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Colorado’s new psychedelics law draws attention to natural medicine’s Indigenous roots

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Courtesy Santiago Guerra
Santiago Guerra is a professor of Southwest Studies at Colorado College. He researches Indigenous medicines.

The Natural Medicine Act made legal in Colorado something that Indigenous cultures have considered traditional for centuries. Santiago Guerra, a professor of Southwest Studies at Colorado College who has researched Indigenous medicines and America's drug war, says the roll out of the new law is a chance to build connections with Indigenous expertise.