so i am down in CA visiting family, and there are opuntia EVERYWHERE (there are even two HUGE ones in my moms' back yard) i remember reading somewhere that they can contain mescaline and dmt, and some species were even used as an ayahuasca admixture.

as such i was wondering how i could identify the species of opuntia (i know i have seem at least 3 different species [possibly different cultivars, but they seemed quite different]) so that i know which ones are worth playing around with.

i dont have access to a camera yet, but plan on doing some family photography fairly soon, so i can update with pics probably this coming week. but it would be nice to know what parts of the cacti to take pics of.

It might not be worth your time, no dmt has ever been found in it to my knowledge and mescaline has only been found in very low amounts in a couple of species.