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Religious Use of Psychedelics in the United States

Science has demonstrated that psychedelic compounds “can occasion mystical-type experiences having substantial and sustained personal meaning and spiritual significance.” Scientific surveys ...
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February 22, 2021 / Blog

The Farmer and The Cowman Should Be Friends: Why the Pharmaceutical Industry and Grassroots Reformists Should Join Forces

By Gary Michael Smith Esq. Our regular contributor on legal matters explains how the nascent psychedelic pharmaceutical industry and grassroots ...
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February 22, 2021 / Blog

Comparing 18-MC vs. Ibogaine for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorder

By Jeff Kronenfeld Could 18-MC, a synthetic derivative of Ibogaine, make treatment safer without the psychedelic trip? With COVID-19 still ...
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February 15, 2021 / Blog

The Plant Spirit Summit

Can psychedelics heal humanity’s global mental health crisis? If so, when will it be legal and accessible to all? Mental ...
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February 10, 2021 / Blog

Light Years – Film Screening and Panel Discussion

We are hosting a panel discussion about the film Light Years. We will be joined by the filmmakers to have ...
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January 31, 2021 / Blog

What do Alien Abduction and Psychedelic Experiences have in Common? Let Dr. John E. Mack’s Work Explain

By Michelle Janikian The story of the Harvard psychiatrist who wanted to believe – and ended up introducing the entire ...
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January 4, 2021 / Blog

Uniform Model Law on Plants and Fungi Medicines: A Better Path to Reregulation

By Gary Michael Smith Esq. Wittingly or not, pharmaceutical companies are clearing the path to the next populist revolution in ...
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December 18, 2020 / Blog

Psychedelic Guide Abuse: High-Control Group Dynamics and Complicity in the Perpetuation of Harm

By Michelle Anne Hobart, MA, SEC, AMFT If we do not face the issue of medicine guide abuse with as ...
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December 8, 2020 / Blog

Middle East Science Diplomacy Focused on Psychedelics Could Generate Peace Dividends

By Thomas Buonomo In February 2020, Israel treated its first PTSD patients in Phase 3 trials with MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. The ...
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November 23, 2020 / Blog

Keys for Integrating Psychedelic Experiences

By Denis Dubouchet and Rosine Fiévet Working in psychotherapy with substances such as LSD, MDMA, and psilocybin in order to ...
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November 16, 2020 / Blog

Recapping the Biggest Wins in Drug Laws and Policies in the 2020 U.S. Elections

By Sean Lawlor The 2020 U.S. election has brought several significant wins for proponents of drug policy. Presidential and pandemic ...
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November 4, 2020 / Blog

Reexamining Cultural Beliefs Around Children and Psychedelics

By Jasmine Virdi For decades, the subject of children and psychedelics has been one of great contention. The mere thought ...
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October 26, 2020 / Blog

The World of Claudio Naranjo

By Allan Badiner Claudio Naranjo was a Chilean-born shaman of Moorish, Spanish, and Jewish descent. He was also a psychotherapist, ...
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October 12, 2020 / Blog

Therapeutic Approaches for Lasting Change in Psychedelic Therapy

By Sean Lawlor The role of therapy in psychedelic therapy has been underexplored in mainstream articles that focus more on ...
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October 6, 2020 / Blog

Indigenous Voices in Peyote Conservation: Preserving Medicine for Future Generations

By Jasmine Virdi Peyote (Lophophora williamsii) is a small, spineless cactus endemic to North America, growing in the vast desert ...
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September 16, 2020 / Blog

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Does Salvia Divinorum Have Therapeutic Potential?

By Michelle Janikian Like many teens in the mid-2000s, I took a bong rip of Salvia divinorum extract in a ...
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August 24, 2020 / Blog

What is Psychedelic Therapy? Common Trends, Practices, and Foundations in the Field

By Sean Lawlor Now that millions of dollars are being invested in psychedelics and platforms ranging from Fox News to ...
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August 11, 2020 / Blog

Selecting Music for Psychedelic Therapy

By Pierre Bouchard, LPC As a professional DJ and full-time psychotherapist offering ketamine-assisted psychotherapy sessions, I love selecting music for ...
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July 21, 2020 / Blog

The Second Pandemic: Is Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy the Answer to the Mental Health Crisis Caused by COVID-19?

By Jeff Kronenfeld Mental health has become one of the central themes of 2020 thanks to COVID-19 and the resulting ...
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July 20, 2020 / Blog

Not All Ayahuasca is Made Equal

By Jasmine Virdi As the use of ayahuasca becomes increasingly widespread, the Amazonian vine has extended its roots beyond the ...
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June 8, 2020 / Blog

Black Lives Matter: A Note from our Team on a Matter of Oppression

Psychedelics Today stands in solidarity. As a media company at the forefront of many tough psychedelic conversations, we are looking ...
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June 3, 2020 / Blog

Mystical Experience and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy: Insights from Guided-Imagery Therapy with Cancer Patients

By Jerry B. Brown and Julie M. Brown "There is something about the core of this experience that opens people ...
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May 28, 2020 / Blog

Everything You Need To Know About Psychedelic Integration

By Jasmine Virdi Undoubtedly, psychedelics are valuable tools for self-understanding, transformation, and healing, enabling us to peer into our inner ...
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May 27, 2020 / Blog

Musings Around Psychedelic Integration Therapy

By Debbie Kadagian, LCSW, HHC Throughout my twenties, I spent a lot of time wondering what the meaning of my ...
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May 26, 2020 / Blog

Psychedelic Cannabis: Using the Plant for Healing Trauma

When we think of psychedelics, we don’t often think of cannabis. But in an era when people are turning to ...
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May 18, 2020 / Blog

Bipolar and Psychedelics: An Investigation into the Potential and Risks

Is there more to this issue than the community would make us think? By Michelle JanikianFor decades the consensus of ...
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May 11, 2020 / Blog

Stanislav Grof’s new Training program

Some interesting developments today in the world of Holotropic Breathwork & Dr. Stanislav Grof. Stan and his wife Brigitte issued ...
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May 4, 2020 / Blog

Remembering Kilindi Iyi

By Joe Moore In 2014 I became aware of a gentleman named Kilindi Iyi in Detroit, Michigan. He was doing ...
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April 11, 2020 / Blog

Psychedelics in Addiction Recovery: Taking a Deep Look at “Sober” Communities that Use Psychedelics

By Michelle Janikian The recovery community is huge and diverse, but the thing most members of AA and NA subscribe ...
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April 8, 2020 / Blog

How to Become a Psychedelic Therapist: From Clinical Trials to Integration Therapy and Everything in Between

By Michelle Janikian More people than ever are curious to try psychedelics for mental health and personal growth. But even ...
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February 21, 2020 / Blog

Should Breakthrough Psychedelic Research Make Us Question Our Assumptions About Mental Illness?

By Jonathan Dinsmore Since the lifting of the irrational 30-year ban on psychedelic research around the turn of the millennium, ...
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February 19, 2020 / Blog

Psychedelic Exceptionalism and Reframing Drug Narratives: An Interview with Dr. Carl Hart

By Sean Lawlor Dr. Carl Hart is neuropsychopharmacologist and Chair of Columbia University’s Department of Psychology. His research, which focuses ...
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February 18, 2020 / Blog

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Psychedelics and the Default Mode Network

by Jasmine Virdi Modern neuroscience has demonstrated that psychedelics such as LSD, psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, as ...
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February 4, 2020 / Blog

Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze: The Impact of Climate Change, Development, and Psychonauts on the Sonoran Desert Toad

By Jeff Kronenfeld Sonoran Desert toads emerge from earthly tombs every year after the late summer monsoons roll in, which ...
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December 17, 2019 / Blog

Psychedelics in Your Neighborhood

By Zoe Moynihan The psychedelic revolution is upon us. After receiving an FDA “Breakthrough Therapy” designation for psilocybin (a hallucinogenic ...
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December 10, 2019 / Blog

Taking a Deep Look at Psilocybin for Depression Research

By Michelle Janikian Psilocybin for depression is becoming a major avenue of clinical research. The Usona Institute out of Madison, ...
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November 13, 2019 / Blog

John B. Cobb – Whitehead and Psychedelics – Part 4

This is the fourth and final blog of a podcast recorded in John Cobb's apartment in Claremont, California. This was ...
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November 7, 2019 / Blog

John B. Cobb – Whitehead and Psychedelics – Part 3

This is part three in a four-part series recorded in John Cobb's apartment in Claremont, California. This was recorded during ...
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November 7, 2019 / Blog

John B. Cobb – Whitehead and Psychedelics – Part 2

This is part two in a four-part series recorded in John Cobb's apartment in Claremont, California. This was recorded during ...
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November 6, 2019 / Blog

John B. Cobb – Whitehead and Psychedelics – Part 1

This is part one in a four-part series. Kyle, Joe and Johanna Hilla were able to spend time recording with ...
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November 6, 2019 / Blog

What’s the Psychedelic Community Talking About? Three Main Takeaways from the 2019 Horizon’s Conference

By Michelle Janikian In the heart of Manhattan’s busy Greenwich Village, the Horizon’s Conference: Perspectives on Psychedelics, graced the Cooper ...
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October 19, 2019 / Blog

Confronting Alcohol Dependence and Depression with Microdosing — One Woman’s Quest for Healing

By Jason Schwab After years of seeking refuge at the bottom of a bottle, Karen Shaw’s experimentation with psilocybin yielded ...
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September 26, 2019 / Blog

Extinction Rebellion Co-Founder Says Psychedelic Disobedience Can Address the Climate Crisis

By Patrick Smith Extinction Rebellion has become the most well-known climate justice movement in history. With over 100,000 members and ...
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September 25, 2019 / Blog

Naropa is doing DMT Research. You can contribute!!

Psychedelics Today is sharing this research project from Naropa in hopes that some with adequate experience may contribute! Below is ...
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September 13, 2019 / Blog

Ayahuasca – The Science of the Vine

By Xavier Francuski Ayahuasca is a psychoactive tea traditionally used by indigenous communities of the Amazon rainforest for its powerful ...
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August 26, 2019 / Blog

Interview with Leading DMT Researcher Dr. Jimo BorjiginChavez]

By John Chavez Originally published here. These are the people who toil away in obscurity for years doing the hard ...
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August 25, 2019 / Blog

A statement regarding the misinterpretation and misrepresentation of the study of 5-MeO-DMT

By Malin Vedøy Uthaug A single inhalation of vapor from dried toad secretion containing5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT) in a naturalistic setting is ...
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May 15, 2019 / Blog

Call-to-Action for Ethical Space-Holding

By Michelle Anne Hobart, MA, SEC, AMFT With the resurgence of psychedelics and the important research into the many therapeutic ...
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May 14, 2019 / Blog

Sean McAllister speaking about the successful mushroom decriminalization initiative in Denver

On May 8th, the city of Denver, Colorado voted yes on I-301, which decriminalizes the possession and use of psilocybin-containing ...
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May 11, 2019 / Blog

The Future of Medical Ibogaine

Ibogaine is a psychedelic chemical found in the West African shrub Iboga. Bizarre in chemical structure and psychoactive properties, the ...
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April 22, 2019 / Blog

Psychedelic Integration: The Importance of Community and a Daily Practice

This interview was transcribed from our Navigating Psychedelics: Lessons on Self-Care & Integration master class with Elizabeth Gibson of Dreamshadow ...
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March 22, 2019 / Blog

A Brief History of Psychedelics in the Western World

This is an edited transcript from a podcast that was recorded live in Bolten Valley, Vermont for a MAPS Psychedelic ...
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November 17, 2018 / Blog

Statement on MycoMeditations

Psychedelics Today has withdrawn support and endorsement for MycoMeditations, a legal psychedelic retreat company located in Jamaica. We have been ...
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October 24, 2018 / Blog

The Ethical and Ecological Considerations of Inhaling Bufotoxins from Incilius Alvarius

by Malin Vedøy Uthaug The consumption of 5-MeO-DMT by inhaling bufotoxins from the Colorado River toad (lat. Incilius Alvarius), also ...
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October 3, 2018 / Blog

Rapid Depression Remission and the “Therapeutic Bends” with Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy

By Dr. Jessica Katzman For the first time in nearly three decades, novel classes of medication are being offered to ...
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September 8, 2018 / Blog

So, You Want To Find a Psychedelic Guide?

Psychedelic science and research has been getting a lot of mainstream media attention over the years and for good reason ...
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July 12, 2018 / Blog

Navigating Your Way Through the Psychedelic Field: How to Get Involved

Psychedelics: A Re-Emerging Field As psychedelic research re-emerges from its dark ages, the world is beginning to learn about their ...
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May 29, 2018 / Blog

Why is Psilocin Orally Active?

By Faan Rossouw Originally published here. This is the third article in a series on psychedelic chemistry, and the ...
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January 15, 2018 / Blog

The Art of Appetizing Aromatics: Part 2 of Psychedelic Chemistry

By Faan Rossouw Originally published here. This is the second article in a series on psychedelic chemistry. In the ...
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January 8, 2018 / Blog

An Introduction to Psychedelic Tryptamine Chemistry

By Faan Rossouw Originally published here. The ensuing series of articles are intended for the general reader that, like myself, ...
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January 5, 2018 / Blog

Ibogaine Treatment: A Psychedelic Answer to Opiate and Heroin Addiction

By Aeden Smith-Ahearn The use of heroin and abuse of opiate pain-relievers has reached an all-time high in the USA ...
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December 23, 2017 / Blog

Tips on Creating Your Own Psychedelic Group

As psychedelic research progresses, people are starting to feel more comfortable with talking about their life-changing experiences with psychedelic substances ...
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November 8, 2017 / Blog

For the Use of Entheogens – Ibogaine

By David Stetson How can we use our mind, intellect, or heart to diffuse or address the origin of our ...
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May 26, 2017 / Blog

MDMA – Confessions of an Underground MDMA Therapist

"Can I use my mind as a tool to help me open a closed heart?" We talked to a 79-year-old ...
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April 3, 2017 / Blog

Interview with Natalie Ginsberg: Global Psychedelic Policy and Advocacy

"Through my lens, so many problems in this world are driven by people acting from a reactionary place of fear ...
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March 16, 2017 / Blog

Interview with Brian Normand: Psymposia Magazine and How to Get Involved

Kyle and Joe chatted with Brian Normand, Co-Founder of Psymposia, about the development of Psymposia and the online magazine that ...
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January 4, 2017 / Blog