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A Canterbury church offering a hallucinogenic tea has gained a following. But the pastor says his time in town is running out
Summary by Ground News
Ayahuasca has been used by indigenous tribes in the Amazon for hundreds of years to purportedly heal physical and mental distress. In 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision that the government could not stop a New Mexico church from using the substance as a sacrament. The active ingredient, dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, remains a controlled substance under federal law, and thus illegal to consume.