What is San Pedro, the exotic hallucinogen that Pity Alvarez took in the previous night's criminal

According to witnesses who shared with Pity Álvarez the moments before the murder of Cristian Díaz July 10 – two days before the crime – e the musician consumed a badtail narcotic base paste, morphine, clonazepam and San Pedro .

The first three, known to the general public, do not generate too many questions about their origin and their effects. It is the fourth, however, the most "exotic".

Under this familiar name, lies the cactus Echinopsis pachanoi, only as the peyote is source of the psychoactive substance mescalina . Its use is ancestral: there are thousands of years, the original peoples of Peru and Ecuador used them in their religious ceremonies

Preparation and effects

To prepare it, one extracts and Dry the green shell of the cactus conservation At the time of taking, take a piece of 14 to 50 grams, depending on the intensity of the desired effect and boil it for six or seven hours to prepare an infusion that you drink after you have filtered it.

One to four hours after ingestion, unpleasant side effects usually occur, including dizziness, nausea, vomiting, sweating, palpitations, and extreme anxiety.

After this phase, the hallucinogenic effect of mescaline comes into play, of which we feel a general feeling of euphoria accompanied by distortion of sensory perceptions, synesthesia-interference of the senses, as experimenting sounds through the sight – and, sometimes, visions.

On average, a "trip" of mescaline can last between eight and 10 hours although at higher doses the effects can last up to 18 hours. hours.