The Future of Ayahuasca Under Dispute in Brazil
Brazil’s ayahuasca regulation reveals deep contradictions: institutional churches are protected, while Indigenous practices face bureaucratic exclusion. Legal ambiguity, cultural appropriation, commercialization, and inadequate consultation expose a state framework ill-equipped to recognize Indigenous epistemologies, authority, and rights amid ayahuasca’s global expansion.
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