Datura
Bits & Pieces
by Erowid
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Datura as punishment
Datura has been used traditionally by the Mapuche-Huilliche and the Jívaro tribes of South America as a last-resort punishment for unruly children.
Reference:
1. Harner, Michael J. The Jívaro: People of the Sacred Waterfalls. Univ. of
California Press. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London. 1972. pp. 84, 90, 137-138.