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 ...

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Ayahuasca is a potent hallucinogenic brew that has been used by shamans, or healers, in the Amazon for centuries for medical and spiritual purposes. It is one of the strongest psychedelic drugs in ...

As a result, the practices took root with Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities living in South America. These adaptations can provide a road map to approach ayahuasca with the appropriate ...