They also included, in the mid-1900s, the powerful psychedelic compound lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD, that is still being studied and has been widely used as an illegal recreational drug. (sciencedaily.com)
John Halpern, a research psychiatrist at Harvard, says he suspects that psychedelic compounds such as LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline stimulate «a center in the brain that is involved in spirituality.» (discovermagazine.com)
Like the classic psychedelic compounds LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin, DMT resembles neurotransmitters such as serotonin. (discovermagazine.com)