Medicinal Plants: From Sanitary Fallacy to Medicine of the Future
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7117259Keywords:
Psychedelics, Mental Health, Human Rights, SDGs, SDG 3, SDG 10, SDG 4, SDG 5, SDG 11, SDG 16Abstract
This contribution is a brief review of the prohibition of psychoactive substances, mainly of medicinal plants at an international level, finding that the westernization of knowledge presents one of the obstacles when applying ancestral knowledge about herbal medicines. In addition, it looks at the intersections between the fourth industrial revolution, the use of psychedelics and mental health. Keywords: Psychedelics, Mental Health, Human Rights.
URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022102511114542410503
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7117198
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