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 ...

Peyote may also have some health benefits, but research is still in its early stages. Peyote and mescaline both carry risks, and some people may experience side effects after ingesting the plant.

Jay traces the chronology of mescaline use. The alkaloid is found in the fast-growing San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi) that towers above the mountainous desert scrub of the Andes, and the ...

Mescaline is considered by scientists to be the most mild of the “classical” hallucinogens, somewhere between 1,000 and 3,000 times less potent than LSD and 30 times less potent than psilocybin.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Mescaline is an alkaloid produced by the peyote cactus which is native to the Rio Grande regions of Mexico and Texas. As peyote, this curious compound has been used for many years; ...