Green Market Report
A Florida state court has found the psychedelics-promoting Soul Quest Church of Mother Earth Inc. and its owner Christopher Young liable for the death of 22-year-old Brandon Kyle Begley in 2018 at a weekend retreat. The judge ruled that the organization and its owner should pay more than $15 million to the man’s parents.
Law360 reported that Begley’s parents, John Paul Begley and Holly Catt, first brought their lawsuit in 2020 in Orange County, Florida, alleging that their son died as a result of hypoxic encephalopathy, hyponatremia, and primary polydipsia following his use of drugs administered during a Soul Quest session.
Hypoxic encephalopathy is a brain injury related to a lack of oxygen and hyponatremia is a sudden decrease in sodium in the blood, Law360 reported. Primary polydipsia is excessive consumption of fluids.
The verdict came after an eight-day trial in which a jury determined that the drugs given to Begley were “unreasonably dangerous and defective.” The verdict is understood to mark the first legal determination that the combination of drugs used — ayahuasca and Kambo — is unsafe, Law360 reported.
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