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New Jeffrey Epstein email reveals inquiry about 'zombie drug' known to erase memory and free will
Epstein's emails reveal interest in Angel's Trumpet plants that produce scopolamine, a drug linked to victim symptoms, though no evidence confirms its use in abuse cases.
- On Tuesday, February 17, 2026, the DOJ release shows Jeffrey Epstein, convicted sex offender, emailed asking about his `trumpet plants at nursery` in the Epstein Files declassified tranche.
- The broader DOJ file dump contains victim impact narratives in recent weeks referencing scopolamine and describing memory gaps, confusion, and inability to resist or recall events.
- Medical and forensic notes show scopolamine blocks acetylcholine receptors, causing hallucinations, severe memory loss, and respiratory failure; Angel's Trumpet produces scopolamine, atropine and hyoscyamine, and scopolamine can evade standard forensic toxicology screens.
- Investigators note the documents do not establish that Epstein administered the drug, and forensic experts say standard toxicology can miss scopolamine, leaving the investigation uncertain.
- Despite being a small part of the archive, the Angel's Trumpet emails struck differently as experts stress growing this toxic ornamental is legal, though tabloids and social media label it a `zombie drug` or `Devil's Breath`.
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Epstein's Emails Reveal Interest in Toxic 'Trumpet Plants'
Buried in several hundred pages of newly declassified government paperwork is an email, not long, in which Jeffrey Epstein asks a contact about his 'trumpet plants at nursery.' That is the full quote. No elaboration. No context for why a convicted sex offender was cultivating Angel's Trumpet, a species whose flowers hang like bells and whose every part — roots, stems, leaves, petals — contains enough tropane alkaloids to hospitalise or kill a pe…
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