Cannabis in Colorado: 5 Myths About Marijuana Legalization
In only a few years, the nationwide legalization of marijuana in the United States has quickly evolved from a controversial subject with narrow support to a seemingly inevitable event. According to recent Pew and Gallup polls, between 53-58% of Americans now support...
Shamanic Iboga Treatment in Costa Rica: Interview with Gary Cook of Iboga Wellness Center
Gary Cook is the founder of Iboga Wellness Center (IWC) in Costa Rica where he, his son, and their staff offer iboga treatment. IWC is unique among ibogaine healing centers as it uses the traditional whole iboga root bark, whereas many centers today use the extracted...
History of Psychedelics: How the Mazatec Tribe Brought Entheogens to the World
The Mazatec people are an indigenous tribe that hails from the mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico, best known for their syncretic form of Christianity and indigenous shamanism. In their most sacred rituals, the Mazatec use powerful visionary plants like psilocybin mushrooms...
Drug Policy Reform: United Nations May Call End to War on Psychedelics
In a bombshell public statement released last week that could have immense implications for global drug policy reform, Virgin founder Richard Branson told the world that the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has plans to call on governments across the globe to...
The Amazonian Caretakers of Ayahuasca: The Shipibo Tribe
The Shipibo are an ancient tribe from the Amazonian rainforest in Peru credited with holding the traditions of the potent entheogenic brew ayahuasca. Like many indigenous tribes across the world, the Shipibo have changed dramatically in recent centuries due to the...
Ending the Obsession: Psilocybin Found to Effectively Treat Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder, also known as OCD, is a subversive and hard-to-treat condition that in extreme cases can have bizarre, disruptive, and even life-threatening consequences. You may have heard people refer to small idiosyncrasies as “being OCD,” but the...
Dancing With the Ancestors: Traditional Iboga Use in Bwiti Culture
In the nineteenth century, the Bantu tribes of Gabon fled into the depths of the jungle to escape persecution from French missionaries. In the process, they discovered the psychedelic iboga plant. Image Source: Flickr User evdaimon In the late 1800s, the...
Ibogaine: Dr. Martin Polanco Talks Psychedelic Therapy for Addiction
Martin Polanco is the founder of Crossroads Treatment Center, an addiction treatment center in northern Mexico that specializes in psychedelic therapy using ibogaine. In this two-part interview, we speak with Dr. Polanco about his work helping people overcome...
At the Crossroads of Ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT: An Interview with Dr. Martin Polanco
Martin Polanco is the founder of Crossroads Treatment Center, an addiction treatment center in Northern Mexico that specializes in ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT therapy. In this two-part interview, we speak with Dr. Polanco about his work helping people overcome...
Too Trippy for TED: Graham Hancock’s Banned TED Talk on Ayahuasca
Graham Hancock is a popular author and researcher best known for his books about ancient civilizations, such as Fingerprints of the Gods and The Sign and the Seal. A controversial figure, Hancock puts forth unconventional theories about the origins of human...
