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LEGAL DEFENSE
We believe that the prosecution of ethical and responsible practices is an injustice. The Ayahuasca Defense Fund works with defendants worldwide to assure the best legal defense.
EDUCATION & PROTECTION
In a time of confusion and misinformation about ayahuasca legality, the ADF aims to become a useful expert resource for legal clarity and protection.
POLICY REFORM
The Ayahuasca Defense Fund engages with policy makers, law enforcement authorities and all relevant actors to work towards sensible, human-rights based public policy.
Technical Reports
26 pages with all the latest research-based facts about ayahuasca, its uses, pharmacology, legal status and therapeutic effects, signed by 11 world-class experts and researchers.
Annual Reports
The ADF has been assisting defendants involved in legal cases around the world since 2010. These are our annual reports.
Studies and Papers
Our studies generate useful evidence in order to work towards sensible, human-rights based public policy.
An acquittal was given in Mexico City in the trial of Don Jose Campos, a 64-year-old indigenous healer from the Peruvian Amazon who was arrested and imprisoned in March of 2022 for traveling with ayahuasca.
The Annual World Economic Forum took place in Davos, Switzerland from January 19th to 23rd, in an atmosphere charged with geopolitical tension and uncertainty. Global conflicts reverberated through the corridors of power, while President Trump’s speech on Wednesday unfolded behind police cordons containing protests in the streets.
Contrary to the expectations of Indigenous communities, civil society organizations, and advocates of evidence-based policies, the WHO recommended keeping coca leaf on Schedule I of the 1961 Single Convention, the most restrictive category in the international drug control system.
Every so often, ayahuasca returns to the headlines, courts, and public debates in Europe. Seizures, criminal proceedings, acquittals, and closed cases coexist in a confusing legal landscape, marked more by prohibitionist inertia than by a careful analysis of current law.
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