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Ayahuasca — a traditional plant medicine and powerful psychedelic — is attracting more and more tourists to the Peruvian Amazon. They go looking for spiritual enlightenment or for help with mental health problems like addiction, depression and trauma. It’s turning into a booming industry and, as the BBC's Simon Maybin’s been finding out, that’s bringing problems.
 

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