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Author: Andre Gomes

Cash Crop: The Extractive Cannabis Industries Of the Global South

For the past couple of years, many Global South nations have sought to capitalise on the global cannabis boom, reforming their drug laws just enough to allow for domestic cultivation industries to blossom, yet maintaining usually harsh systems of criminalisation. In late 2025, Sri Lanka’s President Dissanayake opened the country up to medical cannabis investments, […]

Addressing Ayahuasca’s history of Western extraction and exploitation

Ayahuasca Western Exploitation History

Ayahuasca has captured the world’s fascination – for better or worse. The name of this shamanic brew (also known as caapi, or yagé) originates from the Quechua word meaning “vine of the souls”; it is a brew of plants native to the Amazon rainforest, with the primary ingredient being a vine that contains the psychedelic compound […]