Across the US, a growing number of states and cities are moving to legalize and regulate therapeutic psychedelic use. That includes Oregon, where licensed clinics can administer psilocybin — the ...

Ayahuasca, a powerful psychoactive brew originating from the Amazon rainforest, has captivated the attention of scientists, ...

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Gaddy and Jhoselyn describe ayahuasca as a plant medicine, made when two ingredients (Banisteriopsis caapi vine and the hallucinogenic plant Psychotria viridis) are combined to form a tea, often ...

Curious about ayahuasca? With a name that literally means "the vine of death,” this Amazonian brew is not a simple recreational psychedelic trip, so be warned about that reality from the start ...

Last year, a study of DMT, ayahuasca’s vision-inducing component, showed that the compound actually alters brain waves, inducing a state that researchers described as “dreaming while awake.” ...

Ayahuasca, also known as yage, is a blend of the ayahuasca vine and the chacruna shrub containing dimethyltryptamine or DMT: a hallucinogen. It is created by macerating and boiling the components.

“Ayahuasca is penetrating American society, and its highly successful people, way more than any other psychedelic,” says Rick Doblin, founder and president of the Multidisciplinary Association ...

Ayahuasca represents itself in different ways to me, sometimes as an anaconda or a series of continually moving tentacles, opaque and luminous, moving the air around.

Ayahuasca has long been used for indigenous healing and spiritual rituals. Now, a Brazilian clinical trial has confirmed that this psychoactive drink can help those with even severe depression.