I had a really wild dream last night.
I had a dream that a paramilitary group in south america was forcing people to drink ayahuasca under threat of violence, they charged for it and the money was used to support war, and after they did they marked you with their moto a symbol. the name of the group was a name of an actual ayahausca retailer from peru that i know of... but wont mention the name because its just symbolic really.

what this got me thinking about even more and more when i woke up was the oil dollars spent when we import ayahausca... every time we spend a dollar on oil it supports the war in iraq, every time we participate in global economy we support the oil economy. I woke up thinking about local foods and medicine as being a form of eco as well as anti-war activism.
over the years ive really been trying to integrate lessons learned from ayahausca and other medicines and live a more ethical life... not supporting the oil dollar really means alot these days when you look at it.
i know ive brought these topics up before... but i want to talk a bit about some of the ideas that have come to me that are sollution focused... so that people can receive the medicines they need with out supporting violence in iraq, and large ecological and social foot prints.

so what are the alternatives?

I would like to think that ayahausca is special enough of a medicine that people would attempt to treat it with respect as well as integrate the lessons they learn from it by living in a responsible and ethical way, meaning earth care and people care in how they come by drinking ayahuasca.
currently there are goodly amounts of ayahausca being grown in hawaii and hawaian virdis is superior from what i hear in alkaloid content due to the soil of hawaii being so good.
a vision i received was regional supply networks of people dedicated to getting the medicine out sustianably with earth care and people care as a focus biofuel driven vehicle's and sail power to and from the west coast to the islands would be possible if people were to dedicate themselves to it. refusing to buy from the internet suppliers and instead seeking responsible regional trade net works would be the responsibility of the people drinking and seeking the medicine.
another possibility is working with plants that can be grown or also regionally and sustainably harvested and transported over short distances. creating regional net works with analog plants based on trade and not profiteering on sacred medicine no matter the ecological and social impacts would bring a sense of meaning as well as a feeling of fulfilling our responsibility to the earth and her children.

some of the analog plants can be grown in our areas at least in a green house. making the decision to grow instead of consume and to share the abundance in a good way to others with out concern for profit would assist a great deal of people. people willing to take on this role in supplying the medicines needed take on a sacred role, and would require support and reciprocity.

what i am speaking of is intigrating sustianability and ethics into current ayahausca consumption in a way that creates a culture of the sacred revoling around how we obtain it in the first place.

wildcrafters in new mexico and arizona where syrian rue grows as an invasive species can be local suppliers to transregional networks. harvesters of mimosa from mexico can do the same. great basin harvesters of demanthus or bundle flower can either grow or wild craft the plants or harvest seed and spread it to those that need it in other areas... other plants can be discovered and cultivated in other regions which can serve as analogs and in areas where they cannot be grown to supply the demand eco fueled vehicals can be utilized by people to move the medicines to where they need to go.... keeping in mind that the further they come from the source the more that must be reciprocated.

in the USA alone we have adequate ayahausca analogs which grow in large quantities and can be harvested ethicaly and responsibly which have their own uniqueness yet similar effects and healing as the plants in the amazon. consuming local ayahausca analogs also helps cultivate a sacred culture and new ways and associations with the plants of north america. learning new medicine ways directly from the plants themselves.

i would love it if people who believe in the sacred nature of these medicines saw their sacred responsibility and were inspired to dedicate themselves to supplying these medicines responsibly. as with the case of local food networks the responsibility is in the hands of the people. if there is a need from the people to only consume plant medicines that are sustianably transported and harvested and grown then people will be supported in doing so.

I would support people willing to do this by only working with plants provided to me by them... would any one else?