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ayahuasca
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a·ya·hua·sca  (y-wäsk, äy-)
n.
A hallucinogenic brew made from the bark and stems of a tropical South American vine of the genus Banisteriopsis, especially B. caapi, mixed with other psychotropic plants, used especially in shamanistic rituals by certain Amazonian Indian peoples.

[American Spanish, from Quechua, rope of the dead, narcotic : aya, corpse + huasca, rope.]

ayahuasca [ˌaɪəˈwɑːskə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a Brazilian plant, Banisteriopsis caapi, that has winged fruits and yields a powerful hallucinogenic alkaloid sometimes used to treat certain disorders of the central nervous system: family Malpighiaceae
[from Quechua]


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Working in the Amazon, Gabriel encountered natives who introduced him to the mysteries of ayahuasca (also called hoasca and yage), a tea typically made with Psychotria viridis leaves, which contain DMT, and the Banisteriopsis caapi vine, which contains chemicals that make the DMT orally active by preventing enzymes from breaking it down before it can reach the bloodstream.
First, the court stayed the district court's preliminary injunction against hoasca prosecutions pending resolution of an appeal, (48) then the court affirmed the injunction in a panel decision, (49) and then in an en banc decision.
The church sued the government arguing that its rights under the 1993 federal religious freedom law were threatened by the government's actions to bar its use of hoasca.
 
 
 
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