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Wild Dagga

Acute: Lower riskDependency: Lower risk

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Routes
Oral /Smoked
Form
Petals
Shulgin rating
+** / +

Experience

Primary effects

  • Known as a natural sedative, historically used as a remedy and recreational cannabis substitute.
  • Produces mild calming effects and a mellow buzz, especially when consumed as a tea.
  • May induce minor oneirogenic (dream-enhancing) reactions.

Peak character

  • More pleasing and sedating as a tea, offering a mild lifting of anxiety, described as a pleasant, mellow buzz rather than a strong 'high'.
  • Smoking or vaping offers minimal to no notable psychoactive effects; can be rough and unpleasant.

Negatives / side effects

  • Smoking is generally harsh and tastes bad, with limited psychoactive reward.
  • Potency can vary greatly; some batches or forms may be more effective than others.

Aftereffects / comedown

  • The plant's buzz-like sedation is at the lower end of the scale; it's generally not reported to be habit-forming or to produce significant negative aftereffects.

Reagent testing

Adulterant detection: Leonotis leonurus — leonurine. No standard drug reagent test.

Traditional botanical. Smoking blends sold as Wild Dagga have occasionally contained synthetic cannabinoids — Fast Blue B could screen for cannabinoid adulteration.

Source

Reference fields and narrative for Wild Dagga extracted from The Drug Users Bible by Dominic Milton Trott (MxZero Publishing, 2022).

drugusersbible.com

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