Editing Mescaline (section)

====United States====
In the United States, mescaline was made illegal in 1970 by the [[Controlled Substances Act|Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act]], categorized as a Schedule I hallucinogen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/scheduling.html |title=Drug Scheduling |access-date=2 November 2007 |author=United States Department of Justice |author-link=United States Department of Justice |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020210309/http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/scheduling.html |archive-date=20 October 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The drug is prohibited internationally by the 1971 [[Convention on Psychotropic Substances]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |title=List of psychotropic substances under international control |publisher=[[International Narcotics Control Board]] |access-date=27 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051205125434/http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |archive-date=5 December 2005 }}</ref> Mescaline is legal only for certain religious groups (such as the [[Native American Church]] by the American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978) and in scientific and medical research. In 1990, the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] ruled that the state of Oregon could ban the use of mescaline in Native American religious ceremonies. The [[Religious Freedom Restoration Act]] (RFRA) in 1993 allowed the use of peyote in religious ceremony, but in 1997, the Supreme Court ruled that the RFRA is unconstitutional when applied against states.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/cases/cases-that-shaped-the-federal-courts/city-boerne-v-flores|title=City of Boerne v. Flores|work=Federal Judicial Center|access-date=March 18, 2025}}</ref> Many states, including the state of [[Utah]], have legalized peyote usage with "sincere religious intent", or within a religious organization,{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}} regardless of race.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.utcourts.gov/opinions/supopin/mooney062204.htm |title=State v. Mooney |publisher=utcourts.gov |access-date=5 October 2012}}</ref> Synthetic mescaline, but not mescaline derived from cacti, was officially decriminalized in the state of Colorado by ballot measure Proposition 122 in November 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_Proposition_122,_Decriminalization_and_Regulated_Access_Program_for_Certain_Psychedelic_Plants_and_Fungi_Initiative_(2022) | title=Colorado Proposition 122, Decriminalization and Regulated Access Program for Certain Psychedelic Plants and Fungi Initiative (2022) }}</ref>

While mescaline-containing cacti of the genus ''[[Echinopsis]]'' are technically controlled substances under the [[Controlled Substances Act]], they are commonly sold publicly as [[ornamental plant]]s.<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Gupta RC |title=Veterinary Toxicology: Basic and Clinical Principles |date=2018 |publisher=Academic Press |isbn=9780123704672 |pages=363–390 |edition=Third }}</ref>