READ THIS FIRST TO KNOW HOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND HOW IT ALL STARTED:Sakarana (Deadly Nightshade) Research Thread
Then:
http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/top-5-poisonous-plants2.htm
And THEN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopolamine
A documentary I stumbled upon and the symptoms were too familiar that I researched and found that
Scopolamine is indeed in the Nightshade family of plants. As if "Deadly Nightshade" wasn't scary enough so the nickname used in Columbia is Devil's Breath. Dang it!
Scopolamine is derived from a particular type of wild tree common in Bogota, Colombia called the Borrachero tree. Interestingly, the word "borrachero" roughly translates to "get-you-drunk," the same as half way around the world in Egypt, the word "Sakarana" comes from "Sakran" meaning drunk in Arabic.
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."
― Friedrich Nietzsche
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