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Indigenous Colombians fear losing their hallucinogenic brews
- vvvij 7y agoEur*poids ruining things since ever.
- Gene5ive 7y agoA 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.
- snvzz 7y agoAnd LSD and so many other safe (relative to e.g. alcohol) psychotropics are still illegal, all because of some moral panic decades ago.