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Aldous Huxley and The Doors of Perception

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  Aldous Huxley and The Doors of Perception
  Throughout history, drugs have been used in many different ways for many different purposes. Heroin and other narcotics were once widely used for medicinal purposes. Alcoholic beverages were once simply social drinks for special occasions. Most hallucinogens were once only used for spiritual purposes. Despite the obvious differences in these drugs, there is one thing they all have in common; they are all, in one way or another, associated with the scum of the earth and, more specifically, the decay of Western Society. Mescaline is no exception to this assertion. ...Mescaline can come from the Peyote cactus, which is found in Northern Mexico and Texas.....