Ayahuasca Legal Status: Sofia Machado Ferreira Lus Filipe Belmonte dos Santos
Dive into the uncertain legal status surrounding Ayahuasca, touching on the perspectives of Sofia Machado Ferreira Lus and Filipe Belmonte dos Santos. Explore the complexities and nuances of its legality and cultural significance.
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Ayahuasca Uncertain Legal Status Sofia Machado Ferreira Lu s Filipe Belmonte dos Santos
Produced, Distributed and Consumed at a Global scale with different Uses and Motivations: Traditional (ethnomedicine and shamanism of indigenous Amazonian tribes) Neo-shamanic contexts (personal growth and development, spiritual connection) Religious: Syncretic Churches like Barquinha/ Santo Daime/ Uni o do Vegetal Globalization of Ayahuasca
Botanical Sources of Ayahuasca Ayahuasca ( the vine of the soul ) is the most common name for a preparation made from a combination of plants found in South America: other names include Hoasca, Yag , Daime and La Purga. Its psychoactivity depends on a synergy between two classes of active constituents (Grob et al., 1996; Mckenna, 2004; McKenna & Riba, 2015). The leaf contains the hallucinogen, N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) which is not not orally active, due to inactivation by peripheral Monoamine Oxidase (MAO) in the digestive system. DMT can be rendered orally active by co-administration with an MAO inhibitor as the harmine and other -carboline alkaloids, which Banisteriopsis contains. 1- Banisteriopsis caapi 2 - Psychotria viridis
UN CONVENTION ON PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES 1971
INCB INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) is an independent, quasi-judicial expert body established by the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 that monitors and supports Government s compliance with International drug control treaties. https://www.incb.org/
LEGAL STATUS OF AYAHUASCA ACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN UE COUNTRIES (Hor k, Nov k & Woz ryov , 2017) DL 15/93 de 22/01 Tabela II-A
Lack of Knowledge=Possibility of: a) States ignoring the statement that the traditional psychoactive plants are international law, because DMT is a banned substance; legal according to Implications for Policy, Decision Makers and Law Enforcers b) Belief that the plants are illegal and contain pure DMT; c) Criminalization of legitimate cultural practices because they take place outside of their socio- cultural context (Sanchez & Bouzo, 2015); The whole (Brew) is legitimate but the part (DMT) is not d) Ignoring scientific studies and the absence of known risks for public safety, individual health and wellfare, provided that some precautions are taken; e) Ignoring the right to religious freedom conquered by religious organizations through legal acquitals when their practices turn into criminal justice issues ( countries where religious uses are permited and regulated: Brazil, Canada, Netherlands, USA)
a) Acute physiological and subjective effects are relatively benign, and adults with over a decade s worth of regular use in the UDV retain normal neurocognitive functioning (Callaway et al., 1999; Grob et al., 1996); b) Relative absence of psychopathology in adult members of SD (Halpern, Sherwood, Passie, Blackwell, & Ruttenber, 2008); c) Adolescents in the UDV for 2 years show normal psychiatric and neuropsychological profiles, absence of excessive drug use, and normal development of moral decision-making (da Silveira et al., 2005; Dobkin de Rios et al., 2005; Doering- Silveira, Grob, et al., 2005; Doering-Silveira, Lopez, et al., 2005); d) No signs of deleterious medical and social consequences were found in long-term SD and Barquinha members (F bregas et al., 2010). e) Improvements in measures of mental health and physical pain 6 months after beginning to attend SD and UDV ceremonies, respectively (Barbosa, Cazorla, Giglio, & Strassman, 2009). f) Data corroborated and contextualized by a plethora of ethnographic studies that attest to the healthy and functional nature of these communities (Brissac, 2010; MacRae, 1992; Mercante, 2010). Biomedical Data from Studies made among Brazilian religions members (Editorial IJDP, 23, 2012, 173-175
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