Religion, Drug, or Cult?: Ayahuasca's Legal Path in Brazil, the United States, and France
Author:   Henrique Fernandes Antunes
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Pages:   196
Publication Date:   19 October 2025
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Religion, Drug, or Cult?: Ayahuasca's Legal Path in Brazil, the United States, and France


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Author:   Henrique Fernandes Antunes
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:  

9783032043672


ISBN 10:   3032043670
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   19 October 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 The Road From Drug to Religion and Culture: The Regulation of the Religious Use of Ayahuasca in Brazil.- 3 Who’s Heritage is it? The patrimonialization of the religious use of ayahuasca in Brazil.- 4 On rights and risks: the legal victories of the União do Vegetal and Santo Daime in the United States.- 5 Ayahuasca’s path in the United States: The RFRA and the Sincere Exercise of Religion.- 6 On Drugs and Cults: The ayahuasca ban in France.- 7 Conclusion.

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Henrique Fernandes Antunes is Research Director at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. He holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of São Paulo and has been a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. He has held postdoctoral positions at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), the University of Ottawa, and the Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP). His research focuses on the regulation and globalization of ayahuasca and other psychedelics. He also writes on the legal, political, and cultural dimensions of the psychedelic renaissance.

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