Human psychopharmacology of hoasca, a plant hallucinogen used in ritual context in Brazil
CS Grob, DJ McKenna, JC Callaway… - The Journal of …, 1996 - journals.lww.com
A multinational, collaborative, biomedical investigation of the effects of hoasca (ayahuasca),
a potent concoction of plant hallucinogens, was conducted in the Brazilian Amazon during
the summer of 1993. This report describes the psychological assessment of 15 long-term
members of a syncretic church that utilizes hoasca as a legal, psychoactive sacrament as
well as 15 matched controls with no prior history of hoasca ingestion. Measures
administered to both groups included structured psychiatric diagnostic interviews …
a potent concoction of plant hallucinogens, was conducted in the Brazilian Amazon during
the summer of 1993. This report describes the psychological assessment of 15 long-term
members of a syncretic church that utilizes hoasca as a legal, psychoactive sacrament as
well as 15 matched controls with no prior history of hoasca ingestion. Measures
administered to both groups included structured psychiatric diagnostic interviews …
