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===União do Vegetal===
[[União do Vegetal]] (UDV) is a religious society founded on July 22, 1961, by José Gabriel da Costa, known as [[Mestre Gabriel]]. The translation of ''União do Vegetal'' is ''Union of the Plants'' referring to the sacrament of the UDV, Hoasca tea (also known as ayahuasca). This beverage is made by boiling two plants, Mariri (''[[Banisteriopsis caapi]]'') and Chacrona (''[[Psychotria viridis]]''), both of which are native to the Amazon rainforest.

In its sessions, UDV members drink Hoasca Tea for the effect of mental concentration.  In Brazil, the use of Hoasca in religious rituals was regulated by the Brazilian Federal Government's National Drug Policy Council on January 25, 2010.  The policy established legal norms for the religious institutions that responsibly use this tea.  The Supreme Court of the United States unanimously affirmed the UDV's right to use Hoasca tea in its religious sessions in the United States, in a decision published on February 21, 2006.

[[File:Peyote Drummer.jpg|thumb|right|upright|A Native American peyote drummer (c. 1927)]]