Psychedelics, Sexuality, and Transformation: An Interview with Author and Podcaster James Jesso
James Jesso is part of the new generation of psychedelic pioneers. He is an author of three books on psychedelics — Decomposing the Shadow: Lessons from the Psilocybin Mushroom, Soundscapes & Psychedelics, and The True Light of Darkness — and has traveled...
Psilocybin and End-of-Life Anxiety: Reducing Stress for Terminal Cancer Patients
“Mystical or peak consciousness states in cancer patients have been associated with a number of benefits including improved psychological, spiritual, and existential well-being,” - Dr. Anthony P. Bossis. Unless we ourselves have faced death, it's impossible to know...
Countries Show Progress at the UN Meeting, But General Assembly Falls Short on Drug Policy Reform
“A drug free world - we can do it!” That was the slogan adopted by the UN at the 1998 General Assembly special session on drug policy in 1998. Today, however, the world’s no more drug free than it was then, despite over $100 billion spent annually on narcotics efforts...
How LSD Breaks Down Your Reality Tunnels and the Science Behind Psychedelic Ego Death
LSD and other psychedelics are powerful medicine for the mind, and goodness knows the Western psyche has a deep sickness embedded within it. Our health and the wellbeing of the environment continue to suffer from preventable causes such as stress, over consumption,...
Will Drug Legalization Radically Change Our Culture? A Talk with ACS President Jeff Kundert
What would a world with full drug legalization look like? While some fear it might degenerate society into sinful chaos, others think quite the opposite, imagining paradigm shifts and quantum leaps in consciousness. I can only imagine that many a cannabis or...
Getting Certified in Psychedelic Therapies and Research at the California Institute of Integral Studies
"CIIS, with its history integrating psychology and spirituality, is uniquely and enormously qualified to meet this historic challenge." - Anthony Bossis, NYU School of Medicine As psychedelic research continues to expand across many disciplines and psychedelic therapy...
New Research Explores the Use of MDMA Therapy to Treat End-of-Life Anxiety
For the past three years, system scleroderma has consumed John Saul’s life. The incurable autoimmune disorder has not yet spread to his lungs or kidneys, but if it does, death is nearly certain. But John isn’t scared – not anymore. As one of the first participants in...
Tales of War and Hope from a MAPS Psychedelic Dinner: Raising Support to Treat PTSD with MDMA
It was while speaking with a Marine combat veteran about how his unit leads the armed forces in suicide rate that the fun concept of supporting MDMA-assisted psychotherapy met the stark reality of what PTSD-sufferers are really living with. For me, this conversation...
How Music Enhances Your LSD Experience and May Benefit Psychedelic Therapy
Last week, Imperial College London released a landmark study that shows a possible neurological connection between listening to music and the visions associated with an LSD experience. The study, published in concert with the Beckley Foundation, might help explain...
Does Marijuana Cure Depression? Why Treating Depression with Cannabis Requires Moderation
By the time Michael’s dad suggested marijuana for his chronic depression, Michael had run the gamut of depression prescriptions: SSRIs, SNRIs, MAOIs, and tricyclics, to name some, but each medication failed to pull him out of the hole of mental illness. At best, the...
