Canterbury Mornings

A Christchurch man selling sections of a giant cactus is angry he's been labelled a drug pusher.Jonny Small posted the 30-year-old San Pedro succulent on a Christchurch Facebook Page for more than $1200 but is selling it off in sections.The plant was about three metres wide and two storeys tall. The cactus produces the Class A drug, mescaline, and it has seen Small bombarded with negative feedback.He told Chris Lynch he's had interest from hundreds of buyers including some overseas but he's not a drug pusher."It was about people having to have a piece of this plant to regrow so the genetics of this plant just lives on." He is adamant he's weeding out who has the right intentions for the rare plant, and does not want to sell it to drug dealers. "I have as look at people's Facebook profiles, do a bit of research, make it very clear that I won't give them any address of where it was or anything like that."Small says he's had hundreds of people wanting to buy including some from overseas.However, that is preventi