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Trivia # 209: synonyms for ayahuasca

2 October, 2013
Toxicological trivia from October 02, 2013: from February/2010, ayahuasca is also a lawful substance consumption in Brazil as part of religious ceremonies. After many years of debate, the government of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva authorized the use of this plant in ritual hallucinogenic powers in  Amazonian cults ceremonies. Religious use in Brazil was legalized after two official inquiries into the tea in the mid-1980s, which concluded that ayahuasca is not a recreational drug and has valid spiritual uses. Ayahuasca (usually pronounced /aɪjəˈwæskə/ or /ˈaɪjəˈwɑːskə/), also commonly called yagé,  is a hallucinogenic brew of various psychoactive infusions or decoctions prepared with the Banisteriopsis caapi vine. They call it "the rope of the dead" and promises, according to ancient knowledge, experience contact with the afterlife after which nothing will ever be igual.Natural drug, plant master, concoction of spirits, is also known to names:a) Hoasca;b) Daime;c) Both terms are correct.
Trivia # 209: synonyms for ayahuasca
Yagué o ayahuasca
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Correct answer c. Read more with Spanish article: Hallucinating with ayahuasca is legal in Brazil
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