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Indigenous Colombians fear losing their hallucinogenic brews

7 pointsby fmihailaalmost 6 years ago

2 comments

Gene5ivealmost 6 years ago
A disappointing development. I drank this brew in a ceremony elsewhere from indigenous grounds and it had a profound effect on me. It is a psychotherapeutic treasure beyond all reckoning. One's perceived identity does not have to be "hippie" or anything else in order to find it helpful and edifying. Hopefully this tradition has a future that can include all who need it while be respectful of the culture that developed it.
snvzzalmost 6 years ago
And LSD and so many other safe (relative to e.g. alcohol) psychotropics are still illegal, all because of some moral panic decades ago.