Study Shows That LSD, Psilocybin, and MDMA May Decrease Acts of Domestic Violence
We’ve come a long way from the days when it was considered normal for a man to hit his wife, but domestic violence is still an issue of grave importance. Figures from the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence suggest that 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men will...
How MDMA Treats PTSD: A Psychedelic Light for Veterans with PTSD
Back during World War I, when it still went by the name “shell shock,” we knew very little about PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder). It wasn’t until the Vietnam War that the Army’s study of head trauma started to explore the connection between traumatic brain...
Legal Support for Psychedelics: ICEERS Founder Benjamin De Loenen Discusses the Ayahuasca Legal Defense Fund
As the new psychedelic revolution continues to expand, more people are investigating the many benefits of plant medicines like ayahuasca and ibogaine, but inevitably, in times of change like this, some people are still caught up in the fading but persistent...
From Film Student to NGO Founder: An Interview with Benjamin De Loenen on the Founding of ICEERS
ICEERS is one of the leading psychedelic plant medicine advocacy organizations in the world, with a scope that includes harm reduction education, pre- and post-psychedelic integration services, producing global psychedelic conferences, providing legal support for...
The New and Ancient Psychedelic Revolution: Preparing the Way for the New Story of Humanity
Today we are witnessing no less than a new psychedelic revolution, led by waves of scientific research and changing tides in public opinion, and the timing of their reemergence into our cultural awareness is no coincidence. Once thought of as a menace to society,...
Combating the War on Drugs Around the World with Harm Reduction Education and Policy
“Considering the failures of the War on Drugs, perhaps our modern societies should look into the past and learn something from ‘the primitive’ so that we might find out how to maximize the potential benefits and minimize the potential for harm of substances...
Exploring the Sacred Power of 5-MeO-DMT and the Psychedelic Toad: Podcast with Dr. Gerardo Sandoval
This is a special update to episode #4 with Dr. Gerry The topic was 5-MeO-DMT, and since this episode was recorded, there has been a surge in the media around the topic, including the Vice series: Hamilton's Pharmacopeia. I have been contemplating deleting this...
The Effects of LSD Microdosing: How Microdosing May Increase Your Creativity
“People are finding that [LSD microdosing] permits their mind to be a little bit more expansive in terms of problem solving, at yet at the same time they are able to remain focused.” - Rick Doblin, founder and Executive Director of MAPS If you follow psychedelic news,...
Podcast with Javier Prato on Spiritual Medicine: Covering the Spectrum of Plant Healing
Javier Prato's brewing up something very special. Our third guest on the Psychedelic Times podcast series, Javier is in the later stages of shooting and directing a documentary about psychedelic plants called Spirit Medicine. The feature-length documentary is complete...
Challenging the Stigmas of Psychedelics: An Interview with Ashley Booth of the Aware Project
Ask someone today what they know about psychedelics, and their answer would probably be very different than it would've been 10 or 20 years ago. Rather than seen simply as a dangerous countercultural vice, many people have heard about the wave of ongoing, contemporary...
