0 a type of cactus (= a desert plant), part of which can be taken as a drug that makes you hallucinate (= see things that do not exist) or the drug itself --
For years the government has been debating the subject of peyote use.
Peyote is a psychoactive substance that is found on a cactus and it is used for healing practices and in religious ceremony.
But there was no evidence that religious use of peyote actually harmed anyone.
In her desire to understand the peyote hunt, she, along with her informants took peyote.
Hallucinogenic medicines (such as peyote) will sometimes be used to aid in the quest.
Some of the prescriptions would be for clearly recreational drugs, such as peyote buttons, that would not be available in a pharmacy.
Most have religious significance and many are influenced by visions which occur during peyote rituals.
It can only be done with an even number of beads but is easily done in either flat or tubular peyote.