By Jordin Hartley By Jordin Hartley History of Mescaline Mescaline has been used by people for thousands of years This Drug was used primarily by Toltec and the Chichimeca The earliest European records concerning this sacred cactus are those of ID: 341217
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MESCALINE By Jordin Hartley
By Jordin HartleySlide2
History of MescalineMescaline has been used by people for thousands of years
This Drug was used primarily by Toltec and the ChichimecaThe earliest European records concerning this sacred cactus are those of Sahagún, who lived from 1499 to 1590 and who dedicated most of his adult life to the Indians of Mexico.Slide3
What is Mescaline?
Mescaline is a hallucinogenic chemical found in the pulp of the peyote cactus or Lophophora williamsii People chew the buttons in order to encounter an intense hallucinogenic experience, usually during religious ceremoniesThe experience of taking mescaline is said to be similar to LSD or PsilocybinSlide4
Mescaline in Powder FormSlide5
Effects of MescalineExtremely intense hallucinations
Out of body experiencesSlide6
Side Effects
VomitingInsomniaDehydrationDilated pupilsSlide7Slide8
Why people use mescaline
RecreationReligionPotential healing properties (phobias, depression, addiction)Slide9
How is mescaline administered?
Orally (most common way) is usually made into tea or mixed with juice due to bitter taste of eating raw peyote buttonsInjectionSlide10
DOSAGE
The usual human dosage is 200–400 milligrams of mescaline sulfate (178–356 milligrams of mescaline hydrochloride)The average 3-inch (76 mm) button contains about 25 mg mescaline. (Meaning the usual human dose is 8-16 buttons)Slide11
Scientific Facts
3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine is scientific nameIt is a naturally occurring psychedelic alkaloid of the phenethylamine familyMescaline was first isolated and identified in 1897 by the German Arthur Heffter and first synthesized in 1919 by Ernst SpäthSlide12
(Mescaline Molecule)Slide13
Is mescaline found only in the Peyote Cactus?
NO!Mescaline can be found in the following plants:Peyote (Lophophora williamsii) Peruvian Torch cactus (Echinopsis peruviana)Cactaceae plant familyFabaceae (bean) family, including Acacia berlandieriSan PedroSlide14
Peruvian Torch CactusCactus plant, in the family of CactaceaeSlide15
Who Used Mescaline?
Peyote was used by the Native Americans, especially the Huichol Indians from Mexico, for religious practices and ritualsSan Pedro and the Peruvian Torch were used in other Latin American regions including Peru and EcuadorAldous Huxley, Havelock Ellis and Alesiter Crowley were among the first westerners to experiment with mescalineSlide16
Interesting factsPeople have associated Mescaline with the Cubist movement begun by Pablo Picasso and George Braque. The geometrical forms and flattening of three dimensional objects in Cubist art are similar to the visual experiences of Mescaline users
Mescaline is extracted by preparing the cactus beginning with cutting the cactus from the very bottom, just above the ground. The top of the cactus that is left, or the crown, has disc-shaped forms that have been cut from the roots.Mescaline is not addictiveSlide17
“Girl with Dark Hair” – Pablo Picasso
Is this what your mom would look like if you were on Mescaline?Slide18
More Facts
The vomiting induced by eating peyote buttons was considered to be a form of cleansing by the Native AmericansMescaline is illegal in the United States and prohibited in other regions across the world. Certain Native American groups, however, have legal access to this substance for ritualistic ceremonies but their use is also regulated by the states in which they live Slide19Slide20
Sources
https://mycotopia.net/forums/attachments/botanicals/92571d1215386374-my-mescaline-extraction-img00001.jpgwww.drugs.com/mescaline.htmlen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mescalinewww.legalhighreviews.com/what-is-mescaline