Article – Doubleblind: Indigenous Nations Issue Urgent Call to Protect Ayahuasca

The commercialization of ayahuasca by business interests purveying the psychedelic for financial gain must end, a coalition of leaders from 30 Indigenous nations has declared. After the fifth Indigenous Ayahuasca Conference in late January, held in Taraucá, Acre, Brazil — the Amazonian home of the Yawanawa nation — governments, NGOs, research institutes, and businesses were called on to respect […]