Mescaline, the main psychoactive agent of the peyote and San Pedro cacti, could have therapeutic potential in mental diseases and addiction diseases. This is the result of a new systematic review of existing scientific literature on the medical and traditional use of the substance. The researchers first looked at 2,770 scientific publications from international databases. After applying strict selection criteria, 66 studies were left, of which o…
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Mescaline, the main psychoactive agent of the peyote and San Pedro cacti, could have therapeutic potential in mental diseases and addiction diseases. This is the result of a new systematic review of existing scientific literature on the medical and traditional use of the substance. The researchers first looked at 2,770 scientific publications from international databases. After applying strict selection criteria, 66 studies were left, of which o…