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Report on psychoactive drug use among adolescents using ayahuasca within a religious context.

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Doering-Silveira, Evelyn, Grob, Charles S., de Rios, Marlene Dobkin, Lopez, Enrique, Alonso, Luisa K., Tacla, Cristiane, Da Silveira, Dartiu Xavier·2005·Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
DOI 10.1080/02791072.2005.10399794
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Ritual use of ayahuasca within the context of the Brazilian ayahuasca churches often starts during late childhood or early adolescence. Premature access to psychoactive drugs may represent a risk factor for drug misuse. Conversely, religious affiliation seems to play a protective role in terms of substance abuse. The objective of this study was to describe patterns of drug use in a sample of adolescents using ayahuasca within a religious setting. Forty-one adolescents from a Brazilian ayahuasca sect were compared with 43 adolescents who never drank ayahuasca. No significant differences were identified in terms of lifetime substance consumption. Throughout the previous year period, ayahuasca adolescents used less alcohol (46.31%) than the comparison group (74.4%). Recent use of alcohol was also more frequent among the latter group (65.1%) than among ayahuasca drinkers (32.5%). Although not statistically significant, slight differences in terms of patterns of drug use were definitely observed among groups. Despite their early exposure to a hallucinogenic substance, adolescents using ayahuasca in a controlled setting were mostly comparable to controls except for a considerably smaller proportion of alcohol users. Religious affiliation may have played a central role as a possible protective factor for alcohol use. Thus, ayahuasca seems to be a relatively safe substance as far as drug misuse is concerned.

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  • Cross-sectional and longitudinal case-control studies showed that ritual and religious ayahuasca users present fewer alcohol-related problems than control groups and that illicit drug use diminished after joining ayahuasca churches.

    “Cross-sectional and longitudinal case-control studies showed that ritual and religious ayahuasca users present fewer alcohol-related problems than control groups and that illicit drug use diminished after joining ayahuasca churches (Grob et al., 1996; Doering-Silveira et al., 2005; Halpern et al., 2008; Fábregas et al., 2010).”

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Authors
Doering-Silveira, E., Grob, C. S., de Rios, M. D., Lopez, E., Alonso, L. K., Tacla, C., & Da Silveira, D. X.
Affiliations
  • Universidade Federal de São Paulo (BR)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • Universidade Católica de Brasília (BR)
Venue
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2005-06
Volume
37
Issue
2
Pages
141-144
ISSN
  • 0279-1072 (ISSN-L)
  • 2159-9777
DOI
10.1080/02791072.2005.10399794
OpenAlex
W2012159028
Cited by
122
References
2
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FWCI
2.31
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc-sa
Locations
  • Journal of Psychoactive Drugs (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • Americanae (AECID Library) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • UNIFESP Institutional Repository (Universidade Federal de São Paulo) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychedelics and Drug Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
Keywords
ayahuasca, ritual drug use, adolescents, drug use patterns, alcohol consumption, religious affiliation, protective factors, hallucinogens
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Brazil, Cross-Sectional Studies, Demography, Female, Humans, Male, Plant Extracts, Psychotropic Drugs, Religion, Risk Factors, Time, Chi-Square Distribution, Substance-Related Disorders, Banisteriopsis

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