Aaron Castranova, 41, from Alabama, died on June 1 after allegedly ingesting an ayahuasca brew at the La Casa de Guillermo ICONA hostel in Loreto, located in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest, according ...

Aaron Wayne Castranova, 41, died Monday after ingesting ayahuasca – a potent hallucinogenic plant brew banned in the US – during a shamanic ritual at La Casa de Guillermo ICONA, a hostel known ...

An American tourist has reportedly died after drinking hallucinogenic herbal tea during an ayahuasca session in Peru. The 41-year-old man, said to be from Alabama, died in Santa María de Ojeal in ...

Customs and Border Protection officers earlier this month seized 695 pounds of the hallucinogenic drug dimethyltryptamine ...

Ayahuasca is a psychedelic brew containing the natural chemical dimethyltryptamine (DMT), found in the psychotria viridis plant leaves, which is illegal in the U.S.

The next morning, five monks came from out of state to officiate the second part of the ceremony—three from New York, one ...

Ayahuasca is a psychoactive tea made from Amazonian plants and is known for its intense, trance-like effects. Indigenous groups have used it for centuries in spiritual and healing ceremonies ...

Ayahuasca is a traditional South American brew made from the Banisteriopsis caapi vine and the Psychotria viridis leaf. The latter contains dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a powerful hallucinogen. While DMT ...

Castranova died Monday (June 2) after drinking a strong hallucinogenic plant brew called ayahuasca, something that is banned in the US and several other countries globally. It was reported that ...