A new study by a team of international archaeologists reveals the role that hallucinogenic drugs played in the ancient Chavin culture (900-250 B.C.), which was different from their counterparts.

Only elites used hallucinogens in ancient Andes society Snuff tubes and spoons unearthed at Chavín de Huántar in Peru had traces of vilca and nicotine.

Study sheds new light on exclusive hallucinogenic drug rituals in ancient Peru By Emily Mae Czachor ...

Chemical tests subsequently conducted on those tubes revealed six of them contained traces of hallucinogenic substance dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, a powerful psychedelic that occurs naturally in ...

Archaeologists Say They’ve Discovered a Hidden Chamber Where Elites Used Hallucinogens 2,500 Years Ago Unearthed in Peru, the small underground room may have been used for rituals involving ...

An American tourist has reportedly died after drinking hallucinogenic herbal tea during an ayahuasca session in Peru. The 41-year-old man, said to be from Alabama, died in Santa María de Ojeal in ...