Peyote is being threatened by overharvesting, drug decriminalization laws and a resurgence in psychedelic use.

A vast majority of peyote people agree the plant must be protected and should ... remembers at age 4 using peyote and singing ceremonial songs at all-night peyote ceremonies with his family.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A peyote plant blooms while growing in the nursery at the Indigenous Peyote Conservation Initiative homesite ...

It’s all but disappeared ... and co-director of the RiverStyx Foundation, look for peyote, a cactus and sacred plant medicine utilized in ceremony by members of the Native ...

remembers how abundantly peyote grew in the region during the 1970s. It’s all but disappeared. “It was like walking on mattresses,” he said. Trout empathizes with those who object on religious grounds ...

A vast majority of peyote people agree the plant must be protected and should be out of reach of medical researchers ...

Some members are suspicious of investors’ intentions and prefer government funding to safeguard the plant. Peyote, after all, represents more to them than a plant; it embodies the Creator’s spirit.