, the potential popularity of psychedelic substances that are readily available. Among the botanicals that have been recently revived or invoked as easily obtainable psychedelics are Datura stramonium Linn., Jimson weed (11,