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Ayahuasca church leader randomly assaults sleeping United passenger in bloody mid-flight beating, feds say
A former leader of an ayahuasca church in Florida is facing criminal charges over accusations he randomly sucker punched a ...
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DEA Sanctions Religious Use Of Ayahuasca But Refuses Psilocybin For Cancer Patients' Pain Relief
Some churches, like the CEC, use it for its sacred religious rituals. Ayahuasca, which has gained popularity over the past decade including among celebrities, is classified as a Schedule I drug.
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Duke Scholar Explores A Potent Brew of Religion, Ritual and Psychedelic Drugs
Religious studies instructor Larissa Carneiro has followed her romantic and academic heart to Durham and then back to Brazil to study the ayahuasca-embracing Church of Santo Daime, “Saint Give Me” “To ...
Indigenous Groups Seek to Regain Control Over Ayahuasca Use
From January 25 to 30, 207 members of 34 ethnic groups from Brazil and seven other countries (Colombia, Peru, Mexico, ...
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Inside the Hidden World of Jaguars
It contained “la medicina,” a syrupy brown decoction of chacruna leaves and ayahuasca vines boiled down for two days and then decanted into old water bottles. At the start of the ceremony ...
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Ayahuasca: the mysterious plant behind the Amazon’s spiritual tourism
Growing numbers of tourists are travelling to the Peruvian Amazon to drink ayahuasca, a traditional plant medicine said to bring about a higher state of consciousness. Foreigners come looking for ...