Deliriants #
Textbook Definition: Deliriants invoke an acute confusional state, often hallucinogenic in nature. They are frequently toxic, and prone to expose the user to serious personal risks.
The following botanicals have been sampled and researched for inclusion within this section:
Given the disturbed state of mind and overwhelming confusion of delirium, it is hard to understand why this class of botanical would ever be used for recreational purposes. Certainly, my personal experience with nutmeg was absolutely horrendous. It was only consumed courtesy of ignorance and naivety.
Quite apart from the unpleasant nature of the ride, and the accompanying risk of psychosis, many deliriants tend to have a degree of toxicity, with some commentators even referring to them as poisons. Tragically, consumption of high doses does sometimes lead to fatality.
Make no mistake about it: deliriants do not invoke the sort of psychedelic experience referred to earlier. The episode is typically disjointed, dysphoric, and terrifying, and the potential for disaster whilst under the influence is absolutely real.
My general advice is hopefully unambiguous: give these a miss.
In addition to a dysphoric and terrifying mental state, deliriants tend to cause a host
of dangerous and painful physical side effects, and in some cases death.