
Video unavailable
This video may be inappropriate for some users.
The fatal thirst for Peru’s Ayahuasca drug
It's an ancient medicine that's been a way of life for Amazon communities for thousands of years. But Ayahuasca has also become increasingly popular with tourists, eager to seek out its hallucinogenic and healing properties. (Click to subscribe for more Channel 4 News videos. https://www.youtube.com/channel4news?sub_confirmation=1) It contains DMT, a powerful psychedelic - legal in much of South America, but a class A drug in Britain. As our Latin America Correspondent Guillermo Galdos found out when he travelled to the Peruvian Amazon, the new-found western desire for the Ayahuasca experience isn't always welcome.
Suggested videos

Russell Brand’s former PA: He was 'a controlling, scary person’
Channel 4 News · 20:44

Ayahuasca Nightmare in Peru - I Went Looking for Healing, Didn’t Come Back the Same
Gringo Files · 9:40

David Walliams investigated by police over ‘serious sexual offences’
Channel 4 News · 2:31

Ayahuasca Documentary 3
FOXTERRY · 7:43

This man wants to be the ‘America First’ far-right president | FourSight Interview
Channel 4 News · 13:09

Ayahuasca death: Hallucinogenic drug kills UK teen undertaking Colombian tribal ritual
TomoNews US · 0:56

‘I know of other high profile men’: After David Walliams - who else has allegations against them?
Channel 4 News · 24:44

British tourist dies in Peru in Ayahuasca ritual
AP Archive · 1:07

Mississippi elects first Black senator as Scott Colom makes history
Channel 4 News · 3:40

Secrets of Ayahuasca - Finally revealed
CLTRE CTRL · 7:38

Microsoft scrambles to restore services after global outage
Channel 4 News · 7:14

Hallucinogenic cocktail made from jungle vines deep in Amazon | 60 Minutes Australia
60 Minutes Australia · 14:16