The disciplined functioning of these religious organizations can help to develop a more tolerant approach to the drug issue that places less emphasis on the purely pharmacological aspects of the issue and pays more attention to the psychological state of who consumes them and to the physical and socio-cultural environment in which this consumption occurs. Despite occasional problems, which can always occur when a large number of people gather for religious or spiritual reasons, whether or not there is substance use capable of altering the state of consciousness, Santo Daime and other religions that use ayahuasca seem to confirm the effectiveness of social control on the consequences of drug use.