As more and more people flock to the Amazon to experience the healing power of ayahuasca, many of these seekers are being exposed to other rainforest medicines that are not entheogenic themselves, but are powerfully healing in their own right. Among these are the tobacco snuff rapé, sananga eyedrops, and the powerful tree frog […]
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Corporate attorney. West Point graduate. Pharmaceutical company representative. Helicopter pilot for the American drug war in Panama. These are not the usual bylines one expects to find in the biography of a man who fights for cannabis legalization and champions the healing power of psychedelic plant medicines, but for Ian Benouis it’s all part of […]
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As clinical trials for MDMA move forward in the hopes of making it an FDA-approved medication for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by 2021, some veterans are taking off to the Amazon to treat their condition with the jungle brew ayahuasca. While the empathogenic MDMA is better known, more common, and less intimidating of an […]
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The lush Pacific Northwest state of Oregon was in the news earlier this month for passing a radical new bill that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. House Bill 2355 will take steps to “decriminalize” hard drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin by reducing sentencing for first-time offenders and expanding access […]
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Shamans of the Global Village is an independently produced web documentary series focusing on indigenous psychoactive medicines and the Western shamanic resurgence. The following is a conversation between the show’s director, artist & filmmaker Niles Heckman, and host and writer Rak Razam. The two created the show together in 2015 and the pilot episode […]
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The world’s first scientific study into the efficacy of treating alcoholism with MDMA-assisted psychotherapy is set to begin later this year at Imperial College London. Once known mostly as a party drug, MDMA’s therapeutic benefits are now taking center stage as multiple studies are showing that it is incredibly potent at leading people out […]
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