Journal of Travel Medicine

A Hallucinogenic Tea, Laced With Controversy. Ayahuasca in the Amazon and the United States

Journal of Travel Medicine July 1, 2009 Marlene Dobkin De Rios, Roger Rumrrill 48 citations

One country's sacrament is another's illicit drug, as officials in South America and the United States are well aware. For centuries, a hallucinogenic tea made from a giant vine native to the Amazonian rainforest has been taken as a religious sacrament across several cultures in South America. Many spiritual leaders, shamans, and their followers consider the tea and its main component -...