Miracle Medicine: Medical Marijuana and Cannabis Oil Treat Scores of Conditions
The tide is turning in our cultural acceptance of marijuana. Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for medical use, and five states have legalized it for both medical and recreational use. Once highly stigmatized, cannabis and...
Zendo Project Offers Psychedelic Harm Reduction at Burning Man and Other Festivals
Burning Man and other transformational festivals are known for many things: awe-inspiring art, world-class music, elaborate costumes, community bonding, and, for some, the use of psychedelic substances. In many ways these relatively new festival experiences mimic the...
Ending the Pain: Psychedelics Show Promising Results Treating Cluster Headaches
As new research into the use of psychedelics for therapeutic applications continues to expand, psychologists, doctors, and researchers are beginning to better understand and appreciate the value of non-ordinary states of consciousness for treating conditions like...
Kicking the Habit: Psilocybin Mushrooms Proven to Help Long-Term Smokers Quit
We’ve come a long way from doctors endorsing cigarettes and authority figures saying that nicotine is perfectly safe, but even in this day and age when we know that tobacco is the single leading cause of preventable death,[1. CDC Tobacco Fact Sheet:...
Fitting In: MDMA Therapy May Help Autistic Adults Ease Social Anxiety
MDMA, often called “ecstasy” or “molly,” is a psychoactive substance known for its ability to break down social barriers and cause strong feelings of empathy, openness, and euphoria. As a street drug, it is famous for being linked to raves and electronic music, but...
The Light at the End of the Tunnel: Psychedelics and End of Life Therapy
Few things are as frightening as facing one’s own mortality, and the challenges of grappling with the existential make the everyday problems of sickness and pain even more challenging. Terminally ill patients with advanced cancer or other diseases are understandably...
Ayahuasca Honored for Its Healing Properties by Peruvian and Brazilian National Governments
Ayahuasca is a powerful and ancient psychedelic concoction that peoples of the Amazon have used for millennia in rituals and healing ceremonies. The ayahuasca brew is composed of two different amazonian forest plants, one that contains the powerful psychedelic DMT...
Psychedelic Rehabilitation: Can Psilocybin Mushrooms Reduce Recidivism?
The concept of psychedelic rehabilitation has been studied for decades, perhaps most notably in Timothy Leary’s 1961-1963 Concord Prison Experiment, where volunteer inmates received doses of psilocybin. What do Leary’s findings, and those of a late 90s follow-up study, tell us about psilocybin mushrooms as a tool for change?
On the Psychedelic Wagon: Treating Alcoholism With LSD, Mushrooms, and Psychedelic Therapy
Treating alcoholism isn’t simple or easy, but new research suggests psychedelic therapy can offer hope and promising treatment alternatives for sufferers of this debilitating disease.
Conquering Addiction: What Is Ibogaine Therapy?
A new type of addiction therapy is emerging that harnesses the life-transforming power of psychedelics to help people overcome their destructive addictions. The psychedelic substance at the forefront of this new style of treatment is ibogaine, a chemical compound derived from the African shrub Tabernanthe iboga.
