Posted by admin • Category: Law, Syncretic Movements & Ayahuasca Religions
This paper explores some of the philosophical and policy implications of contemporary ayahuasca use. It addresses the issue of the social construction of ayahuasca as a medicine, a sacrament and a “plant teacher.” Issues of harm reduction with respect to ayahuasca use are explored, but so too is the corollary notion of “benefit maximization.”
Tags: benefit maximization, religious freedom
Posted by admin • Category: Law, News
An update on the interactions between the União do Vegetal and US Supreme Court by Matthew Meyer.
Tags: legal, udv, União do Vegetal, US Supreme Court
Posted by Steve Beyer • Category: Law, News
By Steve Beyer
There has been a lot of confusion about the current legal status of ayahuasca in the United States since the Supreme Court decided the União do Vegetal case two years ago. This post attempts to shed some light on the subject in the context of earlier cases involving peyote, the Native American Church, and other claims of religious exemption from the Controlled Substances Act.
Tags: Controlled Substances Act, dimethyltryptamine, DMT, hoasca, law, Native American Church, peyote, Supreme Court, União do Vegetal
