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Monster Essays - Mescaline
Mescaline
Mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine), most commonly known as
Peyote, is a Schedule I Controlled Drug and is classified as a hallucinogen.
The chemical formula is [(CH3 O)3 C6 H2 CH2 CH2 NH2 ], and it effects the
brain by interfering with the normal functions of such neurotransmitters as
serotonin. These effects are found mostly in the brain stem, where the
neurons are particularly effected by hallucinogens. Duration of it's
effects last about twelve hours.
Mescaline is commonly found in cacti such as Peyote (lophophora
williamsii), San Pedro (trichocerus pachanoi), and Pe....
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