How to Use mescaline in a Sentence

mescaline

noun
  • To them, adrenochrome became a psychotropic, akin to mescaline.
    — Brian Friedberg, Wired, 31 July 2020
  • Without that time, the mescaline content will be low, the report explained.
    — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2022
  • This is how morphine is made in the opium poppy, and mescaline in cactuses.
    — Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Her body struggles to process the methamphetamine and mescaline from the seven X tabs in her bloodstream.
    — Miles Marshall Lewis, The Root, 18 Mar. 2018
  • The food writer studies three psychoactive plants — opium, caffeine and mescaline.
    — The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021
  • There was one night, again at Spahn’s, where everybody took mega doses of acid and probably some mescaline or something else mixed in with it.
    — Win McCormack, The New Republic, 29 July 2019
  • Witt writes like a dream on just about anything (Björk, mescaline, orgasmic meditation).
    — Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Carlos Santana famously played Woodstock while tripping out of his mind on mescaline.
    — Corbin Reiff, Billboard, 13 Aug. 2019
  • How is Journey Colab learning from these traditional users of mescaline?
    — Louis Metzger Iv, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Weissberg and his companion, their perceptions enhanced by a mescaline diet, didn’t stick around for Sunday’s program.
    — Charlie Brennan, The Denver Post, 10 Aug. 2019
  • The study found no link between the use of LSD, psilocybin or mescaline and suicidal behavior or mental health problems.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 24 Jan. 2020
  • The Gucci collections seem concocted by an Italian painter whose evening vin santo got spiked with mescaline and Viagra.
    — Will Welch, GQ, 6 Mar. 2018
  • The book has little to say, however, about the major choices for governments and individuals that might flow from a more informed view of opium, caffeine, and mescaline.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2021
  • And then a couple of sort of heavier hitters are now being tested in primarily healthy control populations, including drugs like mescaline and ayahuasca.
    — The Conversation, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Along with hallucinogens like mescaline and psilocybin (that is, magic mushrooms), LSD was often blamed for bad trips that sent people to the psych ward.
    — Michael Pollan, WSJ, 3 May 2018
  • Studies have shown that tolerance to LSD also translates to tolerance for psilocybin and mescaline.
    — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2021
  • The Elevators embodied psychedelia - from their sound to their open use of LSD, mescaline and marijuana.
    — John Petkovic, cleveland.com, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Some 20th-century psychiatrists thought mescaline might unlock the mechanism of schizophrenia.
    — The Economist, 28 June 2019
  • The toxicology report found mescaline and cannibinoids but no alcohol in Lee's system.
    — Fox News, 9 Dec. 2022
  • These ceremonies involved a small, spineless cactus called peyote, which contained a range of phenethylamine alkaloids—most notably mescaline, a high-power hallucinogen.
    — John Semley, The New Republic, 26 July 2021
  • In the front of the building, next to the sidewalk on busy Telegraph Avenue, grew San Pedro cacti, which contain the hallucinogen mescaline.
    — Hailey Branson-Potts, latimes.com, 22 June 2019
  • But Socha and her colleagues found no sign of mescaline (another common hallucinogenic), DMT, or cocaethylene.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 16 May 2022
  • Other naturally occurring psychedelics that would be allowed under the bill include ibogaine, a psychoactive alkaloid found in the iboga shrub, and mescaline found in cacti other than peyote.
    — Hannah Wileystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2022
  • He had been fascinated by psychedelic drugs since reading about them as a student at Brooklyn College and had experimented with mescaline and peyote.
    — William Grimes, New York Times, 12 May 2017
  • Shortly thereafter, Osmond was contacted by Aldous Huxley, who was eagerly seeking samples of mescaline.
    — John Semley, The New Republic, 27 Apr. 2020
  • The study found no link between the use of LSD, psilocybin or mescaline (the psychoactive compounds in magic mushroom) and suicidal behavior or mental health problems.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Feb. 2020
  • As part of the case, the court will consider narrowing a landmark 1990 decision over the spiritual use of peyote, a cactus that contains a hallucinogen called mescaline.
    — ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • It can be brewed in anything from a cauldron to a slow cooker, although the ingredients containing DMT can be hard to come by as the substance, like mescaline, is still on Schedule 1.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2023
  • As part of the case, which will be heard in the fall, the court will consider narrowing a landmark 1990 decision over the spiritual use of peyote, a cactus that contains a hallucinogen called mescaline.
    — Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The man also admitted to adding a liquid containing mescaline, LSD and other ingredients to his marijuana before smoking.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 8 Apr. 2020

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