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To the Editor:— I read with great interest the report of David J. Muller, MD, concerning the use of Unpublished Hallucinogens ( 202 :650, 1967) but must disagree with his statement that this is a new use of belladonna alkaloids mixed with stramonium. The mixture referred to by Muller is a 50.4% stramonium and 4.5% belladonna preparation. The predominance of stramonium in this large a proportion is probably the cause of the psychotomimetic effect. The use of this preparation as a hallucinogen has been reported by Dean. 1 Cavanagh also makes reference to this preparation in a recent article directed to the clergy. 2 I strongly agree with Muller in his assertion that the mixture should be controlled. But he may be jumping the gun in believing that the belladonna alkaloids are being used on a wide basis as hallucinogens. Stramonium is from the plant Datura stramonum and belladonna is from
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