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2025-06-07 Caribbean-Latin America

American tourist, 41, died after drinking psychedelic tea at spiritual retreat in Peru

[NYP] An American tourist died after drinking a psychedelic tea that caused a "breakdown" of several organs while he was on a spiritual retreat in the Peruvian Amazon, according to reports.

Aaron Wayne Castranova, 41, died Monday after ingesting ayahuasca — a potent hallucinogenic plant brew banned in the US — during a shamanic ritual at La Casa de Guillermo ICONA, a hostel known for its "spiritual tourism" in Loreto.

The hypnotic elixir triggered a multi-organ "breakdown" that caused the Alabama man’s lethal spiral, according to Narciso Lopez, the regional prosecutor’s forensic pathologist, the Daily Mail reported.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-06-07 03:41|| || Front Page|| ||Comments [62 views ] Top

#1 Think of it as evolution in action.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2025-06-07 03:49|| 2025-06-07 03:49|| Front Page || Comments Top

#2 Maybe the cause was something other than ayahuasca.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2025-06-07 05:00|| 2025-06-07 05:00|| Front Page || Comments Top

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