Echinopsis Essays

  • The Pros And Cons Of Mescaline

    1444 Words  | 6 Pages

    Mescaline is a chemical in the peyote cactus, being found in small buttons that grow on top of the cactus. Mescaline is a hallucinogen obtained from the a small, spineless cactus Peyote. Mescaline is classified as a hallucinogen, the same class of drugs as LSD, psilocybin, PCP and dimethyltryptamine (DMT). Mescaline, or 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine, is a naturally occurring psychedelic alkaloid of the phenethylamine class, known for its hallucinogenic effects comparable to those of LSD and psilocybin

  • Desert Plants Of The Sahara Desert

    1113 Words  | 5 Pages

    The world is a wondrous place. From Amazonian Brown-Throated Sloth to the Saguaro Cactus of the Sonoran desert, there is an existential natural beauty that poets have aspired to capture in words and artists since the beginning of time tried to render it in paint. When people usually talk about exotic plants, the first dot that connects in the head is that of immensely beautiful rainforests of ours. Though that is justified but what is usually forgotten are the wondrous desert plants. Their beauty