Psychedelics Are Surging—at the Expense of Indigenous Communities

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A growing new industry around psychedelic therapy is utilizing biopiracy tactics to steal indigenous knowledge of new drugs.

Published Dec. 24 2022 9:03PM EST

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American and European corporations have for centuries been bastardizing and profiting from the ceremonial plants and drugs used by Indigenous cultures in the Americas. The most notorious is tobacco, used

Simon Spichak

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Psychedelics Are Surging—at the Expense of Indigenous Communities

A growing new industry around psychedelic therapy is utilizing biopiracy tactics to steal indigenous knowledge of new drugs.

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Simon Spichak