mescaline

mes·ca·line | \ ˈme-skə-lən

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, ˈme-skə-ˌlēn \

Definition of mescaline

: a hallucinatory crystalline alkaloid C₁₁H₁₇NO₃ that is the chief active principle in peyote buttons

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Recent Examples on the Web Some 20th-century psychiatrists thought mescaline might unlock the mechanism of schizophrenia. — The Economist, "A mind-bending history of mescaline," 28 June 2019 Weissberg and his companion, their perceptions enhanced by a mescaline diet, didn’t stick around for Sunday’s program. — Charlie Brennan, The Denver Post, "50 years on, Woodstock memories still glow for those who were there," 10 Aug. 2019 Carlos Santana famously played Woodstock while tripping out of his mind on mescaline. — Corbin Reiff, Billboard, "Recasting Woodstock's Original Lineup With 2019 Artists," 13 Aug. 2019 Antonin Artaud worked mescaline’s effects into surrealism, Jean-Paul Sartre into existentialism. — The Economist, "A mind-bending history of mescaline," 28 June 2019 There was one night, again at Spahn’s, where everybody took mega doses of acid and probably some mescaline or something else mixed in with it. — Win Mccormack, The New Republic, "The Manson Girl Who Got Away," 29 July 2019 Day’s theory is that Manson may have wanted money from Leno, a grocery-store-chain owner who liked to gamble, to pay off the Straight Satans, who were still angry about getting their money back for the bad mescaline. — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, "Why Did the Manson Family Kill Sharon Tate? Here’s the Story Charles Manson Told the Last Man Who Interviewed Him," 26 July 2019 In the front of the building, next to the sidewalk on busy Telegraph Avenue, grew San Pedro cacti, which contain the hallucinogen mescaline. — Hailey Branson-potts, latimes.com, "How a trip on magic mushrooms helped decriminalize psychedelic plants in a California city," 22 June 2019 Peyote contains mescaline, which has historically been used in religious ceremonies by Native Americans. — Dana Burke, Houston Chronicle, "Katy man allegedly caught growing peyote, marijuana in his home," 12 June 2018

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“Mescaline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mescaline. Accessed 28 Feb. 2020.

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