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Mescaline

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MESCALINE

LSD's little brother

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A naturally occurring psychedelic alkaloid of the phenethylamine class, known for its hallucinogenic effects similar to those of LSD and psilocybin.
Found in a small, spineless cactus Peyote. Known as mesc or buttons.

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Used by natives in northern Mexico and southwest United States.
Top of cactus is cut off, dried, and is either chewed or soaked in water to make a liquid.

What does it do?

You will have vivid visual hallucinations and drastic altered states of consciousness, can be pleasurable and illuminating but also can give you feelings of anxiety, revulsion, and paranoia.
You experience a deeply emotional and psychological self- exploration

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Side effects of mescaline use includes: anxiety, racing heart, dizziness, diarrhea, and headache. Mescaline containing cacti can induce severe vomiting and nausea, which adds an important part to traditional Native-American ceremonies as it is considered cleansing.

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Mescaline was first isolated and identified in 1897 by the German chemist Arthur Heffter and first synthesized in 1919 by Ernst Späth.

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In the United States, mescaline was made illegal in 1970 by the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act. It was prohibited internationally by the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances.

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Peyote doesn't have the chemical properties to make it an addictive drug.
Due to a bitter taste it is usually taken in a pill form, uesally with ecstacy and it's called a "love trip".
Oral dose is 200- 500mg.

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About 7% of high school seniors say that they have used mescaline at least once in their lives. 1 in 4 would chose LSD over mescaline
There are more than 250,000 people in the United States who are legally permitted to use mescaline

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