MESCALINE 1 MESCALINE: A PSYCHODELIC PSYCHOACTIVE DRUG BY: LISA FAGAN INSTRUCTOR: DR. PETUNIA MONCHUSE MESCALINE 2 Mescaline is considered the oldest known hallucinogenic drug. It is a dark brown powder That is ground from the “buttons” of a peyote cactus. The general side effects are: -Creative closed eye visuals -New thought processes -Dream-like scenarios -Euphoria -Mystical experience
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Ms “Sufentanyl”-a charming “china girl”‚ and Ms “Mescaline”-a cute Mexican lady‚ were invited by Mr “Marijuana” at a dinner in “Chinese restaurant” in an “angel dusty” evening. Ms Mescaline felt “ecstatic” and “Echo de la pensee” and on the occasion she “DRESS”ed herself with “heavenly blue” frock and adorned her eyes with mascara of “belladonna”. Ms Sufentanyl wore a necklace with “serotonin pendant” and braided “rosemary” flowers into her hair. At the gate they were greeted by Mr Marijuana who
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his beliefs in such drug‚ he took mescaline under supervision to see if his sanity was correct. He went upon using the drug that will allow him an escape from reality‚ if taking the drug with caution it wouldn’t be physically or socially damaging. Huxley took the drug mescaline while being supervised to make sure he didn’t hurt himself or others. Huxley placed his beliefs in the drugs as well as the sanity of his novels. The drug Huxley used was called mescaline‚ the masculine drug is classified
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Plants Desert Baobab Tree The baobab tree is the iconic tree of the African Sahara. It is readily recognized by its enormous trunk and‚ by comparison‚ scrawny stems and twigs. It is the source of many legends among the tribes of the area‚ and is also a rich source of traditional medicine. In a land where rainfall is limited and it is rare to find even tiny bushes‚ the gigantic baobab tree thrives. It is able to do so due to a number of unique adaptations that it has perfected over the course
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Mescaline was one of the first psychedelic compounds to be isolated. Mescaline is structurally somewhat different from hallucinogens like LSD and psilocybin and is instead in the same family as drugs like ecstasy and methamphetamine (www.substance.com). Mescaline is used primarily as a recreational drug and is also used to supplement various types of meditation and psychedelic therapy. Mescaline can be extracted from peyote or produced synthetically; mescaline is not physically
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this paper examines the use of hallucinogens in psychiatric research its effectiveness as a form of therapy and the risks associated with uncontrolled usage of hallucinogens. Hallucinogens are derived from both natural and manufactured sources. Mescaline a naturally occurring psychedelic alkaloid is obtained from the peyote cactus and certain members of the Fabaceae (bean family). Synthetic Hallucinogens include Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)‚ Ketamine‚ and Phencyclidine (PCP). According to Dyck
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resembling a squash-like vegetable‚ occasionally growing a flower bud on it ’s top‚ producing a chili-like fruit. The active ingredient in the peyote cactus is mescaline‚ which produces hallucinogenic effects. The short and long term effects of peyote can differ from user to user depending on the amount consumed especially if mescaline is not removed and administered synthetically. Typically‚ Peyote is cut from the root then dried for chewing or soaking in water for a hallucinogenic tea. The short
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opium poppy has been occurring the last 3000 years‚ and probably longer. The mescaline containing peyote cactus has been abused by the indians for even longer. They thought it was a gift from god because they often realised profound truths when they where inebriate(at least‚ thats what they thought!). In the 19. century the structure of mescaline was elucidated. It was also discovered that the synthesis of N-methyl mescaline‚ would increase the drugs potentcy‚ when compared to the precursor. The first
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A Swiss chemist named Dr. Albert Hoffman first produced lysergic acid Diethylmide or best known as LSD in 1938 (Dye‚ 1992‚ p. 2). Hoffman discovered the drug while trying to synthesize a new drug for the treatment of headaches. He obtained the lysergic acid from the parasitic fungus that grows on rye plants known as ergot. From the lysergic acid‚ he synthesized the compound LSD. He used the compound to test for its pain killing properties on laboratory animals. Being that appeared totally ineffective
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Psychiatry 79 (2): 208–10.PMID 13497365. 8. ^ Arthur Stoll and Albert Hofmann LSD Patent April 30‚ 1943 in Switzerland and Mar. 23‚ 1948 in the United States. 13. ^ Wolbach AB Jr‚ Isbell H‚ Miner EJ (1962). "Cross tolerance between mescaline and LSD-25‚ with a comparison of the mescaline and LSD reactions". Psychopharmacologia 3: 1–14.doi:10.1007/BF00413101. PMID 14007904. 14. ^ Isbell H‚ Wolbach AB‚ Wikler A‚ Miner EJ (1961). "Cross Tolerance between LSD and Psilocybin". Psychopharmacologia 2 (3): 147–59
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