by Kathiann M. Kowalski

About the author: Kathiann M. Kowalski is a writer of children's books and the author of Teens Rights: At Home, at School, Online.

Drugs that play havoc with your brain can totally mess up your life.

"You've got to help me," Raphael said, grabbing the emergency room doctor's arm. "The leprechauns are everywhere."

Restraining the terrified teen took five people. The "friend" who'd dropped Raphael off in the hospital parking lot didn't stick around to tell anyone what he'd taken. Meanwhile, the boy's heart raced at more than 160 beats per minute. His skin was flushed and dry. Within minutes, he went into seizures.

Finally a doctor with special toxicology training connected Raphael's rantings about little people to the hallucinogen jimsonweed. With no time to spare, the ER team gave Raphael medicine that saved his life.

Raphael's...