Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs: 50 Years of Research (1967-2017) - Synergetic Press catalog listing for an edited 2-volume scholarly work

Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs: 50 Years of Research (1967-2017) is a scholarly, two-volume reference on the scientific and ethnopharmacologic study of psychoactive plant substances used for medicinal, therapeutic, and spiritual purposes. Edited by Dennis McKenna and Sir Ghillean Prance, it focuses on how the field emerged during the psychedelic 1960s and how research progressed over the following five decades, including contemporary concerns such as new treatment directions for addictions. The catalog page frames the work as an interdisciplinary overview, assembling expertise from ethnobotany and related disciplines and positioning the books as a panoramic resource linking scientific research with indigenous knowledge traditions.