The world's only psychedelic animal lives in a cartel zone

Boing Boing reports that the Sonoran Desert toad is the only animal known to produce a psychedelic compound—five-MeO-D-M-T, which users call the God molecule. Since these toads exist only in Sonora, Mexico, every gram of "toad medicine" sold comes from that single region. The toad's unique biology creates an exclusive geographic source for this naturally-derived substance.

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