mescaline

[ mes-kuh-leen, -lin ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Pharmacology.

a white, water-soluble, crystalline powder, C 1 1 H 1 7 NO 3 , obtained from mescal buttons, that produces hallucinations.

mescaline

/ -lɪn; ˈmɛskəˌliːn /

First recorded in 1895–1900; mescal + -ine ²

Notwithstanding his own loftier goals, it is questionable whether mescaline and LSD gave Huxley the enlightenment he craved.

He collected about 30 reports on undergraduate mescaline trips.

It is common to have a bad psychological reaction to LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin.

Lysergic acid (LSD), mescaline, and psilocybin cause illusions and hallucinations.

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