The Dangerous World Of Ayahuasca | Foreign Correspondent
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- Опубликовано: 12 мар 2017
- Thousands of travellers are flocking to the Amazon to chase the highs of the ayahuasca plant.
Tragically, some never return.
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So basically he had a nicotine overdose and it WASN'T from the Ayahuasca.
Yeah was tobacco. ..don't smoke baby
I have had nicotine poisoning, a very small bit and it was awful......who in the hell with some common sense would drink tobacco tea. Apparently a lot of fools. You are responsible for what you put in your body and this should be a warning for those who want to drink tobacco tea. Don’t do it. That simple.
So then why do they mislabel it and make it seem dangerous. Wtf. This title is the stupidest thing i ever seen
Actually it waseems most likely the failure to take the sick client to the hospital that killed him. Had they acted properly he might still be alive today.
I’m sure it was the combination of everything!! Whatever you do don’t do crazy jungle drugs
He died of drinking Tobacco tea not Ayahuasca 🤔
Of course he did, nicotine is a poison.
That title makes me angry lol at the people who produced this
@@CosmicPortals1990PearseMcCann One of the most dangerous poisons known to man.
Came here to be the 200th person to say this. Ayahuasca comes out unscathed.
Rename: The Dangerous World of Tobacco Tea
Tobacco in tea is could be realy dangerous and easy to deadly overdose.
When You smoking is immpossible because you can not take more than body could take at the moment.
This shaman dont know what he is talking about.
Maris Ocean Excellent comment!
I wonder why no one else died, since supposedly the facilitator does not know what he is speaking of?
Indigenous ways have been vilified since the European invasion of the Americas.
It is a tragic loss for this family.
Matt made a choice, it was a risky one.
He chose the risk anyway.
An indigenous woman has been murdered because of her ancestral practice.
Laying blame is often the way some people go. Victimhood is a common way some choose.
Not too many are too concerned with the indigenous genocide that occurred and continues to occur in the masses.
Right now our neighbors in central America and Mexico which is part of the Americas, are being vilified and kept in cages. They are Americans.
Yea wtf lol. and even if it was the aya, thats still only one death out of probably hundreds of thousands of ceremonies. Why do people not focus on the actual killers like pharmaceutical or alcohol. this is bias af
If you know anything about plant spirit medicine, you know of the intimate relationship between the tobacco and the other plants used. To isolate one even in jest reveals ignorance of these ways and is yet more misinformation.
Video should be titled the dangerous world of tobacco tea...
I have just completed 5 Ayahuasca ceremonies yesterday in Iquitos. There is a reason why Ayahuasca was hidden in the jungle for centuries and kept among the shipibo tribe elders as a secret. Aya is an extremely formidable force operating at high frequencies and is not something to be trifled with. In hindsight, looking at the intense experiences I would not go for it. The experience twisted my mind. But some good things came out of it.
I met my dead father in the first two ceremonies which brought me great joy since the portals were open for access to him. Then I foresaw my mother’s death which brought me great pain. Ayahuasca advised me to get married and settle down in a traditional Indian way. The last two ceremonies were ambulance ceremonies where I was in great physical pain as ayahuasca opened up and debrided my emotional wounds. It particularly worked on my irregular heart murmur and fixed it permanently. Thereafter all the pain in the heart came out.
I’m Peruvian and I’d never do it. Ayahuasca is for people who live off the grid, away from society. The regular Peruvian national would never touch it.
@@WTFisthe911Why would you Never do it?
Becuse your social condistioning tells you to?
God is the only one
A 10 minute dmt trip is enough for me,don't think I'd like to be on something like that for hours, totally mind blowing without doubt
@@NicoGee1 because you need to mind ur business you disgusting colonizer.
Badly biased journalism. I have done Ayahuasca few times and nothing has helped me more in my personal growth.
And it was tobacco tea, nicotine sensitivity, that caused the death.
Gift wrapped gutter journalist propaganda
Perhaps I should try it. People are surprised when I tell them LSD got me out of a lifelong depression.
Same here
The major media is in kahoots with the global cabal that wants to keep you down. These types of mind expanding drugs are a danger to them.
@Q Min open up your mind
Thumbs down for deceptive title. It's death from nicotine poisoning, not from ayahuasca.
Not to mention the deceptive description.
@Geoffrey J Carp I wasn't talking about the ceremony as much as if I was just going down there to visit. How safe would I be?
Do they kidnap foreigners down there? Are there Narcos or cartels? Corrupt police or taxis? How far does the US dollar go there?
And one more thing. I'm very poor and I'm dying. There is a "shaman" here in Kentucky, but he's an ex bank robber with missing teeth, a white guy, and his "ceremony" is just in his house and it doesn't look anything like what I've always heard of a ceremony. It only has four people in the ceremony, and it's only two nights, with a small dose the first night, and then the shaman just sits and talks to you like a therapist, and then a full dose the second night and then you leave. I'm trying to determine if it would be worth it to come to Peru, if the experience would be different and genuine enough to warrant me avoiding this local guy.
So, Are there actually real shamans there, or is it mostly a bunch of conmen trying to rip off white people?
I've done DMT while peaking on a high dose of mushrooms and and I had a life changing experience. I also learned about real shamans and what an experience with them is like, what they are like and how they operate. How difficult is it to find one of these shaman?
Sorry for all the questions. I just don't know when I'll ever have the opportunity to speak to someone from Peru again. Thank you so much.
@@augustgreig9420 Look up Temple Of The Way of Light, which has been running for many yrs(though I've not looked into it recently), & a place that has two centers called Arkana..one in the Amazon & the other in the Sacred Valley just beneath Machu Picchu. A friend from the UK recently went to the latter Arkana center & had only really good things to say about it.
But research & reviews are your best friend.
There are so many places now that aya has suddenly become so big & trendy, & dodgy aya brews are sold on every street corner in Iquitos. There's so much money to be made for people who would have to work weeks of long hours to make similar, so it's no surprise this ended up happening. It's a huge shame, but it's life, & it just requires a massive amount of/ your own diligent research. Go into the online forums & read other people's personal experiences.
Just remember though, like any plant medicine, whether it's psilocybin for depression & ptsd or ibogaine for opiate detox or psychothepeutic reasons or ayahuasca for anything, there are always going to be a lot of disgruntled people online who went into the experience with completely unrealistic expectations, like the plant magically 'curing' them of whatever ails them. This is sometimes encouraged by the very inexperienced or the dodgy shamans, or the middle men getting their $ cut. It's never going cure anyone of anything. It's like anything in life....you get out of it what you put into it, which includes a very strict ayahuasca diet so you don't have any potentially highly dangerous reactions due to the specific metabolic pathway that the capo & chacruna brew occupies in your brain..which means there are many different medications you simply CANNOT take within a certain time frame of taking aya. Look up the ayahuasca diet online. It's vital to a safe & healing experience.
Regarding the local guy near you...trust your gut. If it doesn't feel right, then it probably isn't for you. Not to mention, how knowledgeable is this guy? Does he have emergency medical procedure certification in case of an incident? These are questions I would be asking of anywhere you look into, & don't take their word for it, ask for proof if they seem hedgy.
Have it in writing, & make an informed decision regarding what they actually put into their specific brew, as they can vary wildly, depending on where they source their plants, what they put in their brew, & how much of each ingredient.
In my opinion, the best healing ayahuasca brews are just the 2 ingredients.
Good luck, & I hope you find what you're looking for! & remember, the biggest part of anything like this is not the drinking of the brew...It's in the search, &, most importantly, in the changes you make after you return, & how you chose to work with your experience, put it into action & integrate these things into daily life. Often having a counsellor or therapist (alternative or western, whatever your preference, or even trusted family member or friend) work with you on your expectations leading up to it, & then work through your experience with you in person once you return to your normal life is excellent & helps you put stuff into perspective. Though I'm yet to discover what 'normal life ' is!
Anyway..all the best to you on your epic journey, & I really do hope wherever you end up brings you some peace & ease in this human experience.
@@dreamingofcottontails6601 you sound like a really nice, genuine, caring soul.
@@proudmilitarybrat76 Thanks, that's really nice feedback.
I guess, when you have good knowledge & wisdom about something, sharing it is one if the best ways to help pass it on, or recycle it, especially where something as powerful as healing illness, trauma or addiction/dependency is concerned.
Ayahuasca is a live changing experience. The title of this video should be dangerous world of journalism.
He died from drinking tobacco tea, Nicotine poisoning. Not ayahuasca and he even says ayahuasca deaths are rare So changed the headline. They just don't want people to wake up, I lost my daughter after 12hours of terrible pain and my husband and I was devastated, I was very very depressed. Psychedelics & Ayahuasca have given me a deep spiritual meaning to my life. Even microdosing on Ayahuasca keeps you open-minded, feeling connected, helps you find your passion with lots of love in your heart, Beats taking antidepressants. So why don't you do a story on how many people this helps? Instead of fear-mongering shame on you.
its good to have an alternative view. Those who know will not be discouraged by an alternative viewpoint
So the message I get from this is to avoid tobacco and stick with ayahuasca. What happened to Matt was terrible! I cant and don't want to try and imagine how I would feel if it had been my son or daughter. BUT... I have taken drugs in the past and somewhere inside me, every single time I took them, was the knowledge that this could be my last time I ever did so. I am not trying to take anything away from what happened, but at 24 years of age, a person is their own. Sure, our kids will always be our kids. But at what point do we allow a 24 yr old to take resposibility for their own actions and grant them the freedom to make their own choices about what they consume? Yes, I realise this comment wont be popular, but to me, this documentary and its title implies a very heavy bias in saying that ayahuasca is the problem, yet even Matts mother says that she believes it was the tobacco purge which killed him along with insuficient contingencies for if something goes wrong. I dont for one moment believe that if Matt had been just 14 or 15, or even younger, and died from drinking too much alcohol back home in so called civilisation that this documentary would have ever been considered, let alone made and published. Yet kids are dying from alcohol poisoning every week within the western world, just 1/2 an hour from hospital (if that). Let alone in a jungle, miles and hours from help.
Love u 💘
thousands have went and didn't come ack or came ack completely insane. So many suicides. Most of these places are scams and they aren't safe at all. rich whites are so naive
Thank you for your opinion. I agree with everything you said. Western civilization always wants to blame anyone except the person for what happens. We as adults make our decisions and should except the consequences.
he died by nicotine poisoning of the tobacco tea and they blame ayahuasca, crazy!! classic media
luckily I could tell what this was BEFORE watching... thanks to the comment section for confirming =)
Same here.. Of course ABC can make vids about drugs and not get demonized
Me too!!!
it couldn't be nicotine..... nicotine is legal isnt it?
so he didn't died because of taking ayahuasca, don't blame that sacred medecine
No one is accountable or responsible for that young man travelling all that way to try something they wont allow everywhere. They knew they were isolated and wasnt forced to drink anything. It is what it is.... no one's fault.
100% agree
You're both insane. If you don't think the guy that gave him poison isn't at least partially responsible then you're nuts
Ileana Carthan: I 100% disagree. The staff •did not react in a timely fashion
•even “refused” medical help of a trained paramedic!
•as a business they had zero medical emergency contingency in place
•did not contact the next of kin during or after
the medical emergency
Just because this Retreat is based on a sacred medicine does NOT give it a free pass
regarding business protocol. No place of business (irregardless of isolation) would be allowed to get away with such incompetency.
If the Shaman came to Canada (as an example) and through a series of mishaps hurt himself .... then a litigation would proceed to compensate him. At the very least .... the next of kin would be contacted.
The business practices alone are dismal and unacceptable.
Additionally, if I am not mistaken, this particular hybrid of tobacco tea is full on dangerous & has caused the death of other
tourists. Accountability MUST be in the hands of the ‘Retreat’ who charges a pretty penny for “a business service”. They want to charge those exorbitant fees - they need to provide a reliable and ethical service!
Words of a psychopath! Whoa, Ileana!
@@doracotterell2863 absolutely..really shocking to see their response. Sadly they don’t know that they will have a price to pay.
My condolences to Matt's family. RIP Matt.
How about you guys produce a documentary about the teen from S.Carolina who died April 26, 2017, after drinking a large Mountain Dew, a latte from McDonald's and an energy drink over a two-hour period before collapsing in his classroom.?
Ayahuasca is a sacred plant and the ceremonies are a very sacred experience. Respect Mother Nature and be a part of the bigger picture. The Universe. Much love and peace
Exactly!!!!
So the findings were that the poisoning was from nicotine from the tobacco tea, yet the title is the danger of ayahuasca. Hmm.
Doesn't matter who is to blame when you're dead. Stop teaching your children that everything is someone else's fault. Actions and decisions have consequences, and some that Mom can't fix for you. I'm not trying to be harsh, I just hate seeing families lose loved ones.
Exactly. They actually go there *because* of the lack of regulation. They hate that the US is so regulated. They want to live go to places where they can do what they want and take risks in their own hands - a very LIbertarian take on things. When you want to experiment with illicit drugs, you gamble that things will go wrong.
The whole time watching this i'm like these people are looking to blame someone so bad. When in fact it was his own fault for traveling over 1000 miles from his native home and going into the jungle and consuming mind altering drugs. I hate to say it but it seems as if he should have been more educated on this.
When you go to a bar and start doing shots you are literally risking your life and others.
Amen Whipper! I'm really so very tired of people not willing to take responsibility for their actions.
They do such irresponsible things over and over again. Later when they end having to suffer the natural consequences of their behavior like ending up in jail, prison, hospital ER, friend or family funeral due to their own actions , they want to ask why did this happen to me. Look in the mirror selfish selfish person. Your addiction is killing anything good in your life. It's isolating you from those who can no longer love you because those who love you are broken hearted and cannot keep listening to your lies.
@@gaslitworldf.melissab2897 Pretty uneducated response on your part. Alcohol kills 100,000 people in the USA every year. Ayahuasca has yet to kill anyone. Now you can die the same way as any other drug, by trusting that what someone was giving you was what they say it is. You can legally get the two plants necessary for Ayahuasca here in the US, make it yourself risk free. The war on drugs has ruined way more lives than drugs themselves. However Ayahuasca is not even a drug, the active ingredient is DMT, which is already in your body, you wouldn't dream without it. It is actually used by people to get off of addictive drugs and alcohol. It's more effective than Prozac or Effexor after a single dose compared to one year of SSRI use. This has been proven in multiple studies. Kratom and Ayahuasca as well as Ibogaine are a huge threat to Big Pharma because they are getting people OFF drugs. Ibogaine has a 50% success rate with opiate addicts one year later from a single treatment. This makes it 9-11 times more successful than methadone clinics or Suboxone with none of the side effects or dangers. With Kratom people can cut down the pain of withdrawal by a huge margin and no deaths like Suboxone use. To make a propoganda video about someone dying trying to use Ayahuasca and make it sound like they were out to get high is irresponsible and obviously untrue.
War on consciousness
StimulatedConscious Diethylamide you’re absolutely right
"It's not a war on drugs. It's a war on personal freedom." - Bill Hicks
The world is awakening from a deep sleep.
EXACTLY
Are secular people so desperate for spiritualism that they resort to this stuff? They killed their country's religion and replaced it with new age mumbo-jumbo. This doesn't seem logical but emotional blackmail and revenge.
Well the dude crosses the world to do heavy drugs, ends up dying from tabacco and you are trying to get some shamam a life sentence?! Sorry for the parents but... it doesn’t sound like they forced it down his throat
Plus his story has nothing to do with the ayahuasca anyways. Rename the title
As well as omitting anything that highlights/evidences the danger of Aya., this report also omits any discussion about personal responsibility. Instead, the discussion focusses solely on finding someone else to blame, whilst ignoring the question of Matt’s role in his own tragic death. If I die from choosing to take drugs, or drinking an unknown, potentially dangerous tea, surely I’m culpable (?)
It's the Western way : No personal responsibility . It's always someone else's fault !
the dangerous world of clickbait sensationalistic content aka "journalism"....
Aww the friendly old lady at 16:48 made my heart melt
This video is very biased against ayahuasca. Self accountability
It was the tabacco tea that killed him he OD on nicotine it had nothing to do with Ayahuasca
@@tysonmadding8559 that's why the title shouldn't be what it is.
This is just so terrible to watch. It hits awfully close to home because my well-intentioned but misinformed use of Ayahuasca has trapped me in the grips of a treatment-resistant mental health condition. I'm glad that these documentaries shed light upon the utter devastation that the misuse of dangerous substances can wreak.
May Matt rest in peace and may his family find solace in knowing that the tragic death of their son is not in vain and that it likely saves countless other lives by steering them away from these hazardous neurotoxins.
This is what happens when you criminalize real medicine. Good people have to go into the middle of nowhere and take big risks. If it was allowed in US or Australia, it could be consumed safely with therapist and medical support.
What is “real medicine”?? Not everything found in nature is safe for human consumption. There are many plants found in nature that are poisonous to humans. The fact that someone needs to be trained on how to administer ayahuasca safely automatically tells you it is a potentially dangerous substance, no different than the “fake medicine” in America or Australia. Even if doctors in America or Australia were trained on how to administer this medicine to patients, everyone’s body is unique and responds to certain food or medicine differently. What may be safe for one person to consume may be deadly for the next. And sometimes there’s no way to know this until people actually start dying from it.
As an American, I would like to send my condolences to his Family. What a tragedy. ABC Australia did an outstanding job on this short documentary. I hope both of his parents find peace somehow to keep moving forward. As well as my fellow American who tried help saving Matthew. 🍀🙏🏻💚
They did a horrible job blocking "Richard's " identity
@@human_bot_ I agree completely. Anyone who knows him will recognize him.
5 people dead from unknown circumstances r.i.p!! 800.000 people per year deceased of implications from dokters drugs prescription in the u.s.
A good documentary would place evrything in perspective then draw a conclusion. But still I understand the parents.
This is the first RUclips video I’ve ever seen that has more dislikes than likes! Remarkable... Speaks for itself! Maybe the ‘journalist’ should do a story on how many people died taking pharmaceutical drugs last year alone. Wonder what he would title that video 🤔
What exactly does that mean, "It doesn't happen to people like me." ? I'm sorry but it makes it seem like they're so special that this shouldn't have happened to them? We're all people. We all have faults and failings. We all make mistakes, no matter how special you think you are.
It means she is still in the grieving state....There are 5 stages of grief... 1. Denial and isolation; 2. Anger; 3. Bargaining; 4. Depression; 5. Acceptance. People who are grieving do not necessarily go through the stages in the same order or experience all of them. I would say the mother is still in denial stage. I think the father is in the acceptance stage and does not want to live without his son. It is sad
@@8bert9 bargaining? How so?
@@blackfish4674 One example in this case could be "GOD PLEASE!!!!! TAKE ME!!!! PLEASE!!!!!! TAKE ME AND BRING HIM BACK!!!!!!"
It means her ego thinks that she doesn't deserve this, and she chooses to be a victim
I think she's just badly expressing the general feeling, almost everyone has to some degree, of statistical invincibility. We hear of all kinds of disasters and tragedies in the news everyday, if we fully consciously expected any of them were likely to happen to us many people wouldn't leave the house. We have to ignore the extreme dangers of life in order to live.
"This doesn't happen to people like me."
Me: Why not? It happens to the rest of us humans .... every day of the week.
In short... ayahuasca is NOT what was found to kill their son, it was nicotine poisoning. My deepest sympathies to his parents.
This place in Peru needs to be held accountable, laws need to be passed for basic medical supplies on hand, CPR for emergencies such as allergic reaction’s and satellite phones for emergencies. No more finger pointing, it was neglect.
Ayhuasca is a dangerous psychedelic…those who push it in any way are liable for disasters as in their ignorance they are unaware of the long term effects…not just death ..huge mental problems.
This is tragic. I feel for Matt's family. I also see that Matt went to great lengths to be where he was. Knowing he would be isolated , remote, and immersed in an ancient cultures customs. He took the risk and it cost him his life.. The culture is has shared their ways with people who have been persistent of having this experience. Now the inocent people who share the ways get vilified.
For my self I was willing to possibly die to get relief and I did.
I pray Matt's parents will find peace in knowing that he made a thought out choice to be there. If they believe in the afterlife that he is in a better place.
It also seems that he had some paranoia going on. Why else would he think someone was singling him out to poison him? Paranoia came from somewhere. He most like showed up with it. His parents must admit they didnt know what all their son was involved in prior to his experience with Ayahuasca. It's sad for all the participants that witnessed the heaviness of his death.
I know all the times I have participated the other participants were there with some heavy issues as well.
@@isabelkelly7717 not the way out of problems..only can cause worse problems in time. There are other safe ways to deal with ones problems.
@@theinngu5560 Ayahuasca helped me. I followed the protocol I was given. I came out better. Maybe he didnt follow the protocol. It's important.
Not everyone does things like you.
@@isabelkelly7717 He said he felt poisoned, not that he thought he had been intentionally poisoned. There's a huge difference! If you had ever felt poisoned yourself you'd know that those are exactly words you would use. "I feel poisoned." It has nothing at all to do with blame or paranoia.
But then the fact remains that he actually was poisoned. And anyone with half a brain knows that tobacco tea, or chemical name nicotina, is the basis for almost all pesticides. He didn't know it, but he actually was poisoned.
Somebody f*cked up big time with giving him that tea. BIG TIME. And f*cked up even more by not having anyone with even the most basic First Aid and CPR, and EVEN MORE by not sending him to hospital IMMEDIATELY. If ever there was a time when he SHOULD have been paranoid, it was then and there. And it's a terrible shame that he wasn't.
There are times when a person should legitimately feel FEAR, and that was one of them. For you to accuse him of being paranoid is one the stupidest things I have heard in my whole life.
@@theinngu5560 Exactly!
Ayahuasca "a new it drug" pahahhaha people have been taking it for a thousand years!
Just legalise everything don’t be so stupid and let people do what they want with their own conciseness
Tobacco is legal you fucking moron
Little minds want to be in control and its such a thrill to have a jackboot team enforcing his little narcissistic ego trip
Yeah. People should be free to be as concise as they want to be.
Exactly if it was legal we wouldn't have so many of these issues
@@edgepixel8467 😂 I'm so glad someone said it.
Ayahuasca is only lethal when combined with SSRI's in extremely high doses, the young man's death in this video was caused by a mixture of other substances that were mixed in the Ayahuasca brew.
"Richard" stays anonymous with a highly identifiable motorcycle.
This story of looking for responsibilities really makes me mesmerized. How can you have care and first aid deep in the jungle?
This people that go to these places are well above 18 years old and fully responsible for their lives. When they decide to go to this out of normal places drinking ancient drinks they should be fully aware of the dangers that might happen deep in the jungle drinking stuff that little research is made.
Don't try to look for responsible just because of one die. It won't turn back time. The only responsibility is on the person that chooses to take the drink.
The laws of man are not applicable in the jungle. There are laws of nature. And if nature said that is time to go we don't have a chance.
Like is said in the video. There are thousands of people that die every year from prescribed medicine and the pharmaceutical industry are rarely accounted for. Cut the crap and be real.
Some people have been sold a story about these substances and so it is up to decent people to try and warn them. They are far far more harmful than pharmaceutical drugs, as they mess with the mind. May tragedies stop occurring as people become better informed.
I do understand 100% what you're saying. An I agree to an extent. The problem is, when he first started showing almost allergic reaction signs. Get him help ASAP. Why wait till the evening? That's all. Nothing will bring him back, and he is an adult.He made a choice, but that doesn't make it alright that he died there. That he didn't choose not sign up for. It's Sad no matter how you spin it.
@@theinngu5560 Anybody smart enough to figure out how to go to the jungle in Peru and take this stuff is smart enough and to know the dangers. He is responsible for himself. The warnings are everywhere. It's the first thing you see when you research ayauasca. It's his own responsibility. I stumbled across ayuasca reading about it online, and the health warnings literally are some of the first things you see.
@@theinngu5560 The truth will come out.
Contrary to your statement, that's exactly where first aid should be available, deep in the jungle. If not an ambulance or a hospital, at least some form of aid should be available to treat the person immediately or some medic or a doctor be present to monitor and look after the people and their symptoms, first aid can be as basic and essential as a pulse oximeter, blood pressure measuring device, device to check blood sugar levels, antibiotics, insulin shots, basic medicine storage, a cleaning, operating kit..etc. Why I feel this way is since these guys are paying so much money to partake in such an experience, the people organizing the retreat should be aware of the repercussions as well, health wise and treat everyone individually. They should get the medical details of the people partaking in the retreat, they should be aware what medications one is taking or what illnesses one is facing, any allergies to any substances etc etc, this should be mandatory. Only once this is done and the person is cleared by a medical professional as medically/mentally fit to take part in such a process, then he may take part but while still under the care of a medic, my point is, at least someone should be present to care for their health and not just ignore their symptoms as a part of the trance or as delirium. Matt must have felt deeply abandoned and scared that he's not being cared for or his symptoms even being taken seriously, he must have felt utterly lonely because he knew there was nothing nobody could do and there was no help coming, from anywhere, or anyone, that thought alone is enough to shake our souls and take our hopes away. This must not have gone on, he should have been treated early, he shouldn't have passed away, but sadly he did and it did happen, but these changes must be made for good so that we can see less and less of such happening. May he rest in peace and may his family find inner strength and light to cope with and come to terms with the loss of their close one 🙏❤
This doesn’t happen to people like me. What kind of person are you? What kind of people is this for?
Yeah I thought the same after she said it. Tragedy happens to anyone.
Well fuck you then lady
Right
clickbait spoiler!!they were all killed by tobacco and had nothing to do with ayahuasca
you should do a documentary on " The dangerous world of education"...
alex julien we are all being herded to believe to live a life of “their “ making . Trying to control the way we live . This is not the life of free will, to do and live this life as we choose ,accepting our own mistakes and learning from them . 🥰🌈👍
This is Richard he drives this motorcycle works as a paramedic, shows half his face has a stubble beard but we cant give you his true identity in case he loses his job.
Showing in Motoerbike, brand & colour. Also his helmet and clothes.
i know lol, they showed his unique bike and helmet
It happens to people like you...me...and your neighbor. We're all human. We all do stupid things from time to time. Some of us pay the ultimate price for that. It happens. It's the side of our humanity that makes us all equal. Those vices and making bad decisions. Most of us learn from it. Some of us don't make it. So sorry.
When I was in Iquitos I heard about an American University Professor who went crazy after his experience. He walked the streets homeless for two weeks before his family found him.
His experience with tobacco tea?
@@somatfromnowt Ayahuasca
What time of year were you in Iquitos?
Sounds like too much fun!
It's my understanding that you don't just go to a place and drink Ayahausca... you have to go on a strict diet, you have to fast.... you have to prepare your body for the experience. It seems a lot of people don't do this....
What a deadly and foolish mistake?!!! I know from my childhood that tobacco can kill you if you make tea out of it!
I think the Shaman needs to learn this, definetly can't be good having liquid tobacco.
I nearly died from toxic amounts of benzos legally prescribed after I lost my 27 year old son. I was on 16mg of Xanax per day and NO doctor accepted responsibility for what happened to me. In fact the prescription of Xanax has quadrupled in Australia alone in the last 5 years. When I tried to leave the drug which I was NOT told was addictive I had a seizure. It has been 2 years and I am still tapering from this insidious drug which is prescribed like candy.
Same with antidepressants in the UK but they won't prescribe diazapan long term cos its addictive. I went through hell going through withdrawal on zoloft , very scary and still suffering a year later and yet people think nits safe because a doctor prescribes it, make me mad . I've been taking kratom.for 4 years yet its banned in the UK.its not even psychoactive it helps tremendously for anxiety and sleep and no side effects.
I have a hard time feeling sorry for this kid because they are trying to hold these people responsible because there isn't an emergency room in the middle of the amozon. Come on really he went there to meet the spirit God's and he definitely did that. R.I.P.
*The gorgeous world of ayahuasca*
People make choices to do dangerous things all the time knowing full well that there are risks involved. Sometimes the risks become reality and unfortunate things happen. No one should be held accountable for the choices people make but themselves.
Poor mother, she seems to be stuck on her journey in life. How ironic that one of the things that could take her to the next level of acceptance would be the experience sought after by her son.
The Dangerous World Of Ayahuasca??? u must be kidding.. never watched any "abc" documentarys before but i also havn't planed to.
I agree with the comments at the top of this thread. In addition, you want *justice* for someone who died of a nicotine overdose from a shaman? What about the regular doctors in your own country who "murder" people nearly everyday
due to misdiagnosis, mistreatment, and prescription drugs who's side effects are worse than the condition? I had 3 family members killed by stupid doctors. In on case, my Aunt received Morphine to treat the pain of her 4th stage Pancreatic Cancer (misdiagnosed 3 times before that), when the doctor KNEW she couldn't handle it due to the damage the cancer caused to her liver. I am not a doctor and even I know not to do that. Where's the justice there? There is no justice in this world. I bet a majority of your prisoners are innocent.
Shame on those who spread this misleading propaganda. I would do an ayahuasca ceremony tomorrow if I could afford to do it, not just because it could cure my cancer but, at the very least, it would spiritually prepare me for death.
That is something just as valuable as the potential to cure that was overlooked here.
I did it couple of times myself, guided by people who learned it from shamans in South America. I never heard of Tobacco tea drinking afterwards.
Sounds like something else is going on
You go into the amazon alone to take a home brew drug ? you're on your own man.
Ayahuasca is a terrible substance. I participated in ceremonies in 2017 and 2018 and I can tell you I wish I would have never done it. It opens you up to a spiritual realm that cannot even be explained. Some people think these experiences are life changing, and they are, but not in a good way. You don’t need ayahuasca to have your life change. You just need to seek the one true God and let him show you the way. Most people who do aya do it over and over again b/c they see it as a path to healing, but it just isnt. I know people who have been doing aya for years and they are very broken people still searching for something. How sad. I am so happy I chose not to do it again.
I agree. My life has been destroyed by ayahuasca.
@@soprotivleniye7620 Sopro, I will pray for you. Do you believe in Jesus?
@@cherylburnett2014 Thank you. Yes, I do.
@@soprotivleniye7620 great!!! I am so glad!!!
Jesus does NOT need this propaganda! And if you believe in HIM, how come you are lying??? Apparently, you did NOT have to go back to do it over and over again, as you claim it about OTHER PEOPLE, since you have only done it twice. Also, you give away your spiritual stupidity when you say: "Ayahuasca opens you up to a spiritual realm that cannot even be explained." That's your problem: probably you are not spiritually inclined enough if you cannot explain that spiritual realm. I would even conclude that your worshipping of Jesus is DOGMATIC, instead of being the product of understanding HIS teachings (that by they way, are CONVERGENT with the teachings of AYAHUASCA)!
There is no mention of why he was at this place. Why he was seeking this trip. His parents, as "reported", don't appear to know what their son was up to. There is only a general sense of him being a "good kid". This is a tragic outcome for this person. But there must have been a underlying issue that hasn't been "reported" by Hamish, otherwise this guy wouldn't have gone to so much trouble to travel into the jungle. The "report" would have me believe he stepped off a cruise ship into this situation. He very well could have had other drugs or was sensitive to tobacco. I'm not a doctor or expert, that's what doctors and courts are for.
foolish attack against a spiritual path and a miraculous drug.
My prayers go out to both Matthew and his family. The fact is when you seek to get high, you seek danger. It's sad that so many have to die. God bless.
Yes sadly people really don’t under the danger of these substances
Ayahuasca is not to get high...
He's right about the pharmaceutical deaths ....Matthew was responsible for his own death he willing participated ...
Thank you for shining light on this.
YOU are ultimately responsible for your own actions and the risks involved in adventure tourism. If you want your guaranteed safety, don’t leave the couch. I feel bad for the parents, and this reaching out to find blame is a natural part of the grieving process.
I couldn’t drink a tea of nicotine. My body would reject it in much the same manner that our bodies (when healthy) completely reject the actions of “self-harm”. I hope that this retreat have made certain correction last from these costly lessons. Matt - Rest In Peace. 🕊
We’ve agreed not to show you Richards face later they show his face.
I bet he died of a nicotine overdose. Makes sense if he was a non-smoker
I hope he’s in a better place. This world is becoming a mess & who wants to live in it when there are options...
Deceptive journalism. "We secretly recorded his answers".
True journalism is deceptive. You know...because EVERYONE (not really) tells the truth when they know they are being recorded.
So you paid money for a degree.... to be a liar?... weird flex
The parents annoy me. Accept that your son new he was going to be taking a drug. His death is on him period.
I have to agree, it was his fate. We take the risk, we know the risk. May his parents find peace.
If the elite tell me not to do something via MSM, then I know it’s what I should do.
Very misleading (clickbait) title. Tobacco/Nicotine Poisoning seems to be the cause and even the parent agreed 27:30
It's a sad accident, but he looked very bad before.
No one has died from straight Ayahuasca. He was on some other stuff as well (maybe that tea), but probably heroin or something similar. Most people are drawn to DMT to get rid of an addiction. It's sad he died, but statistically Ayahuasca is relatively safe. No drug is 100% safe.
Not to justify that his death wasn't tragic, however the young man went to the jungles of Peru to an illegal retreat and unfortunately lost his life. He went there full knowing that it was remote and potentially dangerous. He went on his own free will. I don't believe he was intentionally poisoned rather had a bad reaction to the nicotine and DMT. My condolences to his family.
If it had actually been Ayahuasca, then it would be 100% legal. Peru even keeps track of tourists coming for Ayahuasca ceremonies. When you arrive they ask you what you are coming to Peru for. Thousands of people have said Ayahuasca. It's not illegal at all, it's safe, helps people, and it generates tourist dollars for Peru. There is a 5 star hotel in Costa Rica offering Ayahuasca ceremonies with yoga classes and organic meals. People are also legally doing at Churches in the USA. No idea what statutes exist on tobacco tea.
@@mateosmind751 thankyou for clarifying. The ABC says it "illegal" because they say it is. I detest this type of prejudice and lies. I lack a good English term to describe this abuse of reporting powers by ABC. It got really obvious it the ABC was suffering phychosisneurosis over a decade ago. It spread like cancer. Sicken at times after viewing some of their television stuff.
Ohhhhhhh please. What’s the dangerous is man stifling our abilities to access all of our levels of consciousness. Smh.
Why they gave him tobacco brew?
Just while I was writing my comments I bet over 100 people died from legal substances 🤘💀🤘
The dangerous world of sensational title news report !
"5 people died since then in this area". And "this area" is probably the size of average European country. Since then 5 million people died in the world. People die. That how it is.
This report was misleading starting from its title and finishing with the reporter's closing remarks attributing danger to ayahuasca. The NZ coronial inquiry and the mother, as well as the narrative itself showed that the culprit was the tobacco tea the victim drank. He died of nicotine poisoning and lack of immediate medical attention. The Canadian woman's death was also caused by nicotine poisoning. Richard's problem was not because of the ayahuasca. Why the misleading insistence on blaming ayahuasca without foundation?
I find it baffling to see so many people in the comments saying that you get what you come to experience, and that the people who have died should have expected that risk. I feel like having medical professionals at a specific healing retreat (just in case) isn't that illogical of a concept. It seems that most people come out of it alive, and I understand it is supposed to be an authentic cultural experience, but still. Another thing to mention that he most likely was encouraged to drink that tobacco tea and in a way, the place is responsible for that. I don't know, seeing so people blaming those who died is wild to me.
Everything is dangerous.. Keep life simple
Could have had an allergic reaction!
Dangerous world .
If I were the parents I can't know how I might react.
I'm going to make sure I hug my kids and show them this and my grand kids as well. And anyone else who will listen.
Please do the same.
So not only did he not die from drinking ayahuasca, but the guy with ptsd ended up worse off because he watched this kid die, not because of ayahuasca. It's honestly not the shaman's fault either, I'm sure he gave other people that same tobacco tea that day- Matt just had a bad reaction because he probably had other drugs still in his system.
Iquitos is a dangerous city. I lived there briefly. Like the Amazon, beautiful but dangerous.
Like the rest of the world.
Yeah, it's safe compared to Houston or Chicago though.
They boil it with cigarettes? wtf.....who drinks boiled cigarette water?
Over 25 years ago i lived in the country next door and went pretty far in the mountains and the jungle. I also work for free 6 months in an old folk home. I had a long lasting experience. Only had some cigarettes and eers here and there. I was 21. I know that not everyone has a year to spare but if you rent a small apartment for a month or two and connect with a local charity first to help some locals you can have a nice transformative experience. Stay away.from foreigners for that time and connects with the locals. Ayahusca might do some cool stuff but the open space on those mountain tops will destroy a lot of programming we have. Just stay away from tourists crowds if you can.
The problem is unregulated tours without support works ... People are going to do that ... Peace
You can still find DMT bearing substances without having to travel to the Amazon. Buy a couple of Colorado River toads and a roll of parchment paper. They're still legal to own, reasonably priced and have a lifespan is 2 to 4 years.
Or “milk” the glands of bufus alberius, found in the Sonoran Desert...
That's 5-MEO DMT, different substance
@@punchjudy yep I also heard it has very different effects.
people are supposed to wean off all prescription meds, over the counter meds before taking ayahuasca. tobacco tea is of course a stimulant, so there could have been an interaction. but before going, people should look into the safety measures at each camp. ayahuasca is strict medicine, there are personal responsibilities, and the shaman has responsibilities for safety of each guest. if there aren't rules, if guests aren't told the rules, like don't take anything, meds for a period of time. so there should be a preparation period before going, research it before going.
Yea, Makes me think if he was prescribed stimulants or something
Yeah, tobacco should never be added to the Brew. Anything other than Cappi and Psychotria and you are taking a risk. There is a ton of info available about preparation. You should be off prescription meds, but honestly thousands of people on meds, not following the fast have taken it with no ill effects. I wouldn't risk that myself. This really seems like a propoganda piece. Might as well show the Fraternity kids who died giving themselves beer enemas.
No one forced him by gun point ultimately no one's fault
Media: Ayahuasca is the culprit!
Ayahuasca: I plead not guilty!
*Phillip Morris: My Bad*
I saw ayahuasca and a major network and knew it would be slanderous bs.
has he worked with the tobacco 30yrs or 20yrs
Yes and sound very intelligent in defending himself from the biased reporters.
He worked with Tobacco for 30 yrs and he worked with Ayuasca for 20 yrs
I wonder why all the thumbs down? This program is bringing the story to the public. To me that's a good thing. Whether or not you agree with the use of the plant is not the reason for thumbs up or down.
Because people are fed up with propaganda instead of proper journalism? Even skipping the part where the guys' death had nothing do to with ayahuasca, but instead with consuming tobacco tea, the main premise seems to be 'there are high risks involved in doing these kind of ayahuasca rituals in far off places'. Fine, then please do something akin to journalism: assess how much risk. How many people go on these trips every year? How many die doing so? How does that compare to say, kayaking trips, walks through NYC or visiting michelin star restaurants? All these activities involve risk. As does sitting at home under a reinforced lead clad canopy. The point is to quantify how big the risk is, and to compare that to the supposed benefit. This is just sensationalist rubbish.
@@broyout3586 Point taken. I didn't think of the thumbs down in that regard.
I'm a cannabis user myself, in very small doses. For sleep. This herb is not suitable for me for recreational purposes as I have a very low tolerance for it's stone effects. I suffer from insomnia and drink a cup of cannabis tea mixed with a herbal tea just before bedtime which, naturally, calms my mind in order to drift away into a sound sleep. Initially I tried pharmaceutical sleeping pills, but they had a very negative effect, probably because they are synthetic. I also tried melatonin which, after a week or so caused some strange brain sensations. Not good. In my estimation cannabis is a miracle plant. It's a wonderful tranquilizer for many people and a suitable medicine for many ailments.
@@veefriend4201 50 years ago marijuana was shown as a drug that will make you kill your wife then jump out a window because it turns you into a complete mad man...many older people are still believing this as true and deems a pot user as scum of earth.....well, nothing can be further from the truth....this video is displaying ayahuasca as something very dangerous that kills.......nothing can be further from the truth. A mass brainwashing has taken place over psychedelics when these plants are teachers and can change you perspective towards peace and love, the complete opposite of alcohol
Tobacco poisoning is very possible. I am extremely sensitive to tobacco, I once almost passed out, vomited and became nauseous from a single cigarette. I do not drink alcohol or use drugs (weed) for the same reasons; they make me sick. Some people are more sensitive than others. I was so surprised from my reaction to a single cigarette smoking - did a bit of research and learned of a few cases of people having a heart attack due to smoking one cigarette. Of course such cases are extremely rare. I am also very sensitive to Vitamin C. A friend of mine is planning to take Ayahuasca (I had never heard of it before he told me) - hence my interest in the subject. Myself? I pass. No thank you.
You chaps could done a lot bettah by this story, yeah? Come on..
How biased. Never done ayuasca, smoked DMT once. Beautiful, enriching 10 minutes I must say. I won't look for it again because I want to earn my own wisdom, but there is nothing dangerous about it. Unless you are afraid of finding yourself, forgiving yourself, clearing your path, finding inner peace...yeah real scary.
the guy who said he came because he was asymmetric and now is symmetric, is actually asymmetric however with a blown mind
The dangerous part of the journey is being so far away from medically trained professionals, not the Ayahuasca brew itself. If we could have designated Ayahuasca centers throughout the western countries with quality controlled tobacco tea brews (or perhaps a safer substance), this wouldn't be a problem. It's time for change!
No, this belongs in third world countries as it's part of their religious customs and practice.