nen888 wrote:..ayahuasca tourism has become a dangerous business..
there have been a number of murders, and many rapes by bogus 'shaman' in South America lately..
I followed the Kyle Nolan story for quite a while. It seems that when Kyle was flown home, that his body was too decomposed to find out for sure the cause of his death. Also, there seems to be some issues between his father and mother, and there seemed to be some kind of secrecy going about.
Untill there is clarification it's not correct to blame the Ayahuasca. What DOES seem to be more of the case is that this retreat centre was run in a very irresponsible manner and really went to work about rushing in crowds of people to cure them, like they were on some kinda mission, although it was always highly questionable the 'way' they ran. And in cases like these accidents do happen. A lot of people thought it was an accident waiting to happen.
Kyles death could have been anything from an interaction with another 'substance', to falling down and banging his head, as he was encouraged to be left to his own devices on his first brew!!
Let's not let the the very few ruin the majority of good out there.
"Eat your vegetables and do as you're told, or you won't be going to the funfair!"