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.

 

 

http://michaelwinkelman.com/alternative-medicine/
Alternative Medicine. Michael Winkelman.

 

http://www.metrosantacruz.com/metro-santa-cruz/04.21.10/feature-1016.htm

Full Article: The Power to Heal. By Jessica Fromm. Metro Santa Cruz, 4/21/10.

 

http://ayahuasca.pe/index.php?/articles/shamanism/interview_with_yatra_da_silveira_barbosa_on_ayahuasca_kundalini_and_healing_of_drug_addicts.html

Interview with Yatra da Silveira Barbosa On Ayahuasca, Kundalini and Healing of Drug Addicts.

 

http://wiki.dmt-nexus.com/w/images/b/ba/Hallucinogens_and_redemption.pdf

Hallucinogens and Redemption. Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Charles Grob and John Baker. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Jul-Sep 2002.

 

http://www.spiritualityhealth.com/NMagazine/articles.php?id=52 

Ayahuasca vs. Cocaine: Healing Addiction through Deepening the Connection to Self Louise Danielle Palmer. Spirituality and Health. November/December 2004.

 

 

http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123206

Researchers say one of ayahuasca's most promising uses could be in treating drug and alcohol addiction.

 

http://addictionblog.org/body/ayahuasca-can-psychotropic-drugs-play-a-role-in-spiritual-recovery-from-addiction/

Ayahuasca : Can psychotropic drugs play a role in spiritual recovery from addiction?

 

http://www.santodaime.it/Library/NATURALSCIENCES/mabit01a_english.htm

Ritualized Use of Amazonian Psychoactive Plants in the Treatment of Addictions: 7 Years of Experience at Takiwasi Center. Dr. Jacques Mabit.ISAM's International Scientific Conference, Sept. 2001.

 

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_7430/is_2004_Nov-Dec/ai_n35684690/?tag=content;col1

Ayahuasca vs. Cocaine: Healing Addiction through Deepening the Connection to Self. Byline: Louise Danielle Palmer.

 

http://www.roamingthemind.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/shamans_drum_73.pdf

The House that Sings: The Therapeutic Use of Icaros at Takiwasi by Susana Bustos.

 

http://www.public.asu.edu/~atmxw/substanceabusesham.pdf

Alternative and traditional medicine approaches for substance abuse programs: a shamanic perspective. Michael Winkelman. International J of Drug Policy. 2001.

 

http://www.ijdp.org/article/S0955-3959(01)00100-1/abstract

Alternative and traditional medicine approaches for substance abuse programs: a shamanic perspective. Winkelman. Drug Policy. 2001.

 

http://www.erowid.org/references/refs_view.php?ID=7207

"Plant hallucinogens: springboards for psychotherapeutic drug discovery". D. McKenna. 1996. Abstract.