Ayahuasca and the process of regulation in Brazil and internationally: Implications and challenges

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-161

  Labate, Beatriz Caiuby ^a   Feeney, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ayahuasca; Drug Policy; Religious drug use; Santo Daime; Uni o do Vegetal

Indexed keywords

AYAHUASCA; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG PROGRAM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TRAFFIC; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS GROUP; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

BANISTERIOPSIS; BRAZIL; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RELIGION;

EID: 84857800328     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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