“…This move toward the current regulation originated in campaigning from ayahuasca groups with public authorities, in dialogue with researchers from various fields, such as anthropology, psychology, and psychiatry, among others. It was, therefore, a convergence of actors and specific political conjunctures that characterized a unique and innovative process (Antunes, 2019; Assis, 2017; Labate, 2011, 2014; Labate & Assis, in press; MacRae, 2010) and one that has parallels with historical processes of recognition and legitimation of a number of popular practices in the country.…”