Mescalin

I found the reading of The Doors of Perception to be very interesting! To be quite honest, I have never heard of the drug Mescalin before so this chapter was very educating for me to hear his experience. In my opinion Huxley was a very brave man to want to experience the effects of Mescalin. I never would have thought that Mescalin comes from a desert cactus. According to Huxley when you take Mescalin it cuts the sugar off from the brain. When this happens you start to experience different things like colors which are at a higher power and causes you to see artwork differently. It was interesting to hear that Huxley visited the World's Biggest Drug Store while on Mescalin. What an experience that would be? Who would have ever thought that Mescalin and Schizophrenic are closely related. Interesting relation that Huxley makes at the end of the chapter about drinking and smoking. How harmful they are to a human being not only health harmful but also personally harmful to the individual. According to Huxley Mescalin does not have any effects that alcohol does. Alcohol causes you to have a hang over the next morning possible traffic accidents, and smoking causes lung cancer and addiction. Mescalin has none of these side effects.
I can't even imagine the different state of mind one would have after consuming Mescalin, but after reading about Huxley's experiences it doesn't sound all that bad!