You don't have to smoke the caapi..
It is used to break down enzymes in the stomach.that destroy the DMT molecule when taking ayahuasca.
If you want to extract you only need the DMT from the chacruna. Or other plants that contain lots of DMT.
Mimosa Hostilis and chaliponga also contain a lot of DMT.

Terence did more than just DMT in his life time. Who knows what actually caused his health problems.

Shamans that use ayahuasca there entire adult life typically have amazing health and live a long time.

Did you know that Albert Hofmann, the inventor of LSD, lived a very long and healthy life, dying at the age of 102? The year before his death I saw him speak and he still had a very sharp mind at age 101. He died as the result of natural causes, despite the fact that he used LSD many times throughout his life. He also used mushrooms, DMT, salvia, and other similar drugs on himself when bio-essaying them for their effects while attempting to isolate their active compounds. He used all the major psychedelic drugs.

Looking at the shamans and Hofmann, I'm more inclined to believe that these substances are not damaging when used properly. Alcohol, which is accepted by most countries as a drug people can legally use is far more damaging to people than DMT or LSD appears to be. If these two drugs were damaging, Albert Hofmann would not have lived so long and shamans would be known for poor health, not excellent health.

As for a smoking mix, most shamans DO NOT SMOKE DMT. They use it orally in ayahuasca, which may be healthier.

Smoking is generally not healthy, and Terence may have developed health problem because he smoked lots of marijuana every day for 35 years, he smoked DMT (not as often as marijuana), and smoked many other compounds.

Timothy Leary died of cancer. He was addicted to cigarettes, marihuana, cocaine, and several other drugs he’s reported to have used everyday! Talk about a drug addict!

Albert Hofmann didn’t smoke or abuse drugs on a daily basis. He used LSD “regularly” throughout his life, but never on a weekly or daily basis like Leary and McKenna did with pot, and other habitual drugs.

As far as health is concerned, McKenna and Leary both used marijuana daily (Leary was also addictive to cigarettes). They both got cancer. Hofmann used LSD mostly, and he was one of the healthiest people on this planet, living to be 102 and having a sharp mind and good health before his death. And then you have shamans that use DMT based ayahuasca their entire adult life and they’ve been shown to have very healthy minds and bodies.

So what are the FACTS here? It seems like marijuana is the culprit here in McKenna’s death and not DMT. The people that use DMT or LSD only, and NOT marijuana or cigarettes are usually just as healthy as everyone else is. The people that are using marijuana daily are dropping like flies.

I used to think pot was fine to smoke, but after seeing so many long term pot users develop health problems just like cigarette smokers, I just can’t see pot as being so benign. It is definitely causing health problems it its long term users.