DMT Studies Shine Light on Near Death Experiences and the Illusory Nature of Reality
This article on DMT studies is by guest contributor John Chavez of DMT Quest DMT is an abbreviation for the chemical dimethyltryptamine. This compound is most well known for its hallucinogenic properties and transformative effects following inhalation. The popularity...
Highlights in MDMA’s History: An Infographic Timeline
By guest contributor Russell Hausfeld. Since its birth just over a century ago, MDMA has made its way around the entire world, into the hands and hearts of many. It was first synthesized by Merck Pharmaceuticals as a precursor in the creation of a substance that...
Why Veterans Need Ayahuasca Integration and Access to Plant Medicines: Interview with Wyly Gray
In our first interview with Wyly Gray, he shared his story of battling PTSD, contemplating suicide, and eventually finding ayahuasca and pivoting his nonprofit Veterans of War towards preventing veteran suicide via plant medicine experiences. In this follow-up, Wyly...
Stopping Veteran Suicide with Ayahuasca: Interview with Wyly Gray of Veterans of War
The number of US military veterans committing suicide every day is staggering, and traditional medications and therapies are clearly not up to the task of healing veterans of post-traumatic stress disorder. Breakthrough therapies that use psychedelics to treat PTSD...
What Can Trump-Shaped MDMA Teach Us About How Our Drugs Are Made?
The following article and featured illustration about Trump-shaped MDMA is by guest contributor Russell Hausfeld. Reports of high-dose MDMA pills shaped like Donald Trump have been circulating in the media for years. MDMAGA In 2017, the BBC reported a German police...
Tripping, Entheogens, and Drugs: These Psychedelic TED Talks Will Blow Your Mind
For a long time, psychedelics were highly stigmatized, illegal to research, and dangerous to talk about. Scientists, researchers, and psychologists would need to remain “in the closet” about their interest in psychedelics, lest they ruin their career. Today,...
Watch Tony Robbins and Mike Tyson Share 5-MeO-DMT and Ayahuasca Stories
What an interesting timeline we are in! Psychedelics are starting to reach more and more people outside of underground circles, and that’s starting to include some very colorful and popular characters. In this video, we have...
Supporting Psychedelic Prisoners with Scales of Justice: Interview with Julian Vayne
In our previous interviews with author and occultist Julian Vayne, we discussed his book Getting Higher, festival psychedelic use, and the joy of psychedelic experiences. More recently, Julian is spearheading an effort called Scales of Justice to bring awareness and...
Is Your Weed Vegan? How Vegan Weed and Veganic Farming Avoids Fertilizers that Impact the Purity and Safety of Cannabis
This article about vegan weed and veganic farming is by guest author Jeff Kronenfeld. We’ve all heard you are what you eat, but what does your cannabis eat? If the answer of blood, bone and feces from factory farms surprises you, cannabis grown with veganic methods...
Social Equity Researcher Robert Chlala Breaks Down the Los Angeles Cannabis Debate
On May 21, 2019, the Los Angeles City Council approved a city budget first proposed by Mayor Eric Garcetti. It allocated $3 million over the next fiscal year to the Los Angeles Department of Cannabis Regulation (DCR). The DCR regulates and licenses the city’s cannabis...