Scopolamine is known to cause hallucinations and has featured in the plot of TV shows and movies
Another separate group of users prefer dangerously high doses, especially in the form of
datura or belladonna preparations, for the deliriant and hallucinogenic effects. The hallucinations produced by scopolamine, in common with other potent anticholinergics, are especially real-seeming and create a perception of a new world filled with frenzied, violent energy. The difference in realism of hallucinations caused by
anticholinergics such as scopolamine and other
hallucinogens such as the
phenethylamines or dissociatives like PCP is quite large. Additionally, an overdose of scopolamine can quite often be fatal, unlike other more commonly used hallucinogens. For these reasons, naturally occurring anticholinergics are rarely used for recreational purposes.
trivia:
- (1990) Scopolamine is mentioned by the villain Cain as one of the cutting agents of the drug Nuke in Robocop 2
- (1990s) The X-Files Red Museum shows Scopolamine as a suspect agent in usage for kidnappings.
- (2000) Scopolamine was the drug Michael claimed he was injected with either by the military and/or the aliens in "The Mars Records". It might be worth noting in this context that scopolamine can cause confabulation (the mixing of memory and facts).
- (2007) In the episode Airborne, one character in the TV show House, M.D. is shown wearing a scopolamine patch.