Growing up in Britain in the mid ‘90s, the name, and image, of Leah Betts featured prominently in my drugs education. Black billboards across...

November 2012. I have just started my research on the history of LSD and this is my first time in the US. I’m heading...

Eileen J. Garrett (1893-1970) is reputed to be the greatest psychic and “trance” medium of the twentieth century. Less known is her role as...

Was LSD ever a “sex drug” for women? In the 1960s, the answer appeared to be yes, but the drug could not overcome the sexual anxieties of the period.

It is striking that the work of Joyce Martin, Margot Cutner, and Betty Eisner is so little known in the history of 'set and setting.' Their work is essential to understanding the major changes brought to LSD-assisted therapy during the mid-twentieth century.

How does one describe the ways in which a person’s life is touched by psychedelics? And, even if I could capture that accurately, how...

Chacruna is proud to host this series of reflections on women in the history of psychedelic plant medicines. Our inspiration for these posts came...

The history of psychedelics has often emphasized the contributions made by leading researchers, breakthrough therapists, and champions of a psychedelic ethos. It just so...

In thinking about women, plants, and spirituality, I thought about the traditional West African Yoruba relationship to the plant realm as articulated in their...

Chacruna interviews historian Erika Dyck, who was invited to come join us on the Women and Psychedelics Forum, but whose agenda did not allow. The interview addresses...