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Mescaline
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(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine), most commonly known as
Peyote, is a Schedule I Controlled Drug and is classified as a hallucinogen.
The chemical formula is [(CH3 O)3 C6 H2 CH2 CH2 NH2 ], and it effects the
brain by interfering with the normal functions of such neurotransmitters as
serotonin. Th ....
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...., as well
as increased heart rate and blood pressure. Long term effects also include
chromosomal damage and possible birth defects.
Possibly due to it's euphoric qualities, Mescaline is used in
Native American and Mexican Indian rituals and is believed to hold great
spiritual power. Mescaline also provides feelings of a union with nature,
due to a dissolution of personal identity. The Nahuati Indians called it
teonanacatl- “God's flesh.” Peyote is a sacrament of the Native American
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