What is ayahuasca? The psychedelic drug that changed Jada Pinkett Smith’s life

Jada Pinkett Smith He recently published “Vrijedan”, a book in which he records his memories and narrates from his perspective some events that made it into the world news.

He shares with us the memory of the day that completely changed his life, when he had his first born Poor, along with several teenage friends whom he considers to be surrogate children, he offered her ayahuasca in the living room of his house, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Pinkett remembers Moisés, 17, and Mateo, 15, talking about their father’s life-changing experience with the drug. That’s how she, who was thinking about suicide, felt hope.

“All I could think was, ‘What have I got to lose?’ If it kills me, great, mission accomplished. If not, thank God,” he said.

He describes that at that moment he heard voices shouting: “Your children will be better off without you. All they need is Will. All anyone needs is Will.” However; After the first trip, she experienced an epiphany that she was worthy of receiving love and that she deserved the “gift of being alive” so that she never thought about suicide again.

Jaden’s version

A few months earlier, Jaden, 24, said during a speech at the Psychedelic Science conference in Denver, Colorado, that It was his mother who introduced him and the rest of the Smiths to the world of psychedelics.. “I think my mother was actually the first to take that step for the family,” he said.

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He added that thanks to psychedelics he was able to develop deeper emotional bonds with his sister Willow (22) and his half-brother Trey (30), notes Independient en Español.

What is ayahuasca?

This drug, which is also known as yahé, is the result of a mixture of two plants, the ayahuasca vine and the chacruna bush, writes BBC Mundo.

Professor Dennis McKenna, a botanist at the University of Minnesota in the United States, explains that people who seek ayahuasca are not looking for emotions. They are curious or have specific problems like depression.

El País from Spain mentions that an evaluation of studies recently published by a group of scientists led by Dimitri Daldegan-Buena, from the State University of Campinas, revealed that this substance, however, can alleviate depression and addictions; emphasizes that more toxicity studies must be conducted during pregnancy or in developing individuals, as there may be consequences if taken in large doses.