[ABSTRACT] The field of ethnopsychopharmacology has received much attention in recent years. Changes in USA immigration laws, the recent growth of the field of Cross-Cultural Psychiatry, and the current rate of the globalization process have been factors that have greatly impacted in the focus and attention given to the field of ethnopsychopharmacology.The pattern of migration from evolving nations into industrialized ones has also influenced the current attention given to the different raci