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mescaline

[ mes-kuh-leen, -lin ]

noun

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


mescaline

/ -lɪn; ˈmɛskəˌliːn /

noun

  1. a hallucinogenic drug derived from mescal buttons. Formula: C 11 H 17 NO 3
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mescaline1

First recorded in 1895–1900; mescal + -ine 2
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The trip's architect was Dr. Humphry Osmond, the psychiatrist who had first guided Aldous Huxley — the author of “Brave New World” and “The Doors of Perception” — in experiments with mescaline. and coined the term “psychedelic.”

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“The People’s Joker” takes Drew’s autobiography as a struggling comic and hurtles it into the DC universe like a bat-grenade filled with mescaline.

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In the late 19th Century, the psychedelic drug mescaline started to circulate through certain intellectual groups in New York and London.

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In this crowded field, Vancouver-based Filament Health has a unique approach: extracting drugs like psilocybin and mescaline from natural sources, including mushrooms and cacti, rather than synthesizing the ingredients in a laboratory.

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“That stuff makes pure mescaline seem like ginger beer,” Thompson’s lawyer tells him.

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