Ethnic groups in southern Colombia, such as the Siona, are using yagé (a local name for ayahuasca) to do politics in a context of...

Imagine this story appearing in the news headlines in the near future: “Once, not too long ago, psychoactive substances were seen as a threat to...

The concept of “set and setting” has been a guiding principle of psychedelic researchers, therapists, and explorers since it was first outlined by Timothy...

I believe that the issue of Ayahuasca is, in essence, an issue of human rights: as humans of this earth I believe that we...

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

Since the therapeutic use of sacred plants and fungi began to be accepted by Western medicine, a tug of war has been taking place...

Psychiatrists usually define hallucination as a sensory experience that appears to be real, but is not produced by any actual object of the environment....

Peyote (Lophophora williamsii) is a small, spineless, mind-altering cactus that, for centuries, has been terribly misunderstood by Western society. It grows naturally in the...

There is a scene in Oliver Stone’s 1991 film, The Doors, where the rock quartet and their female company travel to a desert and...

How can the use of psychedelic and sacred plants help alleviate human suffering? What are the barriers to such “plant medicines,” like ayahuasca, becoming...