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Peru Prosecutors Say Canadian Killed by Lynch Mob May Have Shot Ayahuasca Shaman
Locals in the Amazon appear to have taken justice into their own hands after a tourist was accused of killing a revered Indigenous healer.
Allison Tierney
5 hours ago
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Two Arrests Ordered After Lynch Mob Kills Canadian Man in Peru
Sebastian Woodroffe went to the Amazon to study plant medicine. Then he was accused of killing an ayahuasca shaman.
Allison Tierney
a day ago
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News
Canadian Lynched by Mob After Being Accused of Killing Peruvian Shaman
Here’s everything we know about the death of Sebastian Woodroffe.
Allison Tierney
2 days ago
Drugs
Drugs
Criminalization Makes It Harder to Study Ayahuasca, Scientists Say
It's an impediment to medical research on ayahuasca's potential to treat mental health disorders.
Victoria Chan
11.24.17
Drugs
Drugs
This Guy Makes Bootleg Ayahuasca from Traditional Japanese Herbs
A part-time "shaman" on the outskirts of Tokyo is offering hallucinatory experiences he hopes will help treat depression and spark innovation throughout Japan.
Justin Caffier
10.4.17
Drugs
Drugs
The Psychedelic Revolution Is Being Led by a 79-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor
George Sarlo is throwing cash at research into how drugs like magic mushrooms can help people overcome trauma like his own.
Maia Szalavitz
6.24.17
Drugs
Drugs
Meet the Group Helping Lawyers Defend Ayahuasca Around the World
By providing knowledge about the plant's uses to lawyers, the Ayahuasca Defense Fund is helping to legitimise psychedelics, and potentially inspire more humane drug policies.
Daniel Oberhaus
5.2.17
News
News
Scientists Developed a Way to Make DMT Trips Last Longer Than Ever
The new model still needs to be tested, but it could be a game-changer for one of the more intensely hallucinogenic psychedelics there is.
Jesse Jarnow
8.9.16
daily vice
daily vice
Inside a Psychedelic Healing Retreat
On this episode of 'Daily VICE' we go to a weekend retreat in Spain where participants take Ayahuasca to go on a spiritual journey.
VICE Staff
7.7.16
travel
travel
We Asked a Veteran Peruvian Ayahuasca Shaman About Dumb Tourists
In the middle of the ayahuasca industry boom, we wanted to find out what life's been like for one of the local shamans using the mind-bending medicine to heal people.
Didem Tali
6.5.16
travel
travel
Ayahuasca Tourism Is Ripping Off Indigenous Amazonians
Some groups are pissed about the influx of Westerners visiting the Amazon to dress up like the indigenous people and bastardize their rituals.
Ann Babe
5.10.16
Narcomania
Narcomania
How Amazonian Tree Frog Poison Became the Latest Treatment for Addiction
The use of kambo—the poison of a bright green frog—is on the rise as an alternative treatment for depression and drug dependency. But does it actually work?
Max Daly
5.9.16
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