Friday, July 7, 2023 – Indigenous access to hallucinogenic medicine
Native America Calling
English - July 07, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 106 ratingsSociety & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Thursday, July 6, 2023 – Progress in the fight to set orca free
Next Episode: Monday, July 10, 2023 – Hot enough?
Two states and several cities have decriminalized the use of hallucinogenic mushrooms. Many more states are considering legislation to provide more widespread public access to hallucinogens. That has some Indigenous people worried about maintaining an adequate supply of natural psychoactive plants for ceremonies. We’ll hear about the evolving demand for hallucinogenic plants and what practitioners say needs to be done to protect them as the push for legalization continues.