HEBBRONVILLE, Texas (AP) — In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings. It’s only here and in northern Mexico that the bluish ...

Peyote is a small, button shaped cactus native to Mexico and southern parts of the United States. Potent compounds in peyote, such as mescaline, cause it to have a hallucinogenic effect in humans.

A batch of scientifically studied peyote – a holy “medicine” to many Indigenous peoples – was about to go up in smoke. It was February 2024, and the Scottsdale Research Institute had just received ...