Category: Policy

Oregon’s and Compass’s Opposite Approaches to Psilocybin Therapy Should Coexist, Says Initiator of Measure 109

Marcelo Leite, Ph.D., summarizes how the medicalization and legalization regulatory models for psilocybin-assisted therapy can...

Fighting for the Legal Use of Ayahuasca as a Religious Sacrament with Martha Hartney

Jasmine Virdi interviews Martha Hartney, an attorney fighting for the legal use of aya-huasca as...

Capitalism Goes Rogue with Patent Claims on Psychedelics

Not-for-profit organizations, like MAPS and Usona Institute, are just a few years away from completing...

Let’s Talk About Hikuri: A Peyote Conservation Project by the Wixárika

This article introduces the Hablemos del Hikuri peyote conservation project that began in 2017 to...

A New Supreme Court RFRA Ruling May Be a Boon to Psychedelic Religions

The Supreme Court’s December 2020 ruling in Tanzin v. Tanvir has several lessons for psychedelic...

Press Release: The Wixárika Regional Council for the Defense of Wirikuta neither recognizes the Valadez family nor Decriminalize Nature

DECEMBER 8, 2020, COLOTLÁN, JALISCO. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN The Wixárika Regional Council for...

Why California’s Future Psychedelics Legislation Should Start with Decriminalization of All Drugs

In the 2020 election, we have witnessed major drug policy reform happen in states like...

Social Justice Means Decriminalizing All Drugs, Not Just Psychedelics

This article talks about the prevalence of psychedelic exceptionalism in activism groups, the need to...

DEA and the Religious Exemption: A Fox Guarding the Henhouse

A Critique of the DEA’s Authority over the Ceremonial Use of Controlled Substances The plaintiffs’...

Cannabis and Psychedelics: Vote and Change the Laws!

Public initiative or legislative action? Attorney Gary Smith explores legal paths for psychedelics, using cannabis...
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