LSD as an Illegal Drug Because of its hallucinatory properties, LSD was widely adopted by the hippy culture of the

1960's, who claimed it led to higher states of consciousness and helped them search for religious enlightenment. The Beatles' even wrote a song ('Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds') which allegedly describes the psychedelic effects of LSD. " Picture yourself in a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade sky, Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly, a girl with kaleidoscope eyes. Cellophane flowers of yellow and green towering over your head. Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes and she's gone. Lucy in the Sky with diamonds..."

Peyote: The top of the peyote cactus, also referred to as the crown, consists of disc-shaped buttons that are cut from the roots and dried. These buttons are generally chewed or soaked in water to produce an intoxicating liquid. The hallucinogenic dose of mescaline is about 0.3 to 0.5 grams, and its effects last about 12 hours. Because the extract is so bitter, some individuals prefer to prepare a tea by boiling the cacti for several hours.

Psilocybin mushrooms
[edit]Inspiration

for Super Mario powerup

One legend that is popular among both the drug and video gaming subcultures is that the mushroom powerup in Super Mario games is actually based on psilocybin mushrooms. However, there is no evidence to back up that claim. According to Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of the Super Mario series, it was inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, a story in which eating specific mushrooms cause one to change size. In fact, Miyamoto decided to call it a "Super Mushroom" instead of a "Magic Mushroom" in part to avoid the likely association with the psychedelic variety, which often goes by the [110][111] latter nickname. However, the mushrooms depicted in the game (white circles on red caps) have a similar appearance to Amanita muscaria, which has hallucinogenic properties, though is quite distinct [112] from psilocybin mushrooms ("magic mushrooms"). There is debate over whether Lewis Carroll intended to draw an allusion to psilocybin mushrooms or Amanita muscaria in his book.

Morning glory is the common name for over 1,000 species of flowering plants in the family Convolvulaceae

Ipomoea aquatica, known as water spinach, water morning glory, water convolvulus, ong-choy, kangkung, or swamp cabbage, is popularly used as a green vegetable,