The “Most Nefarious Drug in the World”

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This is a story I discovered many years ago while researching various varieties of tobacco to grow. The drug Scopolamine, also known as the “Devil’s Breath”, is mainly prevalent in South America, but it is also found in parts of Central America. Derived from nightshade plants thieves and robbers traditionally use it to target unsuspecting victims. The ancient story of how it was used goes something like this: A man walks into his favorite cantina, sits at a table, and a barmaid takes his order. After a couple of drinks a lady of the evening visits his table, sits in his lap and brushes his mustache with a finger that has been laced with the “Devil’s Breath”. She suggests they go to his house for a night of excitement, and the robbers follow them. Still under the influence of the “Devil’s Breath” the victim willingly gives away all his valuables, and the victim wakes in the morning, but remembers nothing.

Question: “What do you think would be the most nefarious use the 'Devil’s Breath” could be used to do?"

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Scopolamine is often absorbed through the skin IF it’s highly concentrated, so, wonder what happened to the lady of the evening?

I still vote for “Mickey Finn”, or it’s current cousin. One of my friends, a very smart and pretty auditor out of Dallas & married, hubby in Argentina at the time, was drugged at a company party, taken to a hotel room by 5 men & raped by them all.

She was seen going up the stairs to the hotel by a friend of the hubby who reported it to him. When he asked her about it, she admitted her unfaithfulness for fear her husband would kill as many of them as he could (& he would of, I know the guy). Hubby filed for divorce & my friends atty got judge to put a hold on it until conference call with husband who was still in Argentina. Needless to say, my friend told him what really happened. She weighed barely 100 lbs and was in convalescence care until husband returned to TX.

Husband retired, sold their house & they went traveling. She was recovering well. During travels, husband had stroke & died. My friend now lives in Alaska.

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#3

Wow, first of all that’s a really sad story you re-counted. Very sorry for their loss.

Now the usual methods are 1] the lady perps stuff cotton up their nose, and 2] the perp can ‘spike’ their victim’s drink, and it’s ingested instead of being sniffed up their nose.

The concertation of scopolamine needed to induce memory loss is really quite low. The object of the crime is ‘memory loss of the events’, not to kill anyone as that would involve a police investigation. Many of the actual crimes taking place is for the lady to convince the victim to withdraw money from their wallets, and/or go to an ATM and withdraw cash with the perp staying out of sight of the ATM camera.

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#4

Makes one wonder about all the stories of “missing time” coming from, amongst other places, the abductee, sorry – I meant Experiencer, community.

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#5

Scopolamine, also known as burundanga, is derived from nightshade plants. Since the drug can potentially strip someone of all rational thinking, scopolamine is surrounded by conspiracy theories. It is said to have the abilities of a “truth-serum,” and some stories claim that the drug was used in Nazi Germany as an interrogation tool.

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#6

The Guns of Navarone fan!

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