I thought it was more of a high for Middle school kids and yet my HOA planted 4 right by the bus stop. It's been a few years now but no addicts so far.
I have 4 in my back yard.

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Here is a link that might be useful: Info

Thanks for the link. Could not get this from Google - are all Brugs equally toxic? I love the yellow and white blooms.

They're beautiful and nicely fragrant.
Just don't eat or smoke them, duh.

My Angel Trumpets have grown peacefully, un-bothered-for the past 7 years. They are in view of the street and there is an A.L.F. a few blocks away. The school bus stop is about a block away. I cannot see your neighbors getting worried over your growing them.

ROTFLMAO! Homeless addicts? What kind of neighborhood do you live in??? The ignorance of some people who are put in charge of things never ceases to amaze me.

I have to agree with junkyardgirl. I live in Miami, inside the city limits, where we have quite a large homeless population. And we also have plenty of brugs. All over the place, even growing in vacant lots. And no one, homeless or otherwise, bothers with their flowers.

Honestly, homeless people don't have the time or resources to make the tea that makes these hallucinogenic, especially considering they can get crack cocaine more cheaply than they can get a bunsen burner.

And I speak just a little of what I know. I'm a crime reporter for the Miami Herald. I cover a lot of crime, a lot of homeless crime, a lot of drug crime, and I've never, ever, ever heard of a homeless guy sneaking onto someone's property to get flowers. This strikes me as a silly suburban legend and you should tell your neighbors so.
Honestly, homeless people have too much to do just to survive every day to bother with brugs when they have much cheaper and more available crack, if they're drug addicted. I promise you, they won't touch your plants.

Susannah

Barrierisland.....your a nicer person than I am.

How to respond ? Tell them you drink the stuff everyday and YOUR not homeless.

THANK YOU ALL for your thoughts! This is exactly what I needed, especially the humor. Junkyardgirl, I live in a neighborhood where people don't have to work..... can meddle... Nativesandveggies - thanks so much for the amunition!

Barrierisland,

Fire away with my words. They don't hurt much. Just don't give up your flowers.

Susannah

I have to be honest, I have a friend who has digested Brug. Simply to see what the hoopla was about. All He can tell me is that for several hours (This was 1 leaf)he was unable to control his own actions and it was VERY VERY Scary, This is from a seasoned druggie so I doubt that your homeless are munching down on them unless you have regular occasion to see the local homeless running around naked screaming in the streets. This is certainly nothing a teenager would do as the effects are not too far from PCP whereas you become unable to control your own actions sometimes turning violent.I think anyone on this drug would be recognized instantly. I have a few in my yard from the previous tenant and no one has ever stolen/vandalized them in 5 yrs. I think your neighborhood committee is a bunch of Ill informed old biddys.

-Mus

Here is a link that might be useful: If you REALLY wanna know what it does...

So the dude cut off his ding dong.........

One less idiot out there making babies !

I'm thinking this boy was disturbed in the first place. A boy here almost died from eating one flower on a dare from his friend. It seems that it shuts down your kidneys.