Analysis of ayahuasca DNA by geneticists confirms lineages known to traditional users that might be three different species: tucunacá, caupuri, and pajezinho. This study represents a corroboration of traditional Indigenous knowledge with Western science.

May 22nd – August 21st 2023, 10am-12pm PST/1pm-3pm EST Price $700 Price $300 for CE credits This course will be taught by leading experts in the field...

Last week, Chacruna brought to light the Drug Enforcement Agency's 2020 report on ayahuasca and its risks to health and safety. In the report, the DEA overestimates the risks of ayahuasca and underestimates its therapeutic potential.

On February 13, 2023, the DEA released a single document to the legal team representing the Church of the Eagle and the Condor (“CEC”). This risk assessment document concludes that ayahuasca is a risk to public health and safety and conflates dimethyltryptamine (“DMT”) with ayahuasca.

Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 from 12:00-1:30pm PST Register for this event here. This event is a partnership between Chacruna and Sociedade Brasileira de Genética Regional Leste. This community...

What impact did Chacruna's Ayahuasca Community Guide for the Awareness of Sexual Abuse have within the psychedelic community? 745 individuals were surveyed and the results are now available, including a summary of behavioural changes resulting from the survey.

Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines has published a new article, “A Call for Public Support Against the Current Demonization of Ayahuasca Practices in Spain,” standing in solidarity with 110 thought leaders around the world in support of ayahuasca groups in Spain, as well as Europe in general. Together, they call for a serious discussion and the reconsideration of ayahuasca’s status in Spain, where its use has been increasingly repressed, and they urge authorities to respect the religious freedoms of ayahuasca groups.

Recent fallout from a YouTuber's infiltration of a Santo Daime group in Spain has brought to the forefront the need to destigmatize ayahuasca use. In response, scholars, researchers, NGOs, and members of ayahuasca groups have united to fight for the religious freedom of the use of ayahuasca. This call, signed by members of the psychedelic community, outlines the situation and steps that need to be taken to honour religious and ethnic minorities' use of ayahuasca and other psychedelic medicines.

A Canadian company, Filament Health, plans to develop ayahuasca pills. These pills promise to provide a standardized ayahuasca experience, but what does the commodification of ayahuasca mean for ethical consumption. Indigenous peoples with cultural and spiritual connections to ayahuasca need to be given the opportunity to provide full consent.

Does ayahuasca have an effect on one's personality? Researchers have discovered that it may increase openness and decrease neuroticism.