Police raid ‘psychedelic retreat’ where guests were given toad venom and ayahuasca - Police said they began investigating the ...

Ayahuasca, a powerful psychoactive brew originating from the Amazon rainforest, has captivated the attention of scientists, ...

Across the US, a growing number of states and cities are moving to legalize and regulate therapeutic psychedelic use. That includes Oregon, where licensed clinics can administer psilocybin — the ...

Officers seized 11 liters of ayahuasca, 117 San Pedro cactus plants and several bottles of frog venom known as Kambo.

Gaddy and Jhoselyn describe ayahuasca as a plant medicine, made when two ingredients (Banisteriopsis caapi vine and the hallucinogenic plant Psychotria viridis) are combined to form a tea, often ...

Aaron Rodgers’ experiences with ayahuasca have been well documented, but the Jets’ quarterback revealed in an interview with Haute Time magazine that he has also used hapé — which the ...

Ayahuasca’s DMT and β-carbolines act on serotonin receptors to regulate emotions and treat anxiety, new review finds. The brew may aid fear extinction, helping reduce persistent fear responses ...

Ayahuasca, also known as yage, is a blend of the ayahuasca vine and the chacruna shrub containing dimethyltryptamine or DMT: a hallucinogen. It is created by macerating and boiling the components.

Ayahuasca's effects come from mixing the drug dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, from the chacruna plant, and the MAO inhibitor from the yage plant, which allows the DMT to be absorbed into the bloodstream.

Ayahuasca is made by pounding sections of the vine Banisteriopsis caapi, to remove the outer bark, and to soften up the rope-like fibers of the vine. A large amount of pounded caapi vine is placed ...

Ayahuasca comes from two words from the Quechua, a South American tribe based primarily in the Andes: "Aya," meaning spirit, and "Huasca," meaning vine or rope.

The Emmy-nominated 'Paradise' star hasn't crafted a public 'persona,' says longtime collaborator Dan Fogelman: With SKB, what ...