Recent fallout from a YouTuber's infiltration of a Santo Daime group in Spain has brought to the forefront the need to destigmatize ayahuasca use. In response, scholars, researchers, NGOs, and members of ayahuasca groups have united to fight for the religious freedom of the use of ayahuasca. This call, signed by members of the psychedelic community, outlines the situation and steps that need to be taken to honour religious and ethnic minorities' use of ayahuasca and other psychedelic medicines.

It’s Still A Drug War Like most everyone in the “Just Say No” generation, I was taught to stigmatize and fear all drug users. Fortunately,...

The psychedelic renaissance is moving ahead full-steam; Denver decriminalized personal use and possession of psilocybin mushrooms; Oakland and Santa Cruz went farther and decriminalized...

https://youtu.be/BnaYwqsxkbk Now, the California legislature is on the verge of becoming the first legislative body to fully decriminalize several psychedelic substances. The psychedelic revolution is in...

Almost 200 million Americans live in states where medical marijuana is legally available; 60 million live in states where all prohibitions on adult use...

There are hundreds of groups using ayahuasca in ceremonial underground contexts in the United States. They all dream of future legalization and the ability...

https://youtu.be/Wm490_NdDH4 Social movements are gathering and gaining strength, not only in medical causes, but also in relation to the end of deaths in favelas prompted...

As Oregon furthers the process of Psilocybin use under Measure 109, there have been a lot of concerns and criticisms surrounding the framework of this act. This article addresses many of those concerns and specifies proposed precautions the framework will take in order to ensure accessibility and safety.

Since the beginning of the US-led War on Drugs nearly 50 years ago, when certain plants and molecules were criminalized—substances selected, in part, for...

The year 2019 was a watershed year for efforts to reform the laws around psilocybin mushrooms, commonly referred to as “magic mushrooms.” Since psilocybin’s categorization in the...