He called it a hair tonic, feds called it illegal, but the name is 'ayahuasca'

[teach1st]

He called it a hair tonic, feds called it illegal, but the name is ‘ayahuasca’
Tampa Bay Times, 7/7/2017

TAMPA — One afternoon in late November, security personnel at Tampa International Airport noticed something peculiar in a baggage X-ray: four one-liter bottles wrapped in plastic, each with a broken seal, holding a brown liquid with the consistency of mud.
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The South American brew is a mixture of two plants that contain a substance called DMT — or dimethyltryptamine — which, when ingested, causes psychedelic sensations. Native people of the Amazon basin have used it for hundreds of years as a spiritual medicine in religious ceremonies.

In the United States, DMT is illegal. But its relative scarcity in North America, and its connection to genuine religious practices, makes it difficult for the government to treat it the same as common narcotics.

"To my knowledge, there has never been a successful prosecution of an ayahuasca case in the United States," said Charles Grob, a professor of psychiatry and bio behavioral sciences at the University of California-Los Angeles.

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[BigmanPigman]

1. I guess that more people will be bringing it into the US

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for "religious practices". Works for me. LSD was legal as a tool for psychiatrists to use in therapy sessions...same sort of thing.

[teach1st]

2. Definitely not a party drug

But than neither are any psychedelics I know about. I never knew much about ecstasy.

And, yes, some psychedelics appear to be quite useful in therapy and as departure points for spiritual journeys.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Definitely not for partying unless tons of vomiting

is considered fun. I have read about it a bit and it is a very serious and effective practice if you have the right, experienced people with you to guide you through the process.