Mescaline - Research Article from Drugs and Controlled Substances Information for Students

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 19 pages of information about Mescaline.

Mescaline - Research Article from Drugs and Controlled Substances Information for Students

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 19 pages of information about Mescaline.
This section contains 107 words
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Key Terms
ENTHEOGEN:
A term from the Greek meaning "Godfacilitating substance." Some scholars prefer this term to hallucinogenic when applied to plants such as the peyote cactus that are used in religious practices.
HALLUCINOGENS:
A group of drugs that induces sensory distortions and hallucinations.
PEYOTE:
A hallucinogenic cactus, usually L. williamsii, from which mescaline is derived.
PODAREA:
Raised segmented cushion-part of the peyote cactus.
TOLERANCE:
A condition in which higher and higher doses of a drug are needed to produce the original effect or high experienced.
TRICHOMES:
Tuft of hairs in the center of the peyote cactus.
TRIP:
A common term for a drug experience.

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