Mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine)—the magical alkaloid found in the peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii) and similar cacti—could be the next vital ingredient in psychedelic drug ...

Mescaline — the psychedelic alkaloid found in only two species of Western hemisphere cacti, the peyote of north-central Mexico and the San Pedro found thousands of feet up the dry side of the ...

Like many a researcher before him (including the late great Havelock Ellis), British Psychiatrist John Smythies was fascinated by the extraordinary visions he had after taking mescaline, an ...

Native to South America, the San Pedro cacti is illegally poached for its mescaline, as is the peyote cacti, or Lophophora williamsii – a plant endemic to the southern U.S. and northern México ...

Peyote or San Pedro (mescaline) ... Its active alkaloid, ibogaine, is psychoactive and is increasingly gaining popularity in Western society for its unique ability to treat opioid addiction.

Its chunks, which contain the psychoactive alkaloid mescaline, can be chewed or made into tea. ... Peyote’s main ingredient is mescaline. Ayahuasca is a combination of two plants, ...

Mescaline can be consumed as a powder, tablet, capsule or liquid, with the option to chew peyote fresh or dried, the Alcohol and Drug Foundation says. The decriminalization of mescaline and other ...

Ergot alkaloids are a group of headache medicines that include dihydroergotamine (Migranal, Trudhesa, others) and ergotamine (Cafergot, Ergomar, Ergostat, others). These drugs are used only to ...

Mescaline, a natural hallucinogen known since ancient times, was not only a favorite of artists and bohemians but also a mainstay of brain research throughout the first half of the 20th century ...

Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (PAP) involves ingesting a psychedelic substance as part of a psychotherapeutic process – that is, the professionally supervised use of ketamine, MDMA ...

Mescaline, LSD, and psilocybin have notable differences in terms of which receptors they interact with. While they do all bind to the serotonin 5-HT2A receptors, mescaline also binds to the 5-HT1A and ...