Hallucinogenic alkaloid isolated from the flowering heads (peyote) of Lophophora (formerly Anhalonium) williamsii, a Mexican cactus used in Indian religious rites and as an experimental psychotomimetic. Among its cellular effects are agonist actions at some types of serotonin receptors. It has no accepted therapeutic uses although it is legal for religious use by members of the Native American Church.
    

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Die Peyote-Religion : Nordamerikanische Indianer auf der Suche nach einer Identitaẗ / Peter Gerber.

The marijuana consumer's and dealer's guide : with the new superior mescaline process / Mary Jane Superweed.

Mescaline : a global history of the first psychedelic / Mike Jay.

This is your mind on plants : opium - caffeine - mescaline / Michael Pollan.

Mescal, and mechanisms of hallucinations / Heinrich Klüver.

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Die Peyote-Religion : Nordamerikanische Indianer auf der Suche nach einer Identitaẗ / Peter Gerber.

The marijuana consumer's and dealer's guide : with the new superior mescaline process / Mary Jane Superweed.

Mescaline : a global history of the first psychedelic / Mike Jay.

This is your mind on plants : opium - caffeine - mescaline / Michael Pollan.

Mescal, and mechanisms of hallucinations / Heinrich Klüver.