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The first time I ate mushrooms a Papua New Guinea shaman showed up
We locked eyes for what felt like an eternity…like he and I had done this many times before.
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Eight tips for after the medicine is over.
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Meet the professor who self-administered 73 high-dose LSD sessions
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You’ve had a life-changing experience with psychedelics. Do you tell your kids?
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2001: A Psychedelic Odyssey
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Washington Man Facing Prison After Foraging for Wild Mushrooms
Paul Lee Corbett is facing a potential prison sentence of five years for possession of psilocybin mushrooms.
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The latest piece on psychedelic science in the New York Times is dead wrong
First, the entire premise—that Schedule I status is the primary obstacle to research—is flat-out wrong.
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I wanted ayahuasca to teach me how to love the world despite its violence, destruction, and greed
After getting off my long dependence on anti-depressants, I found myself feeling open to natural therapies.
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Psychedelic medicines can help heal the trauma of mass incarceration
Psychedelic therapy has the potential to ignite a paradigm shift within our culture by enabling us to reframe complex social problems as manifestations of trauma.