A batch of scientifically studied peyote – a holy “medicine” to many Indigenous peoples – was about to go up in smoke. It was February 2024, and the Scottsdale Research Institute had just received ...
Native American and preservationist advocates are sounding the alarm about an imminent “peyote crisis.” The crisis started decades ago, but recently has been amplified by pharmaceutical interests in ...
The Native American Church is considered the most widespread religious movement among the Indigenous people of North America. It holds sacred the peyote cactus, which grows naturally only in some ...