You've worked with a lot of psychospiritual medicines like ayahuasca, peyote and san pedro. Many Americans would look at these no differently than cocaine or heroin. What makes them so different than street drugs?
Street drugs do not promote healing. True healing puts order into the body, mind and spirit with the past, present and future. The visionary plants enable people to experience nature and spiritual states in profound ways. They heal persistent disorders of both physical and mental nature. Properly employed, they can open up new ways of perception, and enable a person to live a more integrated, fulfilled life. These plants are not for everybody, but they are for many. (From Lessons from the Forests, Organic Authority).