San Pedro cacti to crystal white Mescaline (easy extraction no tea)

[lbsNkeys]

San Pedro is the name of a cactus that contains Mescaline which is a very hallucinogenic substance. San Pedro is a legal cactus to buy, own, and grow. Many people buy the cactus and boil it down into a disgusting tea which cannot be stored very long. Dosage with this tea is also nearly impossible to predict you may boil a cactus all day and struggle to drink the tea only to find you did not consume an active dose. I have done an easy acid base extraction of the San Pedro cactus to yield nearly pure white Mescaline crystals that anyone could replicate. With these crystals you can use erowid to accurately dose your Mescaline trip. You can also use capsules to have pre measured doses for later use. There is no longer a need to drink that nasty tea that gives you a belly ach. Here is how to extract mescaline crystals from your San Pedro cactus:

Note: This is not a synthesis or dangerious like meth its a simple a/b extraction that myself and other friends have done safely and succesfully.


Item's needed:

1.at least 2 glass or HDPE(should show a triangular recycle symbol with a 2 inside of it somewhere on the bottom) plastic jugs or jars. HDPE is preferred because strong lye solutions will etch glass and cause it to break eventually. I know first hand.

2. RedDevil brand lye

3. Muriatic acid (HCL or hydrochloric acid)

4. Acetone

5. Xylene

6. turkey baster

7. a glass or stainless steel funnel

8. cotton balls

9. Gloves, long sleaves, goggles(I didn't but its basic if you have ever been in a lab even in elementary and it makes you look smart)


all easy to get items (use NO aluminum)

You should not use any type of open flame at any point during this extraction.(no smoking!)
Use adequate ventilation at all times.(open window with fan in it and a fan in the room)

Step: 1

Preparing your cactus
You'll want to begin with dry powdered cactus if you can. You can dry slices of cactus in the oven with low heat and then use a coffee grinder to powderize it.
NOTEI've experience a severe reaction to breathing the powder. It screws up my sinuses for a week or two. I'd suggest using a face mask to prevent it being inhaled. Also I have noticed irritation to the eyes if the dust comes in contact with them. Be careful.

Step: 2

Extracting
Prepare a solution of lye water by slowly mixing together 1 TBS of lye for every pint(8 TBS/gallon) of cold water that you think you'll need to completely cover your dry cactus. This will produce a little heat so don't be alarmed. Just swirl it around slowly as you add the lye a little at a time. This is what I will refer to as base or basic water.
Note: It is important to add lye very slowly to water if you add it to fast it will spark. Take as long as you need add a tiny bit at a time. The water will fizz let it calm down and add some more. Aslo make sure to swirl it around so the lye mixes well. This is very safe to do as long as its done slowly.

Next add you dry cactus powder(100grams of powder in each gallon jug was used for this extraction). Mix the contents thoroughly to ensure that you expose all of the powder to the basic water.
Now add about a pint or so of xylene to the mix. You want enough of a layer to be able to draw off the xylene with the turkey baster later. Shake it all up and let it sit for an hour.
If after an hour you can see that the xylene layer is separating back out, fine, if not, add a little more pre-made basic water and check again.
Now shake it back up and put it away for 24 hours (every second of it).
24 hours later, you want to draw off the xylene so now you need to use the turkey baster to suck it up and put it in a new jar(a mason jar works fine). You don't want any of the water from beneath the xylene to come with it.

Step: 3

Salting
Now you want to mix your acid water in order to dilute it to the proper strength you want. Be very careful not to breath the vapors that come out of the bottle when you open it. HCL comes very strong and it will burn you.

You want to add approximately 4-8 drops of HCL acid to 1.5 cups of water.
Slowly add this acid water to the xylene while gently swirling the liquids around in the jar. Add just enough to make a half inch or so layer beneath the xylene.

Don't worry that you won't get all of the goods because the xylene is going back into the extraction bottle and you'll get another shot at what you missed before. Put the lid on the jar and shake it all up. Wait a few minutes and shake again.

Once it has returned completely to a separated state loosen the lid on the jar and place it in the freezer. You want the bottom layer(the acid water) to now freeze solid. The xylene will not freeze. Once the water is frozen, work quickly and pour the xylene back into the extraction bottle.

With the water still frozen solid, pour in a little warm water and swirl around and discard quickly. This helps get rid of a little more residual xylene. The rest will evaporate later.

Repeat the extraction and salting steps 4 to 6 times to get all of the goodies. You can reuse the xylene over and over again.

Step: 4

Evaporating
Now thaw out the water and put it in you evaporation dish. A large flat bottomed pyrex dish works best. Using heat(heating pad beneath the dish) or not, fan dry it to evaporate the water from the dish. This may take some time depending on how much water you used.

Once all of this is dry you will see a crystalline residue left on the dish.
Scrape it off with a razor blade. It will be a brownish powder.
This powder can be used as is but the next step is easy and will give you a much
purer product. And it will be white.

Step 5:


Cleaning
Put a cotton ball in the spout end of your funnel so that it can filter.
Mix some acetone with your extracted alkaloids. I use a mason jar so that I can swirl it around easily. You want to get every piece of mescaline washed with acetone, so mix it in good.
Next, pour it into the funnel with a clean dry jar to catch the liquids. Use acetone to wash loose needles, that remain in the jar, into the funnel.
You will notice some color draining through with the acetone. Wash like this with fresh acetone until little to no more color is draining through. Put the funnel somewhere to dry.
Once all acetone smell is gone from the funnel and it's contents you need to pour some hot water into it with it positioned over the evaporation dish. The hot water will dissolve the crystals and allow them to flow through the cotton into the dish.
Evaporate as before. The resulting crystals will be considerably whiter and more pure. This is not only for aesthetics, but also it makes for more accurate dosing.
You can put this powder in capsules to facilitate simple dosing with pre-measured amounts in each capsule. Look to www.erowid.com for dosing guidelines.

[Bleezie_King]

pics maybe?

[darbb]

pic's please.....

[Full Melt]

I am verrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyy interested in this but there should deffinetly be pics.

I want to make mescaline because it is so hard to find but am nervous about sulfiric acid.

Im guessing you can use peyote to the same effect.

[Full Melt]

also where do i get the lye and pretty much everything else.

[Axlegear]

DO NOT use Red Devil lye. You do NOT want that in your body.

Buy some actual, pure lye. It should be at any hobby lobby and most arts and crafts stores. Also look for sites online that sell to soap makers. That's where I get mine (for soap)


Red Devil used in soap has lead to many an accidental chemical burn. Plus it contains leftover junk that probably isn't healthy ingested, if it's not healthy /on the skin/.

[lbsNkeys]

I have relisted everything needed and where to get it:


1.at least 2 glass or HDPE- Get from the hardware store

2. RedDevil brand lye- Get from the hardware store or photo shops

3. Muriatic acid (HCL or hydrochloric acid)- Get from the hardware store (drain cleaner section)

4. Acetone- Get from the hardware store

5. Xylene- Get from the hardware store

6. turkey baster- Wally world

7. a glass or stainless steel funnel- wally world

8. cotton balls- pharmacy

9. Gloves, long sleaves, goggles- wally world, hobby shop

[MrDude]

Originally Posted by Axlegear

DO NOT use Red Devil lye. You do NOT want that in your body.

Buy some actual, pure lye. It should be at any hobby lobby and most arts and crafts stores. Also look for sites online that sell to soap makers. That's where I get mine (for soap)


Red Devil used in soap has lead to many an accidental chemical burn. Plus it contains leftover junk that probably isn't healthy ingested, if it's not healthy /on the skin/.

I was under the impression that red devil lye was discontinued, but I guess I'm wrong?

Doing this extraction, it really would not matter if you used red devil lye - its cleaned out in the final purification step.

[dankrighteous]

Google up videos on how to do this. It's everywhere.