Mescaline (Peyote) & Psilocybin (Mushrooms)

By Brieanne Ritchie & Joshua Pierce

Definitions• Mesacline – is a hallucinogen obtained from the small, spineless Peyote,

San Pedro and Peruvian Torch cactus. Mesacline is also found in certain members of the Fabaceae (bean family)

• Psilocybin Mushrooms - are fungi that contain psychoactive indole alkaloids. Common terms for Psilocybin Mushrooms are shrooms and magic mushrooms. There are approximately 190 species of shrooms.

History• Mescaline has been used for over 3000 years by Native Americans in

Mexico. Long history of Native American religious ceremonies used in South America from Peru to Ecuador. First isolated and identified in 1897 by the German chemist Arthur Heffter.

• Psilocybin Mushrooms have likely been used since prehistoric time and Mesoamerica for religious communion, and healing. The Spanish believed the mushroom allowed the Aztecs and others to communicate with devils.

Useful Information

• Mescaline trip can last upwards to 12 hours. A Mushroom trip can last between 3-8 hours depending on dosage and preparation method. Mescaline and Mushrooms can be cooked, used in teas, swallowed through capsules, or injected.

Short Term Effects

• Both result in similar trips. Visual effect include enhancement contrasting colors, strange light phenomena, increased visual acuity, surfaces the seem to ripple, shimmer, or breathe. Complex open and closed eye visuals of constants or images, objects that wrap, morph, or change solid colors. Sense of melting into the environment, trails behind moving object.

Long Term Effects

• Both are Spiritualy significant. Studies conclude that those who tried shrooms reported a better personality, mood, loss of anxiety and depression, and feeling tired and drowsy after use.

Treatment and Addiction

• Both Mescaline and Psilocybin Mushrooms have no evidence of addiction, physical or physiological dependence.

• People will become tolerant to the effects with continued use.

Facts and Statistics

• There as been no reported deaths from either of the two substances.

• 5% of U.S. residence (10.2 million) have tried shrooms

Work Citied

• www.drug.com• www.drugrehab.com