Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines is a registered California 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (EIN 84-3076078). We are a community-oriented organization run by a small staff of experts and enthusiastic volunteers who work to bring education and cultural understanding about psychedelic plant medicines to a wider audience. We promote a bridge between the ceremonial use of sacred plants and psychedelic science and envisage a world where plant medicines and other psychedelics are preserved, protected, and valued as part of our cultural identity and integrated into our social, legal, and health care systems.
Help us to achieve our mission! From our beginnings in 2017, we have stood apart from other psychedelic education and advocacy organizations by pioneering initiatives that support and provide a platform for diverse voices, including women, queer people, people of color, Indigenous people, and the Global South. In efforts to address the lack of diverse representation in the expanding psychedelic landscape, we centered our mission around the empowerment of marginalized voices to foster cultural and political reflections on topics like race, gender, and sexuality in psychedelic science. We believe now more than ever, given the current social and political climate, our work is critical to the future of psychedelic healing for humanity.
Please become a member so that you are able to help Chacruna, yourself, and the world. Support of any amount helps this cause and allows us to provide psychedelic education to anyone who wants to access it.
Contact: Kaitlin Luna(202) 336-5706(415) 978-3500: Aug. 9-12, Convention Press [email protected]
CAN PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS HEAL?
Psychologists explore potential benefits of hallucinogens for mental health disorders
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On Earth Day, Thursday, April 22nd from 10:30am - 11am (PT), leaders of a new coalition, Plant Medicine Healing Alliance, will be hosting a press conference to speak upon their “dual mission of improving access to plant medicines while simultaneously promoting sustainable sourcing and respect for the human, plant, and animal ecologies where the medicine grows.” They will speak about the Indigenous history of sacred plant medicines, the medical perspective of the therapeutic potential of these substances to help people heal from PTSD, especially veterans, and they will ask the Portland City Council to decriminalize these plant and fungi medicines to allow for spiritual growth and access to the treatment that people need.
Emily Sinclair reflects on her experience at Breaking Convention 2023, a biannual psychedelic conference held in the United Kingdom. Although the lively, festival vibe that the conference is known for prevailed, Sinclair notes that there was still room made to discuss serious topics, including queerphobia and racism and the problems that come with increased professionalization.
Dr. Leonardo Pérez, an experienced Colombian researcher, working with Maloca Internationale, recently announced plans
for a new pilot study into the therapeutic benefits of ayahuasca...
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WHO WE ARE:The Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines,...
Webinar May 25th, 20214:30-6:00 PST
Registrations close at noon PST on May 25th
IPCI will answer questions about the delicate ecological status of Peyote and how...
Read Bia Labate's opening remarks for Psychedelic Science 2023 conference in Denver, Colorado, June 2023. She urges businesses, researchers, and clinicians to take reciprocity and community care seriously.
Researchers at Maastricht University are working on a research study about mescaline use, including synthetic mescaline, peyote, and San Pedro. This anonymous internet survey...
The Church of the Eagle and the Condor (CEC) is pleased to announce that it has reached a settlement to secure its religious freedom and the right to use Ayahuasca as its sacrament. The CEC has settled its lawsuit with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).