A hallucinogenic tea, laced with controversy : ayahuasca in the Amazon and the United States /

A hallucinogenic tea, laced with controversy : ayahuasca in the Amazon and the United States /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dobkin de Rios, Marlene
Other Authors: Rumrrill, Róger
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
Subjects:
Ayahuasca > Psychotropic effects.
Banisteriopsis > South America.
Banisteriopsis > United States.
Hallucinogens > South America.
Hallucinogens > United States.
Drug and Narcotic Control > history > South America.
Drug and Narcotic Control > history > United States.
Ethnopharmacology > South America.
Ethnopharmacology > United States.
Plant Preparations > therapeutic use > South America.
Plant Preparations > therapeutic use > United States.
Shamanism > history > South America.
Shamanism > history > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Native use of ayahuasca
  • Drug tourism
  • The new shamans
  • The União de Vegetal and the U.S. Supreme Court
  • Globalization and the future of ayahuasca.