Peyote cactus - Door to Mescalito

[elessarGObonzo]

Is the Lophophora williamsii cactus ilegal in the U.S.? I've never heard of anyone getting charged for possession or any eradication attempts out in the desert. If not illegal how can I order some starter plants/seeds/bulbs, whatever it takes to grow them?

[trptamene]

from erowid:

U.S. FEDERAL LEGAL SUMMARY
Lophophora williamsii
REGULATED Yes
STATUS Scheduled
SCHEDULE Schedule I
CLASSIFICATION Hallucinogen

Peyote (lophophora williamsii) is Schedule I in the United States. This means it is illegal to manufacture, buy, possess, or distribute (sell, trade or give) without a DEA license.

The CSA states:
(22) Peyote Meaning all parts of the plant presently classified botanically as Lophophora williamsii Lemaire, whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, any extract from any part of such plant, and every compound, manufacture, salts, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant, its seeds or extracts (Interprets 21 USC 812(c), Schedule I(c) (12))

swiy should familiarize themself with the vaults of erowid, a lot of time the information they are looking for is right there;

one should at least check into this before starting a d-f thread. and even then, it may have already been covered here. there is a whole forum for "law & order".

http://erowid.org/plants/peyote/peyote_law.shtml

[Bajeda]

Well thats settled then.