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<titration slug="erowid-dose-oral-hcl" author="erowid-claude"
title="Oral dose ladder (Erowid, mescaline HCl)">
Erowid's dosage documentation for oral mescaline hydrochloride<ref
name="erowid-mescaline-dose">Erowid. Mescaline Dosage. Erowid.org.
https://www.erowid.org/chemicals/mescaline/mescaline_dose.shtml.
Accessed 2026-05-25.</ref> reports the following tiers:
* '''Threshold:''' 100 mg
* '''Light:''' 100-200 mg
* '''Common:''' 200-300 mg
* '''Strong:''' 300-500 mg
* '''Heavy:''' 500-700 mg
Onset 45 to 60 minutes after oral ingestion; peak at approximately
4 hours; duration 4 to 8 hours with aftereffects 2 to 4 hours. These
tiers are for the hydrochloride salt. Mescaline sulfate requires
approximately 11% more material by weight for equivalent effect;
freebase mescaline requires approximately 15% less. Mescaline content
varies widely across cactus species and individuals, making precise
dose estimation from plant material unreliable.
</titration>
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Oral dose ladder (Erowid, mescaline HCl)0
Erowid's dosage documentation for oral mescaline hydrochloride[1] reports the following tiers:
  • Threshold: 100 mg
  • Light: 100-200 mg
  • Common: 200-300 mg
  • Strong: 300-500 mg
  • Heavy: 500-700 mg

Onset 45 to 60 minutes after oral ingestion; peak at approximately 4 hours; duration 4 to 8 hours with aftereffects 2 to 4 hours. These tiers are for the hydrochloride salt. Mescaline sulfate requires approximately 11% more material by weight for equivalent effect; freebase mescaline requires approximately 15% less. Mescaline content varies widely across cactus species and individuals, making precise

dose estimation from plant material unreliable.

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Structure of mescaline
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5HT1a
Pendell's corner
A lot of poison. To get the medicine.
— Dale Pendell, Pharmako/Gnosis, p. 108
  1. Erowid. Mescaline Dosage. Erowid.org. https://www.erowid.org/chemicals/mescaline/mescaline_dose.shtml. Accessed 2026-05-25.