…we learned from… status quo…
The culture surrounding psychedelic drugs has shifted significantly over the past few years, with voters in Colorado leading that charge… I was speaking from a place of deep love for the psychedelics field, and a conviction that we need to talk more about how the corporadelic empire has no clothes.
In 2019, Denver became the first U.S. city (and in 2022 Colorado became the second state) to decriminalize psilocybin, a psychedelic substance found in some mushrooms… and as I spoke, it was like I could feel the audience sensing the care and the urgency in my words. I could also hear it, since I kept being interrupted by spontaneous cheers and applause. That electricity was an effect of speaking truth to power… growing, possessing, and using psilocybin in most cases no longer carries a criminal penalty in Colorado…
Original Article (5280 & Chemical Poetics):
5 things we learned from the world’s first psychedelic hotline & SXSW recap: counter-narratives for the psychedelic status quo
Artwork Fair Use: DigiGal DZiner
