Mescaline

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Mescaline

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Chemical name3,4,5-Trimethoxy-

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phenethylamine or2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)ethanamine

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Chemical formulaC11H17NO3

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Molecular mass211.26 g/mol

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Melting point128–129 ?C

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CAS numbers54-04-6

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SMILESNCCC1=CC(OC)=C(OC)C(OC)=C1

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Mescaline or 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine is a psychedelic hallucinogenic drug and entheogen of the phenethylamine family. It is either synthesized (as mesacline sulfate) or extracted from the peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii), the San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi), or the Peruvian Torch cactus (Echinopsis peruviana). It is also found in a number of other members of the Cactaceae.

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Extract from peyote was used in religious ceremonies from the earliest human contact, notably by the Huichols in Mexico. It was first isolated and identified in 1897 by the German Arthur Heffter and first synthesized in 1919. The effective human dosage is 200–400 milligrams (3.75 mg/kg), with the effects lasting for up to twelve hours. It is not physically addictive. In the US it was made illegal in 1970 by the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act. It was prohibited internationally by the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substanceshttp://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf and is categorised as a Schedule I hallucinogen by the CSA. Users typically experience visual hallucinations and radically altered states of consciousness, often experienced as pleasurable and illuminating but occasionally as accompanied by feelings of anxiety or revulsion.

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