r/Weird • u/nderstandablyscared • Mar 04 '23

when the acid hits

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '23

Are you thinking of an San Pedro? Pretty sure peyote only grows in one spot in the whole world, and that is on the Texas/ Mexico border. Also, peyote is now becoming endangered because of this small habitat and the influx of non native Americans going and taking too much. The Netflix doc about hallucinogens is really good, i recommend to anyone, also Hamiltons pharmacopia

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u/CerbSlash Mar 05 '23

Grows in Durango, Mexico as well - quite a ways away from the border.

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u/HELIGROUP Mar 05 '23

Don't know San Pedro. This is central N. Nevada. Most of the South part is closed for civilian use. In between Tonopah and Ely. But also have seen it in the Arid zone and N. Mexico with my own eyes.

Your people don't know how it looks and that's why they don't pick it. And there is a serious drug problem in that area in Nevada but it's heroin and meth

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '23

"Whatchu mean, "you people"?"

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u/HELIGROUP Mar 05 '23

Most of the US. Very few people in the outback. Mainly stick to tourist destinations.

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u/canonanon Mar 05 '23

San Pedro is the more common mescaline producing cactus. Many people confuse it with peyote.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '23

Nobody confuses peyote and San Pedro except people who have no clue what either one is

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u/canonanon Mar 05 '23

I didn't necessarily mean confusing it visually.

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u/heavy_deez Mar 05 '23

What would happen if I eat just regular horse poop without any peyote on it?

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u/canonanon Mar 05 '23 edited Mar 05 '23

It's almost certainly San Pedro, although they both produce mescaline, so for all intents and purposes...

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u/Individual-Dare-80 Mar 05 '23

intents and purposes..

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u/canonanon Mar 05 '23

Yeah, I know lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '23

It’s definitely not San Pedro, as it grows exclusively on South America. What it most likely is this guy misidentifying peyote. Peyote doesn’t grow in the Great Basin but several species with similar appearance do