The need for inclusion in the psychedelic space spreads across gender and racial identities, spans across every social demographic and lives within each and every one of us. Thus, inclusion and a focus on ethics are paramount in this psychedelic renaissance. The psychedelic renaissance is more than underway, thanks to the many individuals, organizations, and…
The movement to decriminalize entheogenic plants—psychedelics—is young, but has already succeeded in three cities… The force behind this tide is an organization called Decriminalize Nature (DN), who uses an open-source format to help communities all over the world start healing. Believing that entheogens should be legal and the exchange of them regulated, DN reverses the profit model…
We increasingly live in an age of extinction. Nature is in retreat, urbanism and everyday alienation from nature is establishing itself as the norm, and we are confronting loss on a scale we find difficult to acknowledge and process. In such unprecedented times, we can find ourselves trapped in dissociative psychological states, knowing about environmental crisis while doing…
“…give more space and voice to these groups to decolonize knowledge, to invert the biomedical narrative that is hegemonic in the field of psychedelic science.” -Bia Labate, PhD It’s been more than three decades now since Steve Silberman came out as the first gay deadhead in Grateful Dead Magazine Relix. Around the same time, he joined the…
Jag Davies, a drug policy consultant with many years of experience in psychedelic policy at Drug Policy Alliance and MAPS, told Filter that decriminalization of psychedelics is a small step towards ensuring the safety—and legal rights—of people who use drugs in general. The organizers behind both the Denver and Oakland initiatives have publicly stated that they hope these efforts can…
Harm reduction and integration overlap with regard to reducing the harm or ongoing risks of difficult or negative experiences with psychedelics (e.g., helping someone through heightened anxiety or suicidal ideation stemming from a difficult psychedelic experience). Harm reduction and integration can be further differentiated from “preparation” for therapeutic experiences. When [individuals] express an intention to…
In Portugal, where the government’s approach to drugs is almost completely outside the realm of law enforcement, the climate at music festivals is rather different. Onsite drug-checking services test purity, and virtually no one is hassled for their supplements of choice. That’s because 15 years ago, a bold national policy was implemented where low-level possession of…
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