Various studies were conducted on peyote/mescaline during the 20th Century. No useful medical application of the drug was found. Peyote/mescaline was banned in the U.S. in 1967 and placed on Schedule I in 1970. You can purchase Peyote seeds as well as other cacti containing mescaline online. It should be noted that what is sold as "mescaline" on the street is typically another psychedelic such as LSD.
peyote is schedule 1 as it contains mescaline
The alkaloid most responsible for the effects of peyote is mescaline. However, peyote also contains many other alkaloids that contribute to its effects.
Not all cati contain hallucinogenic properties, but the well-know peyote cactus contains mescaline. Mescaline is not necessarily an addictive substance, and peyote is not the only plant that contains Mescaline.
mescaline
You are thinking of peyote, mescaline is one of the psychoactive drugs in peyote. If you are interested in mescaline SWIM always likes to make a tea of out a one foot San Pedro clipping, bouncing bear is a good source.
Peyote contains mescaline (among many other alkaloids) which is responsible for the psychedelic effects.
Mescaline
Yes. It is considered to be the source of an hallucinogenic drug called mescaline.
In a cactus. not in a cat. There is a small amount of mescaline in peyote and a few other cactuses. In the 60s and 70s, scientists performed abusive experiments on cats, injecting mescaline or other hallucinogens into them, then trying to measure how the drugs break down in the brain and body. There is an old article called "DISTRIBUTION AND METABOLISM OF MESCALINE-C IN THE CAT BRAIN." this does not mean cats naturally have mescaline in their brains.
Mescaline is a naturally occurring psychedelic compound found in various cactus species, notably the peyote cactus. It is not synthetically made, as it is derived from the peyote cactus through a process of extraction and purification. The traditional way of preparing mescaline involves cutting and drying the peyote buttons to extract the psychoactive alkaloid.
Although the exact number is impossible to know (for one thing, mescaline is typically grouped under the category of "other hallucinogens in teen drug surveys), it is likely that the number is very low. Peyote, the cactus which contains mescaline, only grows in a limited range and is not usually sold on the street. Also, due to the greater availability of other psychedelics, pills sold as mescaline on the street often contain other chemicals such as LSD.