he ethical ideas surrounding the hallucinogenic plants. Furthermore, it is also important it is also important to have a brief understanding of how the plants work in order to be able to successfully compare the two cultures' use of their plants.
             There are many different types of hallucinogenic plants that provide many different types of effects. Most of these plants can be found in Mexico and South America, with the exception of Asia, that has a scarce few. As sited by Nevill Drury, the author of Shamanism, the hallucinations brought on by the plants are generally thought to come from the "alkaloids, resins, glucosides, and essential oils found in the leaves, bark, stem, flowers, sap, roots, or seeds of the plants" (61). This is a general list of what is in the hallucinogenic plants that cause their effects. A more in-depth explanation of how Peyote and Duboisia Hopwoodii, are used by the two cultures being examined, will be discussed later in the text.
             The hunter-gatherer Aborigines of Australia will be the first culture
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