The peyote effect : from the Inquisition to the War on Drugs /

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"Banned by the Inquisition in 1620, peyote was implicated in over 80 religious trials during the colonial period. After four centuries of change, we have arrived at the beginning of the 21st century to a point where our laws concerning peyote resonate uncomfortably with the laws promulgated by...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dawson, Alexander S. (Alexander Scott), 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Peyote > Law and legislation > United States.
Peyote > Law and legislation > Mexico.
Indians of North America > Drug use.
Indians of North America > Religion.
Indians of North America > Social life and customs.
Mescaline.
Indians of North America.
Religion.
Mescaline
Indians, North American
Religion
Peuples autochtones > Amérique du Nord.
religion (discipline)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Indians of North America > Drug use
Indians of North America > Religion
Indians of North America > Social life and customs
United States
Mexico
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : 1833 : the cholera epidemic
  • 1887 : Dr. John Briggs eats some peyote
  • 1899 : The Instituto Médico Nacional
  • 1909 : Poison
  • 1917 : The ban
  • 1918 : The Native American Church
  • 1937 : The Goshute letter
  • 1957 : The Holy Thursday experiment
  • 1958 : Alfonso Fabila visits the Sierra Huichola
  • 1964 : bona fide
  • 1971 : Peyote outlawed in Mexico
  • 1972 : The exemption
  • 2011 : Tom Pinkson
  • Conclusion : race, space, time.

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