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União do Vegetal
Formation1961
TypeSyncretism
HeadquartersBrasília, Brazil
Official language
Portuguese
Websiteudv.org.br

The Centro Espírita Beneficente União do Vegetal, or UDV, is a syncretistic religious society founded in 1961 in the Brazilian city of Porto Velho by José Gabriel da Costa, known as Mestre Gabriel.[1] The term vegetal in its name refers to the psychoactive brew ayahuasca, known as hoasca in Brazil. This is prepared by boiling two plants in water, mariri (Banisteriopsis caapi) and chacrona (Psychotria viridis), both of which are native to the Amazon rainforest. Ayahuasca has been fully legal in Brazil since 1992.[2]

U.S. Supreme Court case

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Main article: Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal

In 1999, U. S. Customs agents seized over 30 U.S. gallons (110 liters) of ayahuasca, which had been shipped to the Santa Fe, New Mexico branch of UDV. While no charges were filed, the UDV filed suit in 2000, claiming that the seizure was an illegal violation of the church members' rights[3] and seeking a preliminary injunction preventing the US federal government from barring the group's use of ayahuasca. In 2002, U.S. District Chief Judge James Aubrey Parker granted the church's motion.[4] In 2006, the United States Supreme Court unanimously delivered judgment in favor of the church.[5][6][7]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Loures De Assis, Glauber; Alves Rodrigues, Jacqueline (6 December 2017). "De quem é a ayahuasca? Notas sobre a patrimonialização de uma "bebida sagrada" amazônica" [To whom does the ayahuasca belong? Notes on the patrimonialization of a "sacred beverage" from Amazon]. Religião & Sociedade (in português). 37 (3). Rio de Janeiro: 46–70. doi:10.1590/0100-85872017v37n3cap02.
  2. ↑ "Legal Status of Ayahuasca in Brazil". Erowid.org. March 2001. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. ↑ Toobin, Jeffrey (13 December 2004). "High Tea". The New Yorker. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  4. ↑ O Centro Espirita Beneficiente União do Vegetal v. Ashcroft, 282 F. Supp. 2d 1236 (D.N.M. 2002).
  5. ↑ Greenhouse, Linda (22 February 2006). "Sect Allowed to Import Its Hallucinogenic Tea". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  6. ↑ Supreme Court Case Archived 21 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine União do Vegetal USA.
  7. ↑ 347 U.S. 418 (2005) (PDF). pp. 418–439. Retrieved 10 July 2018.

References

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  • Grob C.S. et al. (1996) "Human Psychopharmacology of Hoasca, a Plant Hallucinogen used in Ritual Context in Brazil" draft paper for the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
  • FAGUNDES, André. O Direito Penal e as minorias religiosas hoasqueiras (ayahuasqueiras) na Espanha. Comentários à decisão judicial da 4ª Seção da audiência provincial de Valência, processo n. 46250370042016100256. In: Derechos humanos desde la interdisciplinariedad en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades. DÍAS, R. L. S. et al. (eds.) Madrid: Dykinson, 2020. p. 93-110.
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