The cactus contains a spectrum of psychoactive alkaloids, the primary one being the hallucinogen mescaline, and is coveted for those psychedelic properties. Even though it is a controlled ...

Mescaline is a natural psychedelic derived from the Mexican peyote cactus and the San Pedro cactus, native to Peru and Ecuador. It induces hallucinogenic effects similar to those of LSD and magic ...