Hydrangea high?

Holland has encountered a short, surprising hype in December, caused by the news that Hydrangea may have a hallucinogenic effect. The plant that grows in many gardens, has frequently been stolen in different parts of the country, which no one did understand because the plant is not rare or of high value. We received a phone call with the question whether Hydrangea is psychoactive or not. Not a bad question, who knows we are holding ourselves back from a new bestseller here?

The hype catched up on us in the blink of an eye: the media came with the opinion of Harald Wychgel of the Trimbos Institute, the national institute for addiction treatment. According to him only one type of Hydrangea can be used as a drug. This kind comes from China and Japan and is called Hydrangea paniculata. It gives a marihuana like high when you smoke it. But this is highly dissuaded because the leaves and roots contain cyanide, a highly poisonous substance.

Wychgel does not believe that the hydrangea have been stolen for this reason, and we share this point of view. There are many kinds of plants that have psychoactive effects: nutmeg and poppy seed for example. For the Dutch, when seeking a high it’s more intelligent and much easier to visit a coffeeshop. And of course, anyone can inform himself at an (online)smart shop for other psychoactives.

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Chad - 2011-09-23 05:02:06

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I've had a degree in horticulture for twenty years now. Most of those years with gardens of "special" plants. Also I've experimented with secondary qualities. There is no cyanide in any hydrangea. Period. However, they do contain compounds that can combine to form trace amounts of cyanide. The amount would never be more than accidentally swallowing 3 appleseeds. Some think season, reproductive cycle, soil composition, care, who knows why some have positve reactions and some don't. So don't over do it. Greaux LSU Tigers!

JimmyNotmyrealname - 2011-12-20 17:30:21

I live in holland. Heard you could smoke this. Gonna clip some myself from my neighbors garden >:D

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