Consumption of ayahuasca by children and pregnant women: Medical controversies and religious perspectives

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-35

  Labate, Beatriz Caiuby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ayahuasca; Pregnancy; Risks; Santo Daime; Teenagers; Uni o do Vegetal

Indexed keywords

AYAHUASCA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; N,N DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; BRAZIL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FREEDOM; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; RELIGION; ADDICTION; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; BANISTERIOPSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; BANISTERIOPSIS; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 79958820039     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2011.566498     Document Type: Article

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