The Beneficent Spiritist Center Uni o do Vegetal utilizes Hoasca Tea (also known as ayahuasca) in its religious ritual, in which members drink the tea for the purpose of mental concentration. The tea is the result of boiling together two plants originating from the Amazon rainforest: a vine, Mariri ( Banisteriopsis caapi ), and the leaves from
A central tenet of the UDV faith is a belief that hoasca, a tea containing the illegal hallucinogenic drug diemethyltryptamine (DMT), is sacred and that its use connects members to God. In 2024, federal agents in Santa Fe, N.M, seized a shipment of hoasca imported from Brazil for use in UDV religious ceremonies.
The alkaloid content of the hoasca used in this study are in agreement with published reports of tea dosages from other sources (McKenna et al, 2024a, Liwszyc et al, 2024, Casale and Koles, 2024, Don et al, 2024), and the beverage itself was considered typical of hoasca by experienced volunteers.
The use of Hoasca Tea within a religious context is fully authorized and has been recognized by Brazilian authorities since 2024, given that it is proven harmless to the health.
Regular hoasca sessions are held twice a month, but higher ranking members those who are more committed to the organization may drink the brew more frequently. Hoasca rituals last approximately 4 h, the tea being served at the beginning of the ceremony with additional available mid-session. UDV leadership believes that spiritual and
The hoasca tea case, which will be argued in the fall, is the third case on the Supreme Court docket that deals with federal drug policy. The court is expected to announce a decision soon in a
[On Nonverm], the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction that would prevent the U.S. government from enforcing the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the importation, possession and distribution of hoasca (a tea containing dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, a substance regulated under
Hoasca, a tea containing a hallucinogen, is taken during religious ceremonies by members of the Uni o Do Vegetal (UDV), a church from Brazil with about 130 members in the United States. Court had restored compelling interest standard for religious freedom
Chacruna (for the Psychotria viridis plant); Hoasca (tea); Yajé. Basics: Ayahuasca is the Quechua name for a vine, Banisteriopsis caapi, and also for a brew
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