Try as we might, all of us, at some point in our lives will be hurt by people, circumstances, and other forces that are out of our control. Whether these are self-inflicted or not, the natural response is often to want to forget that the trauma happened in the first place, and to move on as quickly as possible. However, this approach often leaves people with the lingering sensation of loss, that some part of them is missing, in spite of having returned to normalcy in their lives. Peyote commonly produces visions and philosophical or introspective insights. It is hard to be precise, however, due to the varying levels of mescaline in any given peyote button.

Although we live calculated, scheduled, and, for the most part, predictable lives, we are usually under the illusion that we are in control of many things. At any given moment, a disruption to our routine and predictions can incur massive frustration and loss just because it’s unexpected.

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Unfortunately, precise usage statistics for mescaline aren’t available because surveys tend to lump it together with other substances like LSD, psilocybin, and MDMA. According to the Global Drug Survey in 2014, mescaline and peyote were among the top 20 drugs used in the past month in Mexico, but nowhere else in the world. Peyote was taken by 6.4% and mescaline by 4.4% of the 643 Mexican survey respondents.

In fact, this is one of the ancient medicinal uses of this compound. A 2013 study also found that lifetime mescaline or peyote use was significantly linked to a lower rate of agoraphobia, an anxiety disorder where subjects perceive their surrounding environment to be threatening.

This experiment was officially abandoned in 1953, six years after it started. Mescaline is a substituted phenethylamine, a molecule based on the basic phenethylamine structure. Along with MDMA, 2C-B, and others, this sets it apart from the tryptamine class of psychedelics, which includes psilocybin, LSD, and DMT. For example, you should not use turmeric if you are taking blood-thinning medications, such as Coumadin , Plavix , or aspirin. Turmeric can strengthen the blood-thinning effect of the medications, which may increase your risk of bleeding. Removing mirrors from the space sometimes reduces the likelihood of having alarming hallucinations.

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Many factors contribute to the peyote experience, including dose, mindset, setting, and method of consumption. With that in mind, each individual journey will be unique to the person, time, and place, and there’s no way to predict exactly what will happen.

Often, a bad reaction simply involves anxiety and paranoia, which hallucinations may make worse. Most of the time, the presence of a sober friend or “trip-sitter” is enough to manage these effects. Take a slow and steady approach, starting with a low dose of each substance.