Oregon’s Psilocybin Society Drafts Framework For Legal Mushroom Therapy
Psilocybin mushrooms. // Photo by the author. According to the most recent Global Drug Survey, psilocybin “magic” mushrooms are the safest recreational drug on the planet—even less dangerous than...
View ArticleFrom Blackhawk Pilot to Plant Medicine Activist: A Conversation with Ian Benouis
Corporate attorney. West Point graduate. Pharmaceutical company representative. Helicopter pilot for the American drug war in Panama. These are not the usual bylines one expects to find in the...
View ArticleMAPS Now Accepts Bitcoin—Plus, Other Ways You Can Support Psychedelic Research
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is now accepting your favorite cryptocurrencies—Bitcoin, Ethereum and even Litecoin. Since their start in 1986, MAPS has been a world...
View ArticleNeurosis is Natural: Human Development and Rites of Passage with Neal M....
The Western world’s psyche is not doing so hot right now. Children and adults are overmedicated on pharmaceuticals, depression and anxiety are rampant, and addiction is reaching epidemic proportions....
View ArticleBeyond Materialism: Interview with Rita Kočárová about International...
As humanity sits on the cusp of a new paradigm that moves beyond strict materialism and into a holistic understanding that includes subtle forces and the subjective experience, we find ourselves...
View ArticleCompanion Activities That Can Enhance Your Relationship With Psychedelics
(Photo: Pixabay) When it comes to your psychedelic practice, it is understandable that your relationships with the various psychedelic medicines could seem the most important thing to focus on....
View ArticleAn End to the Opioid Epidemic? New Study Suggests Ibogaine Treatment Could Be...
Ibogaine is a naturally-occurring psychoactive compound frequently extracted from the root bark of Tabernanthe iboga, the plant source of ibogaine, which has its origins in the Bwiti cult of Gabon, a...
View ArticleIranian Religious Authority Considers Psychedelic Medicines Halāl
(Photos: Grand Ayatollah Rohani and Psilocybe semilanceata via Wikipedia) More than three years ago, Iran’s top religious leader issued a legal degree (known as a fatwā) OK’ing the use of psychedelic...
View ArticleThe Joy of Psychedelic Healing: Interview with Julian Vayne
Many people in the psychedelic community will be quick to mention scientific research and peer-reviewed studies supporting the claims that psychedelics have immense healing power, but if you were to...
View ArticleUsing MDMA to Treat Eating Disorders
Just a year after the FDA designated MDMA as a “breakthrough therapy,” the substance is now being recognized for its potential to treat eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia. MDMA is currently...
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