This declaration was produced at the end of the conference Drogas, Política y Cultura: Perspectivas Brasil-México (Drugs, Politics and Culture: Brazil-Mexico Perspectives), held in...

This article provides an update on two separate cases in U.S. federal court involving the religious use of ayahuasca—one in Florida brought by Soul Quest and one in Arizona brought by the Arizona Yagé Assembly. Both organizations are suing the DEA to vindicate their religious rights. Chacruna’s Council for the Protection of Sacred Plants reflects on the status of both cases in facing these blatant injustices and how they might impact other organizations using ayahuasca as a sacrament.

We, representatives of the Indigenous Peoples of the Juruá, Envira and Tarauacá—Ashaninka, Huni Kuin, Madija, Kuntanawa, Nawa, Noke Koi, Nukini, Puyanawa, Shanenawa, Yawanawá and Shawãdawa—assembled at the...

Shall the voters of the City and County of Denver adopt an ordinance to the Denver Revised Municipal Code that would make the personal use and...

RESOLUTION NO. NS-29,623 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ DECLARING THAT THE INVESTIGATION AND ARREST OF INDIVIDUALS TWENTY-ONE (21)...

It’s Still A Drug War Like most everyone in the “Just Say No” generation, I was taught to stigmatize and fear all drug users. Fortunately,...

In November 2022, Colorado will vote on the Natural Medicine Health Act, also known as Proposition 122. If passed, this act will legalize possession of psilocybin, ibogaine, DMT, and mescaline. In this article, Martha Hartney provides five key points of commentary on this proposed law.

On August 25, 2020, a proposal presented in Colombia’s Congress to regulate coca and its derivatives, including cocaine, made history. This article dispels the equation of coca and cocaine; highlights the sacredness of the plant to Indigenous Americas; analyzes the underlying questions of the legislative proposal; and discusses the new economic models and regulation of coca.

Peyote (Lophophora williamsii) is a small cactus of the Chihuahuan Desert that has a history of human use dating back at least 6,000 year....

Chacruna Institute and Sacred Plant Alliance have filed an amicus brief in support of Iowaska Church of Healing in their suit against the Internal Revenue Service. They are nonprofit organizations providing research, education, and advocacy regarding the rights of churches like Plaintiff-Appellant to practice their sincere beliefs under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”).