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Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs (Vol. 1 & 2) - 50 Years of Research (Hardcover)
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Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs (Vol. 1 & 2) - 50 Years of Research (Hardcover)
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A defining scholarly publication on the past and current state of
research with psychedelic plant substances for medicine,
therapeutics, and spiritual uses. Certain plants have long been
known to contain healing properties and used to treat everything
from depression and addiction, to aiding in on one's own spiritual
well-being for hundreds of years. Can Western medicine find new
cures for human ailments by tapping into indigenous plant wisdom?
And why the particular interest in the plants with psychoactive
properties? These two conference volume proceedings provide an
abundance of answers. The first international gathering of
researchers held on this subject was in 1967, sponsored by the
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and U.S. Public Health
Service. It was an interdisciplinary group of specialists - from
ethnobotanists to neuroscientists - gathered in one place to share
their findings on a topic that was gaining widespread interest: The
use of psychoactive plants in indigenous societies. The WAR ON
DRUGS which intervened slowed advances in this field. Research,
however, has continued, and in the fifty years since that first
conference, new and significant discoveries have been made. A new
generation of researchers, many inspired by the giants present at
that first conference, has continued to investigate the outer
limits of ethno-psychopharmacology. At the same time, there has
been a sea change in public and medical perceptions of
psychedelics. There is now a renaissance in research, and some of
these agents are actively being investigated for their therapeutic
potential. They are no longer as stigmatized as they have been in
the past, although they remain controversial. There still remains
much work to do in this field, and many significant discoveries
remain to be made. So, in June of 2017, once again specialists from
around the world in fields of ethnopharmacology, chemistry, botany,
and anthropology gathered to discuss their research and findings in
a setting that encouraged the free and frank exchange of
information and ideas on the last 50 years of research, and assess
the current and possible futures for research in
ethnopsychopharmacology. The papers given at the 2017 Symposium,
organized by Dr. Dennis McKenna, in a handsome two volume boxed
collectors set represents perhaps the most significant body of
knowledge in this interdisciplinary field available. About Dennis
McKenna: He is an icon amongst psychedelic explorers, working to
inspire the next generation of ethnobotanists in the search for new
medicines for the benefit of humanity and the preservation of the
biosphere that produces what is apparent from reading these papers
- a rich pharmacopeia of medicines. Essential for academic
libraries, pharmaceutical and ethnobotanical collections.
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