Drug and Alcohol Addiction and Ayahuasca

Addiction and Ayahuasca

The following links relate to Ayahuasca usage with drug and alcohol addictions and rehabilitation programs.

http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/health/Potent-Jungle-Vine-Brew-Has-Potential-to-Treat-Addiction-88923322.html
Potent Jungle Vine Brew Has Potential to Treat Addiction. Researchers say ayahuasca, found in the Peruvian rainforest, could be used for a variety of ailments. Erika Celeste | Iquitos, Peru 23 March 2010 .




http://yatra.yage.net/addict.htm  
Treatment for drug addiction with Ayahuasca.




http://www.ayahuasca-wasi.com/english/articles/armando.html  
From Chemical Dependency to Bio-Alchemical Interdependency The use of Ayahuasca Healing Rituals in a Shamanic Treatment Model of Addictions Psic. Armando Loizaga Pazzi.




http://www.takiwasi.com/docs/arti_ing/ayahuasca_in_treatment_addictions.pdf
Ayahuasca in the treatment of Addictions. DR. JACQUES MABIT. Physician, founder of Takiwasi Center. Published in the book “Psychedelic Medicine (Vol. 2): New Evidence for Hallucinogic Substances as Treatments”1 (2007).




http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v06n3/06324aya.html  
Takiwasi: Ayahuasca and Shamanism in Addiction Therapy. Michel Mabit. Newsletter of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies MAPS -Volume 6 Number 3 Summer 1996 .




http://www.ayahuasca.com/science/psychology-psychiatry/blending-traditions-using-indigenous-medicinal-knowledge-to-treat-drug-addiction/
Blending Traditions – Using Indigenous Medicinal Knowledge to Treat Drug Addiction. By Jacques Mabit, M.D.




http://www.ayahuasca-wasi.com/english/articles/armando.html  
From Chemical Dependency to Bio-Alchemical Interdependency. The use of Ayahuasca Healing Rituals in a Shamanic Treatment Model of Addictions  Psic. Armando Loizaga Pazzi.




http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(08)60638-8/fulltext
Research on psychedelics moves into the mainstream. The Lancet, Volume 371, Issue 9623, Pages 1491 - 1492, 3 May 2008.




http://multiplex.integralinstitute.org/Public/cs/forums/thread/5141.aspx
Psychedelics Could Treat Addiction Says Vancouver Official. By Danielle Egan. Published: August 9, 2006.




http://www.xs4all.nl/~yatra/Ayahuasc.htm  
Ayahuasca. Psychoactive medicinal plants from the Amazonian Rain Forest 




http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2010/peruvian-vine-could-yield.html
Peruvian Vine Could Yield Addiction Treatment Meds March 31, 2010 .




http://www.ayahuasca.com/science/important-new-research-project-about-ayahuasca-in-the-usa/
Important new research project about ayahuasca in the USA. Title: ‘Safety and neurochemical effects of ayahuasca in healthy adults: Phase I and II studies Principle investigator: Leanna Standish, ND, PhD at Bastyr University in Seattle.




http://www.takiwasi.com/docs/arti_ing/use_amazonian_shamanism.pdf 
Takiwasi: The Use of Amazonian Shamanism to Rehabilitate Drug Addicts.DR. JACQUES MABIT1, DR. ROSA GIOVE2, JOAQUÍN VEGA. Published in “Yearbook of Cross-Cultural Medicine and Psychotherapy”, International Institute of Cross-Cultural Therapy Research (IIKT), pp. 257-285, VWB, Series Editor: Dr. Walter Andritzky, Berlin, Deutschland, 1996.




http://www.erowid.org/references/refs_view.php?ID=6646 
Abstract: Halpern, JH. The Use of Hallucinogens in the Treatment of Addiction. Addiction Research, 4(2):177-189, 1996.




http://www.erowid.org/references/refs_view.php?A=ShowDoc1&ID=6646 
Full Text: Halpern, JH. The Use of Hallucinogens in the Treatment of Addiction. Addiction Research, 4(2):177-189, 1996.




http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/health/Potent-Jungle-Vine-Brew-Has-Potential-to-Treat-Addiction-88923322.html  
Potent Jungle Vine Brew Has Potential to Treat Addiction Researchers say ayahuasca, found in the Peruvian rainforest, could be used for a variety of ailments. Erika Celeste | Iquitos, Peru 23 March 2010.




http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v06n3/06324aya.html  
Takiwasi: Ayahuasca and Shamanism in Addiction Therapy Michel Mabit. MAPS – Volume 6 Number 3 Summer 1996.




http://bluehoney.org/2009/12/09/clinical-trials-indicate-value-of-herbal-medicines/
Clinical Trials Indicate Value of Herbal Medicines December 9, 2009. Clinical Trials Indicate Value of Herbal Medicines by Kenneth J. Bender, Pharm.D., M.A. Psychiatric Times ~ December 1998~ Vol. XV ~ Issue 12.




http://www.utne.com/print-article.aspx?id=10750 
Ayahuasca: Sacred Tea from the Amazon. By Jeremiah Creedon, Utne Reader




http://www.utne.com/2001-09-01/Ayahuasca.aspx 
Ayahuasca: Sacred Tea from the Amazon. By Jeremiah Creedon, Utne Reader.




http://www.erowid.org/references/refs_view.php?A=ShowDoc1&ID=6224 
Full Text: Hallucinogens: An Update. John H. Halpern, MD.