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On the Use ofTagetes lucida andNicotiana rustica as a Huichol smoking mixture: the Aztec “Yahutli” with suggestive hallucinogenic effects

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Supported in part by Grant MH23880-02 from N.I.M.H. and by Centro Mexicano de Estudios en Farmacodependencia (Mexico).

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Diaz, J.L., Collings, P.R. & Siegel, R.K. On the Use ofTagetes lucida andNicotiana rustica as a Huichol smoking mixture: the Aztec “Yahutli” with suggestive hallucinogenic effects. Econ Bot 31, 16–23 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02860647

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