Iowaska is a psychoactive brew. It's been used for hundreds, maybe even over a

thousand years by indigenous tribes of the Amazon Basin, probably most notably

right now in terms of Peru and Brazil,

Guatemala sometimes you'll hear about people going down for ceremonies.

Iowasca is actually a combination of things. There's the Iowasca vine,

and it's combined with something that contains DMT,

something like a chakruna plant,

but there are other plants that are used.

It is brewed up differently by different people so I'm told I'm

certainly not an expert in Iowasca. My guest on this week's podcast is he's a

psychiatrist who is studying Iowasca and psychedelics for their use in mental health, including

PTSD with veterans.

This has been a recurring theme on the podcast of late because psychedelic medicine is burgeoning and even though it's certainly not

something new the potential legalization and integration of many of these substances

seems to be fast-tracked all around the world.

And so many people who have never considered things like

iboga, things like iwasca, things like silocybin,

ketamine, for example, for treatment, resistant,

depression are suddenly, potentially getting access to new substances, new chemicals, in some cases,

new drugs, new plant-based medicines that might be of use.

I have mixed feelings about all of this, but I'm certainly interested and actively researching.

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