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Wade Davis, Anthropologist/Ethnobotanist Information

Wade Davis, Anthropologist/Ethnobotanist Information | Natural Products Chemistry Breaking News | Scoop.it

"The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you. They are unique manifestations of the human spirit."

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Criminalization Ethnobotanicals

Criminalization Ethnobotanicals | Natural Products Chemistry Breaking News | Scoop.it

The United Nations International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has published on their website their annual report about the world situation on drugs in 2010. In this report, the INCB has included the worrying recommendation towards governments to outlaw traditional plants such as Ayahuasca (a decoction made with botanicals like Banisteriopsis Caapi and Psychotria Viridis) and Tabernanthe Iboga among others, neglecting their important role as traditional medicine, as a sacrament and as therapeutic tool. These are the primary uses of these plants found in societies all over the world.

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