The Ayahuasca Defense Fund (ADF) is an ICEERS program dedicated to addressing the challenges presented by the growing criminalization of practices with ayahuasca and other teacher plants. The ADF’s work is supported by a Steering Committee and Expert Committees made up of drug policy experts, lawyers, legal strategists and renowned academics.
STEERING COMMITTEE
Strategy and decision making
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Benjamin de Loenen
Constanza Sánchez
Ben Christie
Jeffrey Bronfman
Andrea Langlois
Charlotte Walsh
Ismail Ali
Natalia Rebollo
DRUG POLICY GROUP
Advocacy strategy
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Amanda Feilding
Ethan Nadelmann
Kasia Malinowska
Kenneth Tupper
Patricia Chulver
Pien Metaal
Rick Doblin
LEGAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Legal strategy
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Aleix Vila Maria
Alexis Kaiser
Alexis Wilson Briggs
Diego de las Casas
Farrah Al-jarrah
Héctor Brotons
Javier Esteban
Pedro Caldentey Marí
Roberto Castro
Rodrigo González
STAFF TEAM
Day-to-day management and operation
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Benjamin de Loenen
Constanza Sánchez
José Carlos Bouso
Andrea Langlois
Natalia Rebollo
SCIENTIFIC GROUP
Technical work
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Charles Grob
Dennis McKenna
Draulio de Araujo
Luís Fernando Tófoli
Rafael G. Dos Santos
COLLABORATORS
Legal map research, webinars and community events
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Bia Labate
J. Hamilton Hudson
Robert Heffernan
David Rance
Ben Meeus
Carlos Suárez Álvarez
Rini Hartman
Juan Scuro
Pierre Tchaikowski
Guillaume Krief
Ismael Apud
Olivier Taymans
Diego Rodolfo Viegas
Miroslav Horák