Edward Helmore, "‘White people shouldn’t mess with it’: Native American church laments psychedelic cactus shortage" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/11/white-people-shouldnt-mess-with-it-native-american-church-laments-psychedelic-cactus-shortage

« [A] growing number of western spiritual seekers dabbling in psychedelics are accused of causing a shortage of the plant that produces mescaline.

Experts warned last week of a shortage of peyote, a sacred cactus used by Native Americans in religious rituals, which produces the hallucinogenic drug and only grows in limited range across south-western US and northern Mexico. They blame a psychedelic renaissance taking off in wealthy western societies, as well as overharvesting and land development. »

Kicks my inner Eric Cartman into overdrive.