Mescaline

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  • noun. A hallucinogenic alkaloid, C11H17NO3, obtained from peyote buttons and used by certain Native American tribes in religious rituals and illicitly as a recreational drug.
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  • noun. Methyl-3, 4, 5-trimethoxybenzylamine, (CH3O)3C6H2.CH2NHCH3, an alkaloid found in mescal-buttons. It crystallizes in needles which melt at 151° C.
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  • noun. A psychedelic drug of the phenethylamine class found naturally in several species of cacti, including peyote, San Pedro, and Peruvian Torch.
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  • noun. the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons
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    "To prepare for today, they have fasted from food and drink for four days, although the use of mescaline is encouraged."
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