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Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Shedding Light on Two Blind Spots in Harm Reduction Discourse
Drug and Alcohol Review, Volume 45, Issue 6, September 2026.ABSTRACT Harm reduction policies aim to reduce drug‐related harms. This has historically involved providing tailored health services to people who use drugs to do so more safely. Social justice is another defining element of harm reduction. This component aims to reduce drug‐related stigma and minimise the social harms experienced by people who use ...
Simon Clay, Wayne Hall
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Good mother nature: Ayahuasca neoshamanism as cultural critique in Australia
, 2016 Introduction This chapter investigates the practice of ayahuasca neoshamanism in Australia and the ways in which narrative accounts of ecstatic healing are inscribed with forms of “cultural critique” (Marcus & Fischer, 1986) against urbanization ...
Gearin, Alex K.
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Ayahuasca, Pain, and Inflammation: A Systematic Review of Preclinical Studies
PsychoactivesPain is a protective mechanism that can be classified into acute and chronic types. Ayahuasca is a psychoactive brew rich in dimethyltryptamine or DMT (a 5-HT2A receptor agonist), and harmine (a monoamine-oxidase (MAO) inhibitor) used for religious and ...
Bianca Villanova +5 more
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The Power of Social Attribution: Perspectives on the Healing Efficacy of Ayahuasca
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 During the last decades, ayahuasca gained much popularity among non-Indigenous and out-of-Amazonia based populations. In popular culture, it has been advertised as a natural remedy that was discovered by Indigenous peoples ante millennia and that has ...
Bernd Brabec de Mori +1 more
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Developing World Bioethics, Volume 26, Issue 3, Page 212-226, September 2026.ABSTRACT Mental privacy is a growing concern as neurotechnologies and digital mental health tools collect and process sensitive brain‐related data. In South Africa, cultural and religious diversity adds complexity to protecting mental privacy, with traditional healing practices, communal decision‐making, and spiritual beliefs influencing mental health ...
Marietjie Botes +4 more
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Ayahuasca and cancer treatment
SAGE Open Medicine, 2013 Objectives: Comprehensively review the evidence regarding the use of ayahuasca, an Amerindian medicine traditionally used to treat many different illnesses and diseases, to treat some types of cancer. Methods: An in-depth review of the
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Otherwise Ayahuasca Expressions. Ritual Reinvention and Social Change in Ayahuasca Rituals
Studia ReligiologicaThis article examines a range of hybrid, artistic ayahuasca ritual formations that I define as otherwise ayahuasca expressions to engage with the question of ritual reinvention.
Piera Talin
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Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 2016 Objective: To conduct a systematic literature review of animal and human studies reporting anxiolytic or antidepressive effects of ayahuasca or some of its isolated alkaloids (dimethyltryptamine, harmine, tetrahydroharmine, and harmaline).
Rafael G. dos Santos +3 more
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Tourism, human–wildlife interactions, and wildlife trade in the globalizing Amazon
Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2026.Tourism in the globalizing Peruvian Amazon contributes to harmful human–wildlife interactions and the wildlife trade, with tourists participating in activities such as handling wildlife, taking selfies with animals, purchasing live animals, and wild meat consumption.
Christian J. Rivera +7 more
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Ayahuasca-turisme i Iquitos, Peru [PDF]
, 2014 This project examines the ayahuasca-tourism in Iquitos, Peru, and it aims at understanding what the tourists are looking for, when they search for this kind of experience.
Dalland, Rasmus Hage +1 more
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