Hitting the Reset Button: Ceremonial Use of Peyote and Experiences of Personal Change
Journal of Drug Issues August 22, 2024 Heith Copes, Andrew Hochstetler, Jared Ragland et al. 3 citations
Our aim is to understand how those who use peyote in a naturalistic setting discuss it changed their lives and to what they attribute this change. To do this, we draw on data from a photo-ethnography of people who attended peyote ceremonies in rural Northcentral Alabama. Broadly, we found that participants discussed four core areas of change: reduced drug and alcohol misuse, new perspectives on...