AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mescaline is a naturally occurring phenylethylamine usually consumed in the form of peyote buttons, which are derived from the small, blue-green cactiLophophora williamsii andLophophora diffusa18 (Fig. 150.4). They grow in the deserts of the southwestern United States and Mexico.

Detailed explanation-2: -Peyote contains psychoactive alkaloids, particularly mescaline.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mescaline is a ring-substituted amphetamine (3, 4, 5-trimethoxyphenethylamine) and a naturally occurring member of the phenethylamine class of intoxicants. In addition to being a drug of abuse, mescaline is most commonly used as a Native American religious intoxicant.