There is “vast uncertainty” as to whether the dried extract from certain types of cacti plants that contain mescaline could be regarded as a controlled substance under current legislation, a court was ...

Peyote is a small, button shaped cactus native to Mexico and southern parts of the United States. Potent compounds in peyote, such as mescaline, cause it to have a hallucinogenic effect in humans.

A man charged with drugs offences after he was found with dried cactus extract which contained mescaline has won his appeal against conviction. Alexander Rojas Rey (44), of River Towers, Lee Road, ...

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