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Mescaline

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Updated November 24, 2003

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Category:
Hallucinogens.
Commercial and Street Names:
Buttons, cactus, mesc, peyote.
How Administered:
Swallowed, smoked.
Intoxication Effects and Potential Health Consequences:
Altered states of perception and feeling; nausea, increased body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure; loss of appetite, sleeplessness, numbness, weakness, tremors ; chronic mental disorders, persisting perception disorder (flashbacks).
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