Datura stramonium, known by the common names thorn apple, jimsonweed (jimson weed), devil’s snare, or devil’s trumpet,^[2] is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Its likely origin was in Central America,^[2][3] and it has been introduced in many world regions.^[4][5][6] It is an aggressive invasive weed in temperate climates across the world.^[2] D. stramonium has frequently been employed in traditional medicine to treat a variety of ailments. It has also been used as a hallucinogen (of the anticholinergic/antimuscarinic, deliriant type), taken entheogenically to cause intense, sacred or occult visions.^[2][7] It is unlikely ever to become a major drug of abuse owing to effects upon both mind and body frequently perceived subjectively as being highly unpleasant, giving rise to a state of profound and long-lasting disorientation or delirium (anticholinergic syndrome) with a potentially fatal outcome. It contains tropane alkaloids which are responsible for the psychoactive effects, and may be severely toxic.^[2][8]