Dennis J. McKenna - Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs: 50 Years of Research (1967-2017)

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGIC SEARCH
for PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS 2017

Vol. II

50th Anniversary Symposium June 6 8, 2017
ESPD50.com

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGIC SEARCH
for PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS 2017

Vol. II

50th Anniversary Symposium June 6 8, 2017
ESPD50.com

Editor in Chief

Sir Ghillean Prance

[FRS, FLS, FRSB] Director (ret.), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Managing Editor

Dennis J. McKenna

[PhD, FLS] Director of Ethnopharmacology Heffter Research Institute

Associate Editors

Benjamin De Loenen,

Wade Davis

[PhD, O.C.] Professor of Anthropology and BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk, University of British Columbia. Formerly Explorer in Residence, National Geographic Society

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Foreword copyright 2018 by Sir Ghillean Prance
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: ESPD Symposium (2017 : Buckinghamshire, England), author. | Prance,

Ghillean T., 1937- editor. | McKenna, Dennis J., 1950- editor. | Loenen,

Benjamin de, editor. | Davis, Wade, editor. | Heffter Research Institute,

issuing body.

Title: Ethnopharmacologic search for psychoactive drugs : 50th anniversary

symposium, June 6- 8, 2017. Vol. II, 2017 / editor in chief, Sir Ghillean

Prance; managing editor, Dennis J. McKenna ; associate editors, Benjamin De

Loenen, E. Wade Davis (PhD, O.C.); book design and typesetting by Hugo

Amadeu; Botantical illustrations on box set case and end sheets by Donna

Torres.

Description: Santa Fe : Synergetic Press, in association with Heffter

Research Institute, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and

index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018003553 (print) | LCCN 2018002719 (ebook) | ISBN

9780907791720 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780907791683 (box set with

reprint of vol. I : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780907791690 (ebook) | ISBN

9780907791690

Subjects: | MESH: Psychotropic Drugs | Ethnopharmacology | Congresses
Classification: LCC RM315 (ebook) | LCC RM315 (print) | NLM QV 77.2 | DDC
615.7/88--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018003553

Book design and typesetting by Hugo Amadeu Santos
Botanical illustrations on box set case and end sheets Donna Torres

Printed by Bang Printing, USA
This book was printed on SFI Certified #60 Offset
Typeface: Dolly Pro, Underware

Dedication

The 2017 ESPD 50th Anniversary Symposium and The Symposium Proceedings are respectfully dedicated to Dr. Stephen Szra, MD DSc.

For his many contributions to Psychopharmacology and to the early days of NIMH and NIDA. His pioneering and courageous investigations definitively established for the first time the psychedelic properties of DMT (N,N- dimethyltryptamine) in humans

We would also like to recognize and honor some other pioneers of Ethnopharmacology, who presented at the 1967 ESPD conference, for their dedication to the science and the inspiration they provided for a younger generation.

Proceedings of a commemorative Symposium held at Tyringham Hall, Buckinghamshire, UK, in the spirit of, and in honor of, the first ESPD Symposium which took place at the San Francisco Medical Center, University of California, on January 28-30, 1967.

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The original 1967 Symposium was produced under the auspices of the program in Continuing Education in Medicine and Health Sciences of the San Francisco Medical Center, sponsored by:

Pharmacology Section, Psychopharmacology Research Branch

National Institute of Mental Health

Public Health Service Publication #1645

U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

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This Anniversary Symposium and the 2017 Symposium Proceedings are an affirmation of our belief that many significant discoveries in this field took place in the five decades since the first ESPD symposium; and that the future holds great promise for many more to come.The 2017 ESPD Symposium and the Symposium Proceedings could not have been done without the generous support of our sponsors and donors. Additionally, the Symposium and the Proceedings reflect the hard work and dedication of many volunteers and support staff.

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