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The wild, gripping story of the psychedelic secreted by desert toads
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Facebook Threads X / Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn Reddit Email Print S-MeO-DMT is a psychedelic made from secretions of the Sonoran desert toad Yana Iskayeva/Getty Images The Ego Trip Kimon de Greef, White Rabbit (UK); Doubleday (US) If you have heard tales of 5-MeO-DMT, the psychedelic substance secreted by desert toads, then chances are it is due to one man. The Ego Trip tells the story of physician Octavio Rettig Hinojosa, who popularised the use of this intense drug, claiming it could treat addiction and trauma.
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