Several churches across the country have also turned to ayahuasca in search of spiritual enlightenment. The expanding market for peyote—among other psychedelic-based plants—is expected to ...

Ayahuasca is classified as a Schedule I drug, alongside heroin, LSD, peyote, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine ("Ecstasy") and cannabis (marijuana), which is illegal to produce, distribute or possess.

A man on a three-day ayahuasca healing retreat in Boynton Beach stabbed his healer five times with a chefs knife, police said. What is ayahuasca?