AYAHUASCA
UNDERSTAND THIS ENTHEOGEN
Ayahuasca can be beneficial for depression, addiction, anxiety, and PTSD. It shows benefits to creativity, openness, and spiritual growth.
Ayahuasca brew is a modulation of DMT with MAOI and over 4,000 plant combinations are similar to ayahuasca. It has been used as a treatment in Brazilian prison population shown to reduce recidivism.
Over 75 indigenous groups in the Amazonian basin consider ayahuasca a sacred “plant teacher” or “one who offers knowledge”.
Ayahuasca is a decoction of the Amazonian vine Banisteriopsis caapi. Its chemical ingredients are known as harmalines. Some ethnic and religious groups add the Psychotria viridis plant to ayahuasca, which has visionary effects and whose active component is dimethyltryptamine (DMT).
The word “ayahuasca” is a Quechua term composed of two words: aya, which means “corpse, dead, dead human body” and waskha, which means “rope, cord, braided or twisted wire.” Thus, it has commonly been translated as “the vine of the dead” or “the rope of the dead.” From Iceers.com
The Effects of Ayahuasca
DMT is a 5-HT2A serotonergic receptor agonist and its effects are described as being similarly to those of the so-called “classical psychedelics” (LSD, psilocybin, mescaline). DMT, when not administered in combination with MAOIs and taken intravenously or smoked, produces intense and immediate effects, including:
- An immersive experience
- Intense visual phenomena with both open and closed eyes
- Kaleidoscopic visions
- Changes in time perception
- Alteration of auditory perception
- Profound and spiritual, as well as terrifying, experiences
- Experience of contact with entities
The effects produced by ayahuasca can include:
- Perceptual and cognitive changes
- Distortion of temporal perception
- Visions with eyes open and closed
- Increase in associative thinking
- Introspection
- Increase in autobiographical memories
- Mood elevation
- Profound and spiritual experiences
- Experiences of anxiety, fear and even terror
- Experiences of contact with entities or spirits
Legal Status of Ayahuasca
Ayahuasca is illegal under federal law because it typically contains DMT, a Schedule I substance. However, some religious groups have been granted the right to use ayahuasca for rituals by federal courts.
The federal government also considers tribal land sovereign and able to self-govern, so you should be fine to try this compound as long as you are on their land. In addition, there are a few states where ayahuasca has been decriminalized, including Oregon and Washington, and certain cities in California or Michigan as well. It is likely that other communities will legalize the compound in the near future!
That’s where Decriminalize Nature comes in!
We are working tirelessly around the country to decriminalize ayahuasca and other entheogens and promoting the grow – gather – gift model for sharing nature’s bounties.