Tag: Cactus

I grabbed my boyfriend’s arm. We’d just gotten back from a day at the beach. To celebrate our moving-in together, we’d eaten some mushroom chocolates that also contained the psychedelic cactus San Pedro (natively Huachuma). Now I was standing in the bedroom, staring at myself ...

An unfortunate reality of taking natural psychedelics is that they can vary widely in potency and result in either unexpectedly heavy or disappointingly light trips. San Pedro and Peruvian Torch in particular can contain anywhere from 0–3% mescaline by weight, making them particularly hard to ...

We heard the scream as we walked along the trail through the Cholla Garden in Joshua Tree National Park. Signs warned hikers about the plants. Unfortunately, the wails of pain were not uncommon. In this case, as the victim took a picture of a cholla, she backed into another one. Backing into da...