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The tea, called hoasca, contains dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, known for its hallucinogenic properties.
unknown title 2009
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You remember hoasca or ayahuasca, the psychedelic plant at issue in the Supreme Court case Gonzales v.
"Can a psychotropic jungle potion cure the existential angst of the McMansion set?" Ann Althouse 2008
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The sacred tea, hoasca, contains the powerful hallucinogen dimethyltrptamine (DMT).
Boing Boing: February 19, 2006 - February 25, 2006 Archives 2006
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Brazil, a member of the international treaty at issue, has exempted hoasca from its controlled substances list.
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The sacred tea, hoasca, contains dimethyltrptamine (DMT).
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The tea, hoasca, which in the Quechuan Indian language means "vine of the soul," "vine of the dead," and "vision vine," comes from the Amazon rainforest.
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Several justices, including Scalia and Roberts, questioned Hollander's contention that hoasca is exempted under the 1971 United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances, which aims to bar trade in illicit drugs.
Archive 2006-02-01 Ann Althouse 2006
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There was also an argument that the government has a compelling interest in complying with the international Convention on Psychotropic Substances, which, the Court held, did in fact cover hoasca.
Archive 2006-02-01 Ann Althouse 2006
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Federal drug agents should have been barred from confiscating the hoasca tea of the Brazil-based church, Roberts wrote in the decision.
Archive 2006-02-01 Ann Althouse 2006
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A religious group wants to use a drug -- hoasca -- and argues that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act entitles it to an exemption from the Controlled Sustances Act.
Archive 2006-02-01 Ann Althouse 2006
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