Backpacker, 24, dies in Peru after drinking hallucinogenic liquid and 'purging himself in an ancient Amazon cleansing ceremony'

[bkepley]

Rachel Eddie For Daily Mail Australia

Matthew Dawson-Clarke, 24, died on September 3 in a Peruvian ritual
The man from Auckland, New Zealand, consumed ayahuasca
The hallucinogenic drink is made from vines and is said to purge toxins
It is legal in Peru but is not regulated and is popular among tourists
Mr Dawson-Clarke's body was only returned to his family on Monday


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I have relatives who do this kind of stupid stuff.

[Free Vulcan]

It's sad to watch the Millenials turn into the hippie-retread generation.

[truth_seeker]

It's sad to watch the Millenials turn into the hippie-retread generation.

Here is a clue. People have been doing various drugs continuously from the 50s to the present.

The topic drifts into and out of the news, but the drugs and use are ever present.

As far as overall impact on society and people's lives, prescription drugs are a far bigger threat, than is normally discussed. 

[andy58-in-nh]

It's sad to watch the Millennials turn into the hippie-retread generation.

Well, I think on balance they are not as bad as all that.

Having worked with and trained young people of that age cohort, they seem to me far less full of themselves than those of say, Hillary Clinton's vintage; they tend to favor capitalism and free markets over Castro or Marx, and their personal hygiene is exemplary by comparison to the hippies I recall now only for their hirsute visages and preternatural pungency.     

[Godzilla]

Here is a clue. People have been doing various drugs continuously from the 50s to the present.

The topic drifts into and out of the news, but the drugs and use are ever present.

As far as overall impact on society and people's lives, prescription drugs are a far bigger threat, than is normally discussed.

People have been using drugs since the dawn of time.

Those Greek Oracles didn't get their 'visions' without help, ya know!

[EC]

I'm afraid my bleep field is fallow this year, so I can't give one for him.

All this damned stupidity about going off and "finding yourself." Wouldn't have to do it if they weren't so careless as to lose themselves first.

[bkepley]

I'm afraid my bleep field is fallow this year, so I can't give one for him.

All this damned stupidity about going off and "finding yourself." Wouldn't have to do it if they weren't so careless as to lose themselves first.

Mostly I posted this out of disgust at the millenials who buy into every "cleansing" claim that becomes popular.

[Godzilla]

Mostly I posted this out of disgust at the millenials who buy into every "cleansing" claim that becomes popular.

Ey herd dat cat-poop coffee is a good 'cleanser'.

[EC]

Not just the Millenials, sadly.

Seems most Boomers think that if they just eat a magic diet, sleep right, shit right and use the correct shampoo, they'll live forever, having sex with supermodels the whole time.