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Over the past decade, ICEERS has supported 448 legal cases in 49 countries involving traditional plant practices — revealing global patterns of criminalization and emerging challenges for communities worldwide. In 2014, at the first World Ayahuasca Conference in Ibiza, a

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Ibogaine, one of the active principles of iboga, was available as a medicine in French pharmacies forty years before LSD. This little-known history was shared by José Carlos Bouso, ICEERS’ Scientific Director, at the recent Horizons PBC conference in New

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The legal framework surrounding ayahuasca in Portugal is complex and nuanced. It reflects a broader global conversation occurring on the intersection of traditional practices, religious freedom, and drug policy. The history of ayahuasca in the country has been influenced by

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Personality, not cognition, distinguishes chronic ayahuasca and cannabis users from non-users About the study This cross-sectional study compared regular ayahuasca users (n = 69), regular cannabis users (n = 56), and non-users (n = 94) matched on age, education, and