{"id":344623,"date":"2010-02-20T11:07:08","date_gmt":"2010-02-20T16:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a8bb2360970b"},"modified":"2010-02-20T17:09:03","modified_gmt":"2010-02-20T22:09:03","slug":"l-a-police-warns-against-dangers-of-angels-trumpet-as-los-feliz-teens-get-sick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/344623","title":{"rendered":"L.A. police warns against dangers of angel’s trumpet as Los Feliz teens get sick"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"http:\/\/i.imwx.com\/web\/activities\/health\/allergies\/allergens\/j13d.jpg\"<\/img>One day last week officer Al Polehonki took his police cruiser out for a garden tour of Los Feliz<\/a>.
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\nHe was looking for a toxic plant called angel’s trumpet, a plant common
\nin Southern California that is known for its large, flared flowers that
\nPolehonki described as looking "like lilies with long necks."
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\nEach time he spotted the plant in front of a house, he got out, knocked
\non the door and asked whoever answered: Do you know that kids pick
\nthese flowers and chew them to get high?
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\nAt least twice this year paramedics have been called to nearby Marshall
\nHigh School<\/a> to treat students who became ill after ingesting angel’s
\ntrumpet, school officials say. Polehonki, who is familiar with those
\ncases, said the students suffered nausea, delirium and difficulty
\nbreathing. He said he has heard of two other cases in which
\nneighborhood youths became seriously ill after eating the plant.
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\nThey do it, said 14-year-old Marshall High freshman Earl Harris, "because it makes them feel relaxed and calm."<\/p>\n

Read the full story here.<\/a><\/p>\n

–Kate Linthicum<\/p>\n

Photo: AP<\/p>\n

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One day last week officer Al Polehonki took his police cruiser out for a garden tour of Los Feliz. He was looking for a toxic plant called angel’s trumpet, a plant common in Southern California that is known for its large, flared flowers that Polehonki described as looking "like lilies with long necks." Each time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4131,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-344623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}