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What a long, strange trip: Bumper crop of Datura stramonium, aka Jimsonweed, growing in planting bed on Columbus Ave. Greenway at 93rd St. in NYC. A well-known hallucinogenic plant, it is also fatally toxic when consumed in even tiny amounts. ⁦Adrian Benepe

Killer hallucinogenic weed found on Upper West Side

September 10, 2019
By Anabel Sosa and Lia Eustachewich | September 10, 2019 | 11:22am | Updated From the New York Post A wild spray of a hallucinogenic plant known as jimson weed which can be deadly in small amounts and has been linked to turning people into zombies cropped up on the Upper West Side before it was ch...
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Chainsaws for Weed Control? Why Not!

August 26, 2019
By Thomas J Getts
While typically associated with timber production and arborists, chainsaws are one of the tools available to those tasked with removing non-desirable woody vegetation.
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