Deadly drug hospitalises four

A 17-year-old girl is in a serious condition at Gisborne Hospital after having a severe reaction to the potentially deadly hallucinogenic drug, datura.

The girl and two young men were in the intensive care unit overnight after being admitted last night.

Both men, aged 19 and 21, were in stable conditions. Another man who took the drug was discharged, the Gisborne Herald reported.

All parts of the datura plant contain hallucinogenic poisons that can be deadly.

- NZPA