IN JUST 45 DAYS, TWO POLICE INTERVENTIONS ON THE AYAHUASCA INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION
First in Berlin and now in Cologne. With operatives of dozens of policemen to impede people from using Ayahuasca for their healing.
Even though they persecute us as if we were delinquents, I guess that these police operations are produced by mere ignorance (so far) on part of the German authorities that have not yet realised that Ayahuasca is not prohibited, is not a drug, and does not damage public health; I cannot think that they have a bad intention or that they may be against the use of Amazonian remedies that help millions of people in a natural way. In this sense we congratulate the police for their concern on trying to protect the population from possible frauds, sects, or used of hazardous substances, which is why we are collaborating by sharing the whole truth about what we do, not just at the police headquarters but through the media we use.
It happened 9 years ago in Spain, where because of my 14 month detention (for using Ayahuasca in retreats) there was a persecution campaign throughout Spain where more than 100 operatives were performed and trials were started on people who had Ayahuasca or received it by the mail. Not one of those cases reached a sentence; either they were archived for lack of proof, or absolved, as with my case that took a public and oral trial of 4 days where there was no way to prove I was guilty. After my absolution, the persecution stopped, because they had judged Ayahuasca for the first time without technically or scientifically proving that it is a drug or that it harms the health of people. For this reason, the use of this marvellous natural medicine spread around Spain with benefits on physical and psychoemotional health for thousands of people. Presently, aside from our organisation there are hundreds of shamans that visit Spain and all of Europe bringing Ayahuasca and sharing it with thousands of people with results that keep surprising.
Other countries, before persecuting or starting very expensive legal processes, find out quite well what Ayahuasca is made of, what are its uses, what effects it produces, etc. as is the case in Switzerland. In a written release, Swiss authorities have informed the following:
Swissmedic, Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products
Bern, 25 May 2012
Subject: Your request of 21 May 2012 concerning Import of Ayahuasca
Dear Mr. Kaiser ,
I refer to the sent documents on 21 May 2012, “Request to import Ayahuasca, a sacred psychoactive tea containing DMT used in many religious and tribal rituals throughout the Amazon region “of 18 May 2012.
The relevant question for Swissmedic concerns the possible subordination of the name( to the Swiss Narcotic Act, due to its content of DMT (N, N-Dimethyltryptamine).
After reviewing the above-named documents submitted to us, we can confirm the follow facts:
Plants, parts thereof or their extracts (e.g. tea), which contain the DMT substance natural concentration are currently not subject to the regulations of the Swiss Narcotic Act and consequently freely marketable without a special authorization.
DMT is a chemical listed in the directory “d” (appendix 5) of the Swiss Federal Narcotic ordinance (Betm VV-EDI SR 812.121.11) and therefore can only be marketable with a special permit. issued by the Federal Office, Public Health (BAG)
Best Regards
Dr. Hans-Beat Jenny
Deputy Director
The only counties where Ayahuasca is explicitly forbidden are Argentina and France. Our team of lawyers informs us permanently about the laws in each country and prepares a legal status of each country to confirm if we can develop our activity legally, because our company is legally constituted in the countries where we organise inner evolution retreats with the psychotherapeutic use of Ayahuasca.
What happens when the police arrive to an Ayahuasca retreat?
It is impressive to see the attitude of the German participants of our retreats and the facilitators when the police arrive, firstly because they are real operative where dozens of policemen arrive, search for drugs, money, a guru or sect boss, but they find normal people that do not have guns or drugs or alcohol, only the need to heal their wounds or a quest for spiritual connexion in a pure and sincere way. We see that reaction of many policemen is conflictive, their faces asking “what are we doing here?” as if saying: “These people are doing some therapy, this does not look like criminal behaviour”. And even though they are handcuffed, asked to lie on the ground like criminals, they are asked many questions and asked for a declaration, the participants remain very calm during the retreat; the police take the people responsible within the organisation, but other facilitators continue with the retreat as if nothing happened. But without Ayahuasca, because the police take the Ayahuasca, computers, money and all products they find. Therefore, the retreat changes tone, experiences are shared; there is integration of the fact that the session was interrupted, and we use other kinds of natural medicines we have and with which we can obtain different expanded states of consciousness.
FROM THESE POLICE RAIDS SEVERAL STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL HAVE EMERGED AND PEOPLE THAT DECIDED TO JOIN THE ORGANISATION TO SUPPORT OUR WORK
After a few hours, the people in charge of the retreat are freed from the police station after declaring, and they return to the retreat to continue the process, THEIR own process and those of the participants, although without Ayahuasca, and with a scare in their bodies, but totally willing to continue with their labour and accepting what happened.
MOST OF THE FACILITATORS WELCOME THE EXPERIENCE WITH THE POLICE AS IF IT HAD BEEN AN AYAHUASCA SESSION. THEY COME OUT STRENGTHENED AND WITH GREAT COMPREHENSION OF WHAT IS HAPPENING.
It is undeniable that a harsh fight with fear is activated, but knowing we are doing nothing illegal, we do not have are reason to stop and they do not have a reason to stop us. After the retreat in Berlin 30 days ago, where the first operative happened, they arrived to Cologne in the same fashion, but announcing they will be at every one of our retreats. Each of these police operations starts legal processes that we face with great lawyers.
The same thing happened in Belgium some months ago. The process is still unresolved.
We are waiting for German and Belgian authorities to get clear on the therapeutic use of Ayahuasca and what this wonderful plant is doing in millions of people. Our retreats are attended by judges, policemen, politicians, and government officials, all of them know they are in front of a natural remedy of unfathomable value to health and wellbeing, and all of them are witnesses that far from creating addiction, Ayahuasca liberates from addictions. If instead of persecuting it they supported it, they could end in a faster and more effective and healthy way the problem with drug trafficking and harmful drugs.
Alberto José Varela
ORIGINAL LETTER FROM THE SWISS GOVERNMENT:
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