Is Having a Peyote cactus without any mescaline Legal to have??

Question

Im Doing a project for my summer school botany Class and I really wanted to do it on Lophophora Williamsii(Peyote).I dont want to use the cactus to get "High" or anything i just want to attempt to grow such a legendary species of cactus......Is it Illegal??

Answer 1

Growing a peyote cactus is probably not a good idea. Having a peyote cactus wouldn't be unlike growing "magic mushrooms". It doesn't matter what your intentions are, since you can't prove them. There are several species of cactus in the genus Trichocereus that are equally magnificent to the peyote cactus. And many other cacti that don't contain mescaline at all. Check out the link below for anything you'd ever want to know about cacti. The moderator (Daiv) is extremely knowledgable, and their forum is extremely good.

Answer 2

United States federal law (and many state laws) protects the harvest, possession, consumption and cultivation of peyote as part of "bonafide religious ceremonies". American jurisdictions enacted these specific statutory exemptions in reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Employment Division v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990), which held that laws prohibiting the use of peyote that do not specifically exempt religious use nevertheless do not violate the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. Peyote is listed by the United States DEA as a Schedule I controlled substance. Although many American jurisdictions specifically allow religious use of peyote, religious or therapeutic use not under the aegis of the Native American Church has often been targeted by local law enforcement agencies, and non-Natives attempting to establish spiritual centers based on the consumption of peyote as a sacrament or as medicine, such as the Peyote Foundation in Arizona, have been prosecuted. The Peyote Way Church of God in Arizona is a spiritual center that welcomes all races to Peyotism.

Canada

Mescaline is listed as a Schedule III controlled substance under the Canadian Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, but peyote is specifically exempt.

Baby Peyote cactus which has been growing for roughly one year.

International

Article 32 of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances allows nations to exempt certain traditional uses of peyote from prohibition:

A State on whose territory there are plants growing wild which contain psychotropic substances from among those in Schedule I and which are traditionally used by certain small, clearly determined groups in magical or religious rites, may, at the time of signature, ratification or accession, make reservations concerning these plants, in respect of the provisions of article 7, except for the provisions relating to international trade.

Answer 3

There is kinda no way you can get a peyote cacti without it containing mescaline and if you get them from seeds it takes years and i mean years to grow! Yes it is illegal to have peyote so dont risk it man!