Homeopathy Conference Hallucination Crisis

Homeopathy conference ends in chaos after delegates took hallucinogenic drug.

10:58 09 September 2015

A homeopathy conference in Germany has ended in chaos after dozens of delegates took LSD-like drugs and suffered from hallucinations. The 29 men and women were “staggering around, rolling in a meadow, talking gibberish and suffering severe cramps” according to broadcaster NDR.

 

The group of “Heilpraktikers” was discovered at the hotel in the town of Handeloh, south of Hamburg, on Friday. More than 150 medical staff were called to the scene and took the patients to hospital.

 

The patients, aged between 24 and 56, were found suffering from delusions, breathing problems, racing heart and cramps, with some in a serious condition. Diagnostic tests reveal traces of hallucinogenic drug 2C-E, which is known as Aquarust in Germany and has been illegal since the end of last year.  

 

Torsten Passie, a member of the German government’s expert commission for narcotics, told NDR: “It must have been a multiple overdose. That does not support the view that the people concerned took the hallucinogen knowingly.

 

“One has to assume that people were not told about the substance, its effects and risks before taking it.”