Why are people interested in psychedelics such as ayahuasca?

Ayahuasca is a psychedelic tea with hundreds of years of ceremonial use by Indigenous people in the Amazon region. It is commonly used in South America, where it is legal in several nations, including Peru and Brazil. However, it is still prohibited in the United States due to the presence of the hallucinogenic N, N-Dimethyltryptamine, or DMT. Despite its illegal status, ayahuasca has grown in popularity in the United States, and interest has ....