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.
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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).
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our friends in Decriminalize Nature Oakland:
“We need your support! Our friends in Oakland are working with Councilmember Gallo’s...
Researchers at Maastricht University are working on a research study about mescaline use, including synthetic mescaline, peyote, and San Pedro. This anonymous internet survey...
Marcelo Leite highlights statements made by anthropologist Bia Labate in her opening remarks for Psychedelic Science 2023 that address the problem of Indigenous exclusion at the conference and within the broader Western psychedelic community.
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...
Chacruna Institute is seeking a Courses Coordinator to oversee the organization’s offering of
courses, trainings and workshops. This is a part-time, remote position with a commitment of 4-6 hours per day from Monday to Friday. We are looking for candidates from the US, with preference for California, ideally located in the Bay Area.
A large group of Brazilian scientists carried out the first randomized placebo-controlled trial with ayahuasca in 29 patients with treatment-resistant depression, and the results...