Ayahuasca is a hell of a drug. Well, according to Aaron Rodgers, it isn’t.
Rodgers apparently really loves two things: Football and psychedelic drugs — namely, ayahuasca. His penchant for his Peruvian trips to ingest the hallucinogenic tea has become a major talking point surrounding the Packers passer since August.
While ayahuasca is registered as a Schedule I drug in the United States, Rodgers doesn’t quite see it that way. Speaking on “The Pat McAfee Show,” the Packers quarterback explained why he feels as though it shouldn’t be looked at as a drug, and why the connotation surrounding ayahuasca is a bit off base.
“Ayahuasca isn’t a drug it’s a plant & I think that’s a very important point to make” ~@AaronRodgers12#PMSLive #ART pic.twitter.com/xJyCiiP3Kn
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) September 20, 2022
The reference to ayahuasca or even marijuana, putting the tag ‘drug’ on them, is a manipulative word that creates a bias against those specific things. … Ayahuasca is not a drug. It has properties in it that have hallucinogenitive (sic) abilities. But it’s not a drug. We’re talking about plants here.
It’s a very important point to make. This is how words are created in our society to create a certain bias against certain things. I do think it’s important to go on this ridiculous tangent that I’m on, how words are used to create bias in certain situations. Those biases create fears and those fears prevent people from doing their own research or looking into it or having their own idea and truth in a situation.
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Rodgers further detailed that ayahuasca, along with marijuana and psilocybin, are plants (and fungi), and that the word “drug” paints more natural Earth remedies such as his ayahuasca experience in a negative light.
While Rodgers makes something of a salient point, a friendly reminder from your friends at The Sporting News that just because something is made from a plant doesn’t mean it isn’t a drug. Most drugs are derived from natural substances, after all. It’s all in the process of how you make it and the effect it has on you.
His use of the substance caught the attention of everyone, including Packers wide receivers, who celebrated a touchdown over the Bears with an ayahuasca pantomime.
Rodgers’ tangent raises the question: Is there such thing as too much ayahuasca? Asking for a certain Packers QB.
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