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Teen Leaves Hospital After 'Flower' Tea Stops Heart
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POSTED: 6:54 am EST January 27,
2006
UPDATED: 10:52 am EST January 27,
2006
A teen in Titusville, Fla., who nearly died after drinking a batch of tea made from a common flower is out of the hospital Friday, according to Local 6 News.
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David O'Bryan Taylor, known as Bryan, reportedly used an Internet recipe to make Angel's Trumpet flowers into a tea to get high.After drinking the tea, Taylor's heart gave out and he remained on life support for five days.Doctors said Taylor's heart beat is still erratic and he may need a pacemaker. He will also need to see a cardiologist for the remainder of his life. The shrub-tree with trumpet-like flowers is common in Florida and occasionally has been controversial because of its use as a hallucinogen.In 1995, the city of Maitland banned planting Angel's Trumpet after two teens there died after ingesting it. Locally, in 2000, two teens from Indian Harbour Beach were hospitalized after drinking the poisonous tea, according to the report.Five years ago, the Centers for Disease Control reported that more than 230 people had died in one year from psychotropic drugs of all types in Florida, including Angel's Trumpet.
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