Chacruna History

Chacruna Institute has grown from a series of grassroots initiatives into a recognized nonprofit organization dedicated to psychedelic education and cultural dialogue. Its history reflects a continuous evolution shaped by collaboration, publishing, events, and community building across borders. The timeline below traces key moments in Chacruna’s development, from early projects in Mexico to its establishment as a nonprofit in California, highlighting the people, partnerships, and ideas that have shaped its trajectory.

Chacruna Institute receives 501(c)(3) nonprofit status.

July 31, 2020

Drugs, Politics and Culture transforms into the Chacruna Latinoamérica website.

June 12, 2020

Initial research and development of the Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas Program.

May 30, 2020

Chacruna Institute registers as a nonprofit corporation in California.

June 24, 2019

Creation of the name Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines.

June 22, 2018

Plantas Sagradas en las Américas conference held in Ajijic, Mexico.

February 23–25, 2018

Chacruna signs a fiscal sponsorship agreement with MAPS in California.

December 1, 2017

DPC evolves from a blog and conference into a collective, launched in Mexico City.

October 17, 2017

Chacruna begins operating as an informal nonprofit in California.

September 2, 2017

Launch of the Chacruna blog in Guadalajara.

November 21, 2016

Drogas, Política y Cultura: Perspectivas Brasil–México conference held in Guadalajara.

October 5–6, 2015

Launch of the blog Drogas, Política y Cultura [Drugs, Politics and Culture (DPC)] in Guadalajara.

July 15, 2015

Botanical Dimensions begins acting as fiscal sponsor for Dr. Labate’s events in California and book publications while she resides in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

June 6, 2013

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