The authors examine folk psychiatry among Native American Church members from an enthnopharmacologic viewpoint. Alcohol and opiate abuse among Indian and non-Indian are presented in case histories proving to be asymptomatic under Indian guidance and through participation in the peyote ritual. The biochemical alkaloids common in the peyote cactus, rather than just the psychoactive substances...
(1976). Ethnopsychedelic Therapy for Alcoholics: Observations In the Peyote Ritual of the Native American Church. Journal of Psychedelic Drugs: Vol. 8, Innovative Approached to Drug Abuse Treatment, pp. 215-221.