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Psilocybe Cyanescens: A Mycologist’s Guide to Wavy Caps
Wavy Caps may grow by the hundreds on a pile of wood chips—but are they really as potent as they’re made out to be? A mycologist dives into the history and science of Psilocybe cyanescens.
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Mushroom Spores and The Wild Ways They Work
The not-so-humble spore can fling into the air with rocket force and still produce trippy mushrooms—here's how.
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Why Mindfulness Practitioners are Better Positioned to Trip on Psychedelics
But with all the gifts of a mindfulness practice, would meditators even feel as called to trip to begin with?
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The Ayahuasca Experience: A Pilgrimage to the Spirit
The Ayahuasca experience transcends the chemical; it’s a pilgrimage into the realms of the self and the spirit.
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Religious Access to Psychedelics is No Substitute for Decriminalization
While some groups pursue religious exemption to incorporate psychedelics into their spiritual practice, this activist argues that decriminalization is the best strategy to achieve normalization of psychedelics for all and topple the Drug War.
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LSD vs. Acid: A Brief History of Acid Slang
Acid. Orange Sunshine. Windowpane. Every generation has its own nickname for LSD. But, no matter what you call it, one thing’s certain—it’s long been a symbol of a peaceful counterculture.
AYAHUASCA
A Brief Heritage of Ayahuasca Art
For over 30,000 years, visionary art has helped people integrate and translate their travels into the Dreamtime, the cosmos, and other worlds.
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Peering Through a Telescope: How Psychedelics Helped My Struggle with Alcohol
Psychedelics help you see reality as if looking through a telescope—but like alcohol, that doesn’t mean we should do them all the time.
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Salvia Trip: The Basics
Experiencing a salvia trip is tricky. Here’s what to expect before, during, and after the process.
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LSD Test Kit: Why Drug Checking is Essential for LSD
How to use an LSD test kit to protect yourself from adulterated drugs.
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Breaking News: Federal Drug Decriminalization Measure Introduced in the House
The Drug Policy Reform Act seeks to end federal criminal penalties for drug possession, expunge criminal drug records, and invest in health-based approaches to drug policy.
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Introducing the Mormon Psychedelic Summit
For some who have left the Mormon church, psychedelics provide an opportunity to heal feelings of alienation and find their own way.
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Consent is Psychedelic. Here’s Why.
"If psychedelics are about recognizing the ways that we are all one, consent is a way for us to act as such."
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How a Queer Worldview Led Me Back to My Psychedelic Ukrainian Roots
Troubled by the common phenomenon of white people appropriating Indigenous traditions in the psychedelic space, this author rediscovered the folklore of her own ancestral lineage.
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Salvia Flowers: Cultivation and Consumption
Salvia flowers are a naturally occurring, legal psychedelic. Here's what to know about these blooms.
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Breaking News: California State Senate Passes Psychedelic Legalization Bill
SB 519 is now headed to the State Assembly for a final vote before it can become law.
Q & A
Want to Measure the Magic in Your Mushrooms? You Can Now Test Psilocybin Potency at Home
The miraculix test kit shows the percentage of psilocybin in your mushrooms.
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Psychedelics Aren’t Just Medicine, but Tools for “Human Enhancement”
Psychedelics for the “betterment of well people” isn’t a new notion, but recent legislation is giving the idea new life.
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Liberty Caps Are Among the Most Potent Magic Mushrooms
Psilocybe Cubensis Isn’t the Only Magic Mushroom Out There—Here’s What You Should Know about Its Cousin, Psilocybe Semilanceata (AKA Liberty Caps)
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Mushroom Coffee 101: A Detoxifying, Invigorating Potion
How to make this trendy new brew, step-by-step
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Golden Teachers — Do They Actually Exist? Here’s What You Should Know About This Famous Mushroom
Golden teachers are a popular type of magic mushroom, but here's what you should know if you're choosing which spores to grow.
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Can Ayahuasca Help Us Communicate with the Souls of the Dead?
How ayahuasca can be an important tool for the bereaved.
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MDMA Test Kit: Why Drug Checking is Essential for Molly
How to use a molly test kit to protect yourself from adulterated drugs.
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Can Breathwork Induce Psychedelic States?
How you can transform your consciousness and access healing through just breath.
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How Long Do Shrooms Stay In Your System?
If you're prepping for a drug test, the answer to how long shrooms "stay in your system" depends on how you're testing for the presence of the mushrooms' compounds.
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Psilocybe Mexicana: History, Potency, Cultivation and More
Curandera Maria Sabina first introduced mycologists R. Gordon & Valentina Wasson to Psilocybe Mexicana in the 1950s, he shared his story with the world, and the rest is history.
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Now that New York Legalized Cannabis, Could Psychedelics Be Next?
From New York City to Albany to tiny towns upstate, the tide of psychedelic decriminalization laps at the shores of the Empire State.
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How Long Does Ketamine Last?
The route of administration, among several other factors like age and tolerance, will affect ketamine’s duration, not to mention the afterglow effect.
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Breaking Us Down: Why ‘Self-Care’ is a Paradox for Black People in America
How the loneliness and grief of the COVID crisis add layers to the undertaking of 'self-care'
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Scientists are Using AI to Develop New Psychedelic Drugs
Using supercomputers and machine learning, the next generation of psychedelics may look like nothing we've ever seen before.
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Mushroom Dosage: What is the “Right” Amount of Shrooms?
Mushroom dosage can be tricky, especially when different varieties come with different potencies. Here’s what you should know.
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Ketamine Infusion: How Ketamine Can Treat Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, and More
How ketamine infusion therapy works, what it feels like, and what it's used for.
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Ketamine Dosage: How Much is OK and How Much is Too Much?
Ketamine dosage ranges depending on your consumption method. From intravenous to intramuscular to k-spray and more, here’s everything you should know.
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The DMT Experience: How to Go About it, and What to Expect
You can smoke changa, drink ayahuasca, or free-base or vaporizer DMT to have a DMT experience. But what are the pros and cons of each?
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Psilocybin for Depression: What You Should Know
Through the power of a mystical experience and new insights, psilocybin for depression may be a more efficient treatment than traditional pharmaceutical methods.
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Keepers of the Matrix: A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Sacred Cacti
Mushrooms are en vogue, but what about the droves of psychedelic cacti?
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The Best Coffee Alternatives: Best Caffeine Alternatives for Getting Energy and Staying Grounded
Tea or chai lattes aren’t the only coffee substitutes; try one of these coffee alternatives instead.
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What is Salvia?
Salvia is sometimes compared to cannabis or DMT, but it is far different—here's everything you need to know.
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LSD: Everything You Should Know
LSD, a.k.a. acid, has a storied reputation. From the early days of Albert Hofmann’s lab to the Grateful Dead and through today, it has great impacted the culture and minds of many. Here’s everything you should know, from dosing to effects, history and tolerance.
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Microdosing Mushrooms: Dose, Benefits, Side Effects
From dosage to effects, and everything in between, here's the ultimate guide to microdosing mushrooms.
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MDMA: What is Molly?
Everything you need to know about molly or MDMA, everyone's favorite club drug that's fast becoming an FDA-approved trauma treatment medication.
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How Long Do Shrooms Last?
When considering the effects of shrooms, don’t just account for the length of the trip, but the integration period after.
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Ketamine For Depression: The Highs and Lows
Everything you should know about using ketamine for depression, from administration methods to side effects.
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Do Psychedelics Alter the Menstrual Cycle?
A number of anecdotal reports point to psychedelics' potential to trigger early menstruation and rebalance hormones.
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Movies to Watch on Shrooms: Our Favorite Psychedelic Cinema
From awe-inspiring nature docs to trippy animations, here are the best movies to watch on shrooms.
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Best Ayahuasca Retreats: How to Choose the Right Ayahuasca Retreat For You
There’s a number of criteria followed by the best ayahuasca retreats. Read our guide to properly vet where you go.
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Ketamine Clinics and Therapists: What to Look for if You’re Seeking Ketamine Therapy, and How to Find The Best Ketamine Clinics Near You
Ketamine clinics are opening across the country—but they range in quality widely. Here’s what to look for.
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Yes, Ketamine Addiction Is a Thing. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Ketamine has been growing in popularity in the clinic and on the dance floor—but ketamine addiction is a real risk
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When Acid Makes You Feel Like Jesus
Experts weigh in on the connection between the spiritual and the psychedelic and why some trippers feel like religious figures.
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Shrooms vs. Acid
Psilocybin mushrooms and LSD are among the most popular of the classic psychedelics. Here's our comparison of shrooms vs. acid and their different effects.
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Acid and Weed, Mushrooms & Weed: Should You Combine Them?
It's common to mix shrooms and weed, MDMA and weed or acid and weed, but should you? And are there any risks?
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Why are Shrooms Illegal?
It’s been almost 50 years since shrooms were banned internationally, but recent developments suggest that the days of prohibition are numbered and legal mushrooms may be on their way.
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Our Guide To Medicinal Mushrooms: Depression, Immune Support, & More
Medicinal mushrooms have become a trendy item in upscale groceries, but using them is nothing new—so what, exactly, have they been used for over the centuries?
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What You Should Know about Microdosing for Anxiety
The lowdown on microdosing LSD, psilocybin, and DMT to ease anxiety.
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How to Grow Mushrooms
Our comprehensive guide on how to grow mushrooms, from supplies to the best mushroom growing teks for getting started.
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Meet the Psychedelic Rapper Running for New York City Mayor
The New York rapper and mayor hopeful Paperboy Prince is challenging mainstream politics with a trippy message of love.
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Microdosing LSA: People are Microdosing Acid’s Less Known, Legal Cousin
Microdosing LSA—like microdosing, in general—is growing in popularity, but we don’t know much about it.
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Penis Envy Mushrooms: Murder & Conspiracy Behind the World’s Trippiest Shroom
Penis Envy mushrooms were encountered by ethnobotanist Terence McKenna in the Amazon...the story unfolds from there.
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Microdosing LSD: Could it Change Your Life For The Better?
Microdosing LSD has shown promise for everything from depression to insomnia. Here’s what you need to know to get started.
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How Long Does It Take for Shrooms to Kick In?
Well, it depends on a lot of things—from your body to how you take them.
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Microdosing for Chronic Pain: Does it Actually Help?
We need alternatives to over-the-counter painkillers. Could microdosing for chronic pain be the answer?
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Is Social Media the Best Place to Buy Drugs?
Whereas once the darknet was the go-to place for buying illicit substances on the internet, now many vendors have taken to "clearweb" platforms like Instagram.
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Black People Trip: Meet the Woman Creating Black Psychedelic Community
A conversation on Blackness, what constitutes a trip guide, the meaning of Black History Month, and more.
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This Weird, Futuristic Helmet Will Let People Scan Their Brains While Tripping
Could brain imaging help us understand how psychedelics work?
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Cambridge Decriminalizes Psychedelics
On Wednesday (Feb. 3), Cambridge joined the movement to decriminalize entheogenic plants and fungi.
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MDMA-Assisted Therapy is Less Effective if You Take Antidepressants
A new analysis of four MDMA studies found that a history of taking antidepressants can make the treatment less effective.
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Microdosing Caffeine: What You Should Know
Psychedelics aren’t the only substances you can microdose—some people are choosing to microdose the world’s most popular drug.
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From Inhaling Xenon to Growing Iboga: Inside the 3rd Season of Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia
A Q&A with drug journalist Hamilton Morris on the Drug War, psychoactive drugs on the periodic table, and a burgeoning opioid prevalence in West Africa.
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Shrooming at the Symphony: How Does Music Affect the Psychedelic Experience?
A new study explores how different musical genres can impact psychedelic therapy.
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Microdosing Workouts: Could They Change the Fitness Game?
Microdosing psychedelics as part of your workout regime isn’t all there is to “microdosing workouts.” You might even consider exercising for microdosable intervals, as well.
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Today, DoubleBlind Makes these 5 Promises to You
A candid letter from DoubleBlind's Editor-in-Chief
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Why All Drugs Should be Legal
Neuroscientist Dr. Carl talks drug addiction, legalization, the opioid crisis, and more in a discussion about his new book "Drug Use for Grown-Ups"
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Here’s What’s Missing From Conversations About Psychedelic Integration
Gleaning the insights of your last trip is more than talking to an integration therapist, and more than "doing the work"—should we be calling it "work" anyway?
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Breaking: Somerville, Massachusetts Decriminalizes Naturally Occurring Psychedelics
The measure passed with a landslide vote of 9-0.
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What Growing My Own Mushrooms Taught Me About BIPOC Healing in Today’s America
Growing a batch of magic mushrooms for my own therapeutic and spiritual growth is the latest step in my long journey of mental health healing.
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Should You Say “I Love You” While on MDMA?
MDMA is called the “love drug” for good reason, but are there dangers to expressing love while under the influence?
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What It’s Like to Do Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Suzannah Weiss was hoping to use ketamine in order to reduce anxiety and symptoms of Lyme disease, including fatigue, irritability, and insomnia—here's how it went.
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How to use Agar in Mushroom Cultivation
Making agar cultures can help with contamination when growing your own mushrooms.
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Here’s What Happens When Animals Eat LSD
A series of experiments show the effects of acid on dolphins, cats, and other species.
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This Former Latter-day Saint Politician Started a Psilocybin Church—But Is it Legal?
The story behind Steve Urquhart, founder and "protector" of The Divine Assembly.
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Remembering the Late Michael Alig, King of the Club Kids, Ex-Con Killer… And Unconventional Psychedelic Pioneer
The 54-year-old nightclub fixture pioneered NYC rave culture, but struggled with his own demons—drug addiction and the murder of drug dealer Angel Melendez, among them.
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Can Orange Juice Really Improve a Psychedelic Trip?
The facts and fictions about this urban legend.
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The Dark Side of Festival Culture
When psychedelic-fueled revelry becomes delirium and abuse.
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Does Ketamine Have a Dark Side?
The increasing use of ketamine for mental health should not let us forget that this combination clinical and party drug also has addictive potential.
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How Anti-Racism is a Form of Psychedelic Harm Reduction
Psychedelics don't inherently make us more just—we must work at it, together.
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New Law Threatens to Gut the Brazilian Amazon
Brazil's Congress is about to vote on a policy that would legalize mining and other industries in the rainforest, whilst denying indigenous people the right to object.
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Why We All Need to Be Spanked and Trip Right Now
The deep therapy of psychedelics and kink.
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Can Psychedelics Help Us Face Our Fear of Death?
There are no treatments available to help people cope with dying. Are psychedelics the answer?
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DMT to be Researched for Depression for the First Time
Researchers are hopeful "the spirit molecule" will also treat OCD and PTSD, among other conditions.
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Is Palo Santo Actually Endangered?
A conservation report raises concerns about the sustainability of this sacred wood.
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Why Does the Brain Make Its Own DMT?
Scientists are grappling with the question of what biological role DMT plays in the human body.
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Where Will Psychedelics and Other Drugs Be Decriminalized Next?
Drug decriminalization is taking the world by storm—from Vancouver to Vermont, Washington and California, efforts to bring down prohibition are skyrocketing.
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Vancouver Becomes First City in Canada to Decriminalize All Drugs
On Wednesday (Nov. 25), Vancouver's City Council unanimously voted to decriminalize all drugs, from LSD to heroin.
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MDA: Everything You Should Know About the “Sass Drug,” What is MDA, and MDA vs. MDMA
MDA is a cousin of MDMA and the sassafrass tree, but the "sass drug" engenders a different experience in its own right.
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This “Psychedelic Peer Support Line” Will Help You Through Your Next Trip
"Real-time support—when time doesn't seem real."
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What Removing the “Hallucinations” from Psychedelics Means for Psychotherapy
A growing number of companies and researchers are attempting to make psychedelics that don’t cause hallucinations or visions. But will they work as well?
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What is Ayahuasca? Benefits, Risks, Side Effects
Ayahuasca has increased in popularity around the globe—here's what you should know about this entheogenic plant medicine.
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How Tripping Can Help Us Reimagine Capitalism Ahead of Psychedelic Commercialization
Here's what the success and failures of cannabis industry can teach those in the psychedelic space about a healthy relationship to profit.
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Mold on Mushrooms: Contamination Tips For Shroom Growers
Finding mold on mushrooms happen to the best of us—here's how to spot different types that may infiltrate your grow.
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Psychedelics Won the Election—Except the Psychedelic that is Donald Trump
Donald Trump and the Drug War are on the way out—what does this mean for our culture, for our future?
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Can Psychedelics Treat Eating Disorders?
After an ayahuasca ceremony, one ED patient smashed her scale, beginning a journey of healing. Now a number of studies are showing proof that psychedelics could be more promising than traditional treatments.
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Breaking News: Oregon Legalizes Psilocybin Therapy
Under the new policy, licensed facilitators can give psilocybin to adults over 21 in therapeutic contexts.
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Breaking News: Oregon Becomes the First State to Decriminalize All Drugs
Oregonians pass Measure 110 to decriminalize personal possession amounts of all drugs, from LSD and MDMA to meth and heroin.
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Breaking: Washington D.C. Decriminalizes Psychedelic Plants and Fungi
Voters approve Initiative 81, the Capitol's own Decriminalize Nature measure.
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Where Witchcraft Meets Plant Medicine
How witches from ancient Greece to Gaeilge used plant medicine for sorcery, prophecy, and divine connection.
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Inside the ‘Psychedelic Exceptionalism’ Debate: Should All Drugs be Legal, or Just Pot and Psychedelics?
Social justice advocates critique the psychedelic community for leaving behind those most impacted by the War on Drugs.
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What Is Mescaline? A Guide to this Cactus-Derived Psychedelic
Aldous Huxley popularized mescaline in "The Doors of Perception," but no conversation today about this entheogen is complete without attention paid to indigenous sovereignty and conservation strategies around the mescaline-containing peyote succulent.
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Could Giving Acid to Dolphins Help Us Talk to Aliens?
How dolphins on LSD shaped the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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Jedi Flipping: What It’s Like to Mix Shrooms, Acid, and Molly
Jedi flipping can be fun and transcendent, but also overwhelming and risky—here are some harm reduction techniques if you're planning a flip.
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6 Herbs to Enhance Your Next Psychedelic Trip
These "herbal allies" can calm your nerves, induce euphoria, and complement your journey.
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A Trip Through the Universe: How Psychedelic Art Overlaps with Space Art
The earliest blotter papers expressed the astronomical depths of LSD with images of crescent moons, swirling nebulas, and star scapes.
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HPPD: Visual Flashbacks are Still Possible After a Trip is Over—But It’s Unlikely
Everything you should know about HPPD—Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder.
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How to Make a Spore Print
If a spore is like a seed for fungi, learning how to make a spore print can help you collect them so you can grow your own mushrooms.
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Set and Setting: Here’s How to Prepare Your Mind & Space Before Using Psychedelics
Timothy Leary first introduced the concept of "set and setting" in 1964—now it's ubiquitous throughout the psychedelic world. Read on at DoubleBlind.
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What is Kitty Flipping? The 101 on Mixing Ketamine and MDMA
How much you know about this popular combo says a lot about your familiarity with club drugs—and Jennifer Lopez movies.
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Psychedelic Gold Rush? Psilocybin Startup Compass Pathways Goes Public at More than $1B
Here's why Wall Street is starting to see the value in psychedelics.
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Can Psychedelics Rekindle Ancient Animism in Modern Society?
Animism—seeing the spirit in everything—goes deeper than the psychedelic experience; and this distinction may be crucial for psychedelic healing work.
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A Mushroom Cultivation Cheat Sheet for City Dwellers
Keep your cat away from your shrooms, and other tips and tricks for growing fungi.
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GHB Drug: What It’s Like to Trip on GHB
Although GHB is known as the "date rape drug," it is getting big on the party scene.
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Breaking News: Ann Arbor Decriminalizes Psychedelics
Ann Arbor just became the third city in the United States to decriminalize all-naturally entheogens.
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Can Psychedelics Treat Physical Pain?
From ayahuasca to iboga, and even synthetic compounds, people are turning to psychedelics to treat pain, in addition to mental health.
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How to Stop A Shroom Trip: Should You Even Try?
Having a bad mushroom trip? Here's how to get through a challenging psilocybin experience.
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LSD Tolerance Could Develop Faster than You Expect
Hypothetically, if you take acid multiple times a week, you could expect to develop an LSD tolerance. Here's why the potency decreases over repeated use.
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Will MDMA Help You Have a Better Acid Trip?
Researchers are conducting a study on "candy flipping" — the practice of combining MDMA and LSD.
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Machine Elves or “DMT Elves”: A Journey Into The DMT Spirit World
Many people report seeing "machine elves" or "DMT elves," but why do so many people see entities and why do different people have such similar experiences?
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Psychedelic Synergies in the Bible: How Ancient Shamans and Priests Combined Plants to Get High
Old Testament plant mixtures—like the ingredients in ayahuasca—provide a greater wholistic benefit than each component's individual effects.
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Hippie Flipping: What to Know About Mixing MDMA and Mushrooms
Hippie flipping, a.k.a. flower flipping, can be euphoric or overwhelming—depending on how you go about it. Here are some harm reduction techniques.
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Time to Freak Out: Get Offline, Go Inward, and Protect the Soul
With COVID forcing us online more than ever before—we're in a "spiritual emergency" struggling against the "Satanic trifecta of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram." Now's a time for "internet hygiene, soul substance, and the correct placement of things."
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5-MeO-DMT: The Story Behind the “God Molecule”
This toad venom is considered to be a less visual, yet more intense cousin of DMT.
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Where Do Magic Mushrooms Grow?
What do shrooms look like and where do they grow? Here are some tips for where to find shrooms while foraging.
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Watch Trippy Visual Art from Every Decade
But make sure you have the right set and setting first.
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Plant Medicine Church in Oakland Gets Raided by Local Police Department
Zide Door, an entheogenic church that recognizes cannabis and psilocybin as sacraments, was raided last Thursday—evoking questions about religious protection, decriminalization, and cannabis and psychedelic retail.
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How to Make Shroom Tea: The Ultimate Mushroom Tea Guide
Mushroom tea is easy to make, but what are the benefits of drinking psilocybin extract rather than eating shrooms whole?
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This App Guides You Through Tripping
"Trip" helps users dive into their consciousness—whether with psychedelics or mindfulness techniques like meditation.
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This Dot-Com Guru is Asking Trump to Legalize Psychedelics
Michael "Zappy" Zapolin, who made an ayahuasca documentary with Michelle Rodriguez, is recruiting Lamar Odom to his psychedelic legalization "Mind Army."
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Kambo: Is Burning Frog Venom into Your Skin a Wonder Cleanse or Risky Procedure?
Getting poisoned with frog venom doesn't sound fun, but enthusiasts swear by it.
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Long Term Effects of Microdosing: What To Know Before You Begin
The long-term effects of microdosing have been largely unstudied, but aside from building a tolerance, there may be other risks or benefits we don't know about yet.
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How to Take Shrooms
Want to know how to take shrooms? Michelle Janikian has everything you need to know.
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Changa: What is Changa? The Truth About Smokeable Ayahuasca
Changa is fairly new compared to the centuries-old ayahuasca tradition—but both are ways to consume DMT.
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After Permitting Psilocybin for Terminal Patients, Canada Could Open the Door to Psychedelics
Some Canadians with life-threatening illnesses can now try magic mushrooms to ease their mind. But it could open the door to much more for the Great White North’s psychedelic scene.
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Mushroom Grow Kits: The 5 Best Mushroom Grow Kits for Growing Easily at Home
With these mushroom grow kits, you'll be sprouting spores in no time
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Psilocybe Azurescens: This Magic Mushroom is Stronger than What You’re Used To
While the well-known Psilocybe cubensis contain .14-.42% psilocybin, Psilocybe azurescens are packed with 1.78% psilocybin.
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Are there Disadvantages to Microdosing Psychedelics?
Microdosing has been celebrated as a mood enhancing, anti-depressant, tool for creativity. But is it actually a panacea?
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Sex on Acid, MDMA, Shrooms & More
Regardless of which psychedelic you take, sex on acid, shrooms and other psychedelics all benefit from one critical factor: set and setting.
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How To Make LSD: The Process Explained
While LSD is derived from the ergot fungus, the acid we know and love is synthesized in a lab.
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LSA Drug: The Trippy Story Behind the Compound in Morning Glory Plants
The seeds of morning glories and some other plants contain LSA, a cousin of LSD. Here's what to know about the effects of the LSA drug, proper dosage and more.
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The Sacred Cacao Ceremony: Is it Healing or Culturally Appropriative?
With cacao ceremonies on the rise, who has the right to access this plant medicine, and what do we owe to the plant's cultural heritage?
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How to Harvest Mushrooms: A How To Guide
You've grown your own shrooms and now they're ready to be dried and consumed—but first things first, how do you know how to harvest mushrooms?
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What You Should Know about Washington D.C.’s Campaign to Decriminalize Naturally Occurring Psychedelics
The lowdown on Decriminalize Nature D.C.
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How Ibogaine Can Help with the Opioid Crisis
We're facing the most devastating overdose epidemic in American history. But can we overcome the "great disconnect" between science and stigma in order for ibogaine to help with the solution?
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“Candy Flip” Explainer: What Happens When You Mix Acid and Molly?
Described as intense and transcendent, here's everything you should know when you candy flip, from dosage to harm reduction, and more.
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Is it Worth Kidnapping Toads to Extract their Psychedelic Venom—When You Could Make it In a Lab?
The debate over synthetic and toad-derived 5-MeO-DMT.
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How to Dry Shrooms
Here's how to dry shrooms in the final stretch, preserving the aesthetics and potency of your psilocybin experience.
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Ayahuasca Benefits: The Health and Healing Powers of This Plant Medicine
How ayahuasca might help with addiction, PTSD, anxiety, and depression.
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Psilocybin Spores: Where to Buy Mushroom Spores
Psilocybin spores are technically legal, but in most places germinating them is not.
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How Oregon is Leading the Country in Drug Policy Reform
The confluence of campaigns to legalize psilocybin therapy, decriminalize all drugs, and to decriminalize entheogens at the local level has made Oregon home to a complementary reform movement.
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Why Humans Believe in God
Cognitive scientist Justin Lane on the evolutionary imperative for having a spiritual practice
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Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out: A Previously Unpublished Interview with Timothy Leary
Roger Steffens and Timothy Leary talk Buddhism, Leary's first trip, and why partisan politics make no sense.
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What is 2C-B? The Complete and Honest Explainer
This novel psychedelic was invented by Sasha Shulgin, the "godfather" of MDMA.
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How Psychedelics Help with Gender Identity and Transition
A mushroom trip was the major tipping point leading Ivy to "meet" her true self, and deciding to come out to the world.
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Why Feeling “Connected” Is Good For Your Health
In an interview about her new book "Good Chemistry," psychiatrist Julie Holland dishes on the health benefits of social connection, the promise of psychedelics, and the importance of nourishing the soul.
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Gold Cap Shrooms: What You Need to Know
Gold Cap Shrooms, also known as Psilocybe cubensis, are among the most popular magic mushrooms.
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How Psychedelics are Reigniting Judaism
Rabbi Kamenetz is bringing psychedelics back—to the synagogue, that is.
COLUMNS
Conscious Capitalism is an Alibi and an Apology for Our Existing Paradigm
The philosophy is a paradox—and it doesn't work.
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Why People are Using Ketamine Nasal Spray to Party
Diversion of high-grade ketamine from clinics, coupled with the popularity of the k-spray method, has allowed many ravers to experience the therapeutic potential of this drug in a safer way.
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Legal Highs: The Top Legal Psychoactive Plants in the US and Canada
From coffee and kratom to mandrake and morning glories, these plants will cause psychoactive, and even hallucinogenic effects.
How To
How to Lemon Tek: A Complete Guide for Mushroom People
The lemon tek method of consuming magic mushrooms can shorten a trip’s duration and decrease nausea, but can also make the whole experience more intense.
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How the Psychedelic Movement Can Support Black Lives Matter
The principle of psychedelic intersectionality demands we use these medicines as a jumping off point to further justice within the psychedelic community, and beyond.
How To
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor" — Desmond Tutu
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Psychedelic Studies Have Marginalized LGBTQI+ Communities for Years—These Researchers Are Changing That
A new group of researchers are righting historical wrongs by studying how psychedelics can help gender and sexual minorities.
COLUMNS
Can this Little Known Third Party Herald a New Political Paradigm?
The One Nation Party is running on an "all-win" platform upholding psychedelic ideals, but are their campaign promises feasible?
COLUMNS
Native Tribes Should Have More Say in the Psychedelic Movement
At the Psychedelic Liberty Summit, many voiced concerns over land conservation, the peyote sacrament, and the role of native voices in legislative reform.
How To
What You Should Know to Have a Safe Kambo Experience
Brandon Begley passed away from a water overdose following a kambo and ayahuasca ceremony. Here's how that could have been avoided.
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The Complete Guide to 4-AcO-DMT: Synthetic Shrooms or in a Class of Its Own?
Call it 4-Acetoxy-DMT, 4-AcO, Psilacetin, O-Acetylpsilocin, or synthetic shrooms, here's everything you should know about this little-known psychedelic research chemical.
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Birds Playing Tiny Violins; Diving Deeper with Psilocybin in the Pandemic
During a pre-pandemic mushroom trip, she had a vision of the corona virus; now she's returning to the medicine.
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What is Kava? A Complete Guide
Side effects, preparation, origins, and everything you should know about the native South Pacific root beverage.
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How this Herbal Essential Oil Can Soothe, Balance, and Spark Your Inner Flame
DoubleBlind partnered with Colibri Healing to bring you a custom-crafted sacral balancing oil.
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Should You Take Psychedelics While You’re Sick with COVID?
Some people are using psychedelics for their potential anti-inflammatory properties, while others are aiming to mitigate the physical and emotional symptoms once or if they contract the virus.
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Decriminalization vs. Legalization: What’s the Difference?
Your guide to the differences between decriminalization vs. legalization when it comes to drugs.
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Types of Ketamine—Which One Works Best?
Janssen Pharmaceuticals has patented a filtered version of ketamine called Spravato. Here's the breakdown of all the types of ketamine that exist today, including the generic version that has been around since the Sixties.
Q & A
Tripping with the Stars: New Netflix Film Documents Celebrities’ Psychedelic Experiences
We asked filmmaker Donick Cary what it was like working on "Have a Good Trip" for over the past decade.
COLUMNS
Integrating Lessons of the Pandemic with “Psychedelic Poetry”
The COVID-19 pandemic can feel like a psychedelic trip. Here's how poetry can help us process it.
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The Definitive History of Psilocybin Mushrooms
From 10,000 B.C.E. to the present day—and into the future.
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Everything’s Canceled: How the Psychedelic Community is Coping
We're all grieving something that doesn't exist any longer: in-person community. But here's how we're moving forward.
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SSRI and LSD Interactions, Plus Shrooms and More: Why Taking Psychedelics While on Antidepressants Could Make Treatment Ineffective
Dr. Julie Holland talks to DoubleBlind about SSRI and LSD interactions, plus how psilocybin, MDMA, and ketamine are impacted by anti-depressants.
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Amid COVID-19 Lockdown, Psychedelic Reform Campaigns Go Digital
Washington D.C. Council approved a bill to let Decriminalize Nature DC gather signatures remotely, while Decriminalize California petitions for an extension.
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Were There Psychoactive Plants in the Bible?
Psychoactive plants in the Bible may seem few and far between, but the Holy text is ripe with botanical medicines, ceremonial incense, and purifying extracts.
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Entheogen: What Does This Word Actually Mean?
'Entheogen' is rebranding psychedelics, evoking the language of divine medicine.
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New York Assemblywoman Introduces Measure to Decriminalize Psilocybin
This is among the first decriminalization bills in the country to be introduced by a legislator, rather than an activist group.
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Why Kava is a Beautiful, Legal Way to Treat Anxiety, Build Community, and Create Ritual
Kava is known for its mellow, relaxing effect. Now DoubleBlind has partnered with Potent Kava so you can try it at home.
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Dr. Bronner’s Donates $1 Mil to Legalize Medical Psilocybin in Oregon
Dr. Bronner's Soaps is on a mission to overturn psychedelic prohibition—starting with Oregon
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You Can Now Get Ketamine in the Mail for Your Depression
Take home ketamine and online therapy are helping people cope with the COVID-19 crisis.
Equity and Access
Are Mushrooms Legal in California? Thanks to COVID-19, Shrooms Will Remain Illegal —For Now
Social distancing measures have halted Decriminalize California’s desire to make mushrooms legal in California.
COLUMNS
Why Psychedelic Trips are So Much More Than a Series of Neurological Mechanisms
The mind is greater than the sum of its neurological parts.
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Bicycle Day: Demons, Milk, and “Medicine for the Soul”
A brief history on Albert Hofmann's botched experiment with LSD that sparked a cultural phenomenon.
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Why 2020 is the Year of Psychedelics and Threesomes
Threesomes may seem like a threat to monogamous partnership—if you haven't used psychedelics to uncover the open nature of love and the self.
How To
Mushroom Chocolates: A Simple, Ancient Recipe for Shroom Chocolates
Mushroom chocolates are an ancient combination used in Mesoamerican ritual and religious ceremony. Here's our recipe for magic mushroom chocolate.
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Why a Drug Testing Kit for MDMA or LSD Could Save Lives
Everything you should know about the best MDMA test kit and LSD test kit on the market.
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If You Can’t Go Out, Go In: How Psychedelics Make Quarantine a Time of Self Renewal
The Covid-19 lockdown has given us time to explore our inner-worlds, and psychedelics are the perfect tool.
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Types of Magic Mushrooms: 10 Shroom Strains You Should Know About
More than 180 species of psilocybin mushrooms, including the famous psilocybe cubensis, grow wildly around the globe—here are our favorites of these types of magic mushrooms.
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This Startup is Developing a DMT-Based Addiction Treatment
Does pharmaceuticalizing the DMT experience make it more accessible, or detract from the therapeutic value of ego death and mysticism?
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Sex on MDMA: Does It Ruin Sober Sex?
You might reach euphoria through sex on MDMA, just remember to integrate the tools you learn in paradise.
How To
Mushroom Edibles Recipe: Tips For a Simple, Delicious Psilocybin Experience
Looking for a mushroom edibles recipe? First thing's first: keep it simple. Here's our 101 on heating, dosing, nausea, and more.
COLUMNS
Can Psychedelics Make You Fall in Love Faster?
Psychedelics can speed up the process of falling in love—but does that love remain in tact after the trip is over?
How To
5 Ways to Trip Without Psychedelics
Turns out, you don't need psychedelics to have a psychedelic experience.
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Redesigning Psychedelic Mushrooms to Never Cause a “Bad Trip”
The key to "good trips only" may lie in aeruginascin, the CBD of psilocybin mushrooms.
COLUMNS
COVID-19 Isn’t Just a Medical Crisis—It’s an Existential One
As we self-quarantine for Coronavirus, we're going to have a lot of time to contemplate our world today and our roles in it.
COLUMNS
More Parents Take Psychedelics Than You Think
Parents with young children face unique stigma and consequences for coming out about their psychedelic use — but they still seek psychedelic community with other parents.
COLUMNS
Why You Should Grow Your Own Mushrooms
DIY mushroom cultivation will save you money, offer peace of mind, and strengthen your connection to nature.
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Ketamine: The Psychedelic Painkiller that Could Halt the Opioid Crisis?
Mainstreaming ketamine as a pain management tool could help mainstream psychedelic medicine more broadly.
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Can Psychedelics Make You Polyamorous?
Psychedelics can help you recognize the infinite nature of love, but will they provide the tools to carry ethical non-monogamy?
COLUMNS
Is Good Therapy Too Inaccessible to POC?
Navigating health insurance to find a therapist is hard enough. It's even harder when you're a black woman, seeking a black female therapist.
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Did Ancient Buddhists Use Psychedelics?
Buddhists have a reputation for living drug and alcohol-free, but author Mike Crowley has found a visionary elixir called "amrita" to play no small role in early Buddhist practice.
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Beyond Mushrooms: The Mysterious, Magical World of African Plant Medicine
As one of the world's oldest inhabited regions, Africa is home to a variety of plant medicines, so why don't we know more about this kingdom of ceremony?
How To
How to Trip in New York City
NYC can be exhilarating, overwhelming, and downright magical. Here's your guide to tripping in what's arguably America's most psychedelic city.
COLUMNS
Ego Death: Everything You Should Know
Ego death can be among the most transcendent or terrifying events of a person's life. But what exactly is happening in the brain during this kind of psychedelic experience?
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Man Magically Regains His Sense of Smell Using Psilocybin Mushrooms
Itay Nevo completely lost his sense of smell after a serious car accident. Three years later, magic mushrooms brought it back.
COLUMNS
Why I Quit Microdosing LSD
Is microdosing worth all the hype? Some psychonauts say no, arguing in favor of less frequent (macro)doses.
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If You Could Relive the Same Exact Life You’re Living Now, Would You?
German philosopher Thomas K. Metzinger's theory of "consciousness culture" asks us to evaluate whether we're living our best lives in the most ethical way.
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Entheogenic Plants & Fungi: The Campaign to Decriminalize Naturally Occurring Psychedelics
Dozens of localities around the country are following Oakland's example, forming their own Decriminalize Nature chapters to end prohibition around entheogenic plants and fungi.
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Psychedelics on the Stock Exchange?
In the wake of the cannabis green rush, investors are eyeing psychedelics, while Canadian pharma company Mindmed aims to go public this March.
COLUMNS
3 Psychedelic Books to Have on Your Shelf
The essential Psychedelics 101 curriculum—with some deep cuts, too.
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Can Ayahuasca Heal Grief?
According to a new study, the "ancestor vine" may help the bereaved cope with their loss.
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How Psychedelics Helped This Transgender Rapper and Military Vet Unlock his Creativity
"Psychedelics allowed the veil to be lifted off my mind, the strings to be cut, and for me to be free" — NOVAGAWD DeGrate
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DMT Pens: Is It Safe to Vape DMT?
Several cannabis vape pens have been linked to a new, life-threatening lung disease, but are DMT pens any better?
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“Gracias Compañera”: Inside Mexico’s International Zapatista Feminist Summit
The women-only gathering in the Chiapas highlands lures women from around the world to fight the patriarchy, and rail against femicide.
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Why More Therapists Need to Learn About Psychedelics—Now
Ten percent of Americans have tried a psychedelic—but are mainstream mental health professionals prepared to help them after their trip?
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Using Psychedelics to Heal from Sexual Trauma
Psychedelics are promising tools to help survivors reprocess their experience and heal from PTSD.
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Breaking : Santa Cruz City Council Votes to Decriminalize Entheogenic Plants and Fungi
Santa Cruz is now the second jurisdiction in California to pass a Decriminalize Nature Initiative, and the third in the country to decriminalize mushrooms.
COLUMNS
What Does It Mean to “Be Here Now?”
One man tackles an age-old question—and comes upon insights, beneficial to us all.
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Why MDMA Will Likely Be Legal Before Weed
Despite the cannabis movement's gains in jurisdictions around the country, MDMA is further along in the process to become a prescription medication.
COLUMNS
What Permaculture Teaches Us About Psychedelics
Permaculture helps us recognize systemic patterns and relationships—here's how that applies to the psychedelic movement.
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You Can Now Buy a Microdosing Kit Online
Canadian company Microdelics offers ready-made kits containing the acid analog, 1P-LSD.
Q & A
Futurist Jason Silva on Psychedelics and the Paradigm Shift That’s Changing Everything
Silva's new podcast Flow Sessions takes listeners on a deep dive inside his mind.
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I Love You—Let’s Trip Together
Psychedelics help couples work through issues of intimacy and communication
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Will Shroom Dispensaries Become a Thing Anytime Soon?
With the decriminalization of psilocybin, it's hard not to wonder whether magic mushrooms will follow the path of cannabis.
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Beautiful and Grotesque Sculptures On the Burden of Womanhood
Chinese Artist Lin Tianmiao draws attention to the oppression of women’s bodies with contorted figures and elaborate costuming
COLUMNS
Goodbye, Ram Dass. We Love You.
Ram Dass was ready to die. Here's how we can honor his legacy.
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More Patients Could Have Access to MDMA Therapy—Before the FDA Approves It
For the first time since MDMA was made illegal, patients may have "expanded access" outside a clinical setting.
How To
How to Trip Sit Someone on Psychedelics
If you want to know how to trip sit, learning how to "hold space" can determine the difference between a transformative trip and a challenging one.
COLUMNS
Prescription Psychedelics are Almost Here—But Western Medicine Isn’t Ready
A paradigm shift needs to happen as psychedelics go legal. PEACH—Psychedelic Education and Community Healing—is the path forward.
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5 Women in Psychedelics You Should Know About
Badass women making waves in the psychedelic movement, from research to drug policy reform
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Jewish and Transgender
The journey to authenticity means reconciling the various parts of who we are
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Synthetic Psilocybin: What’s Lost Without The Mushroom?
For research in the United States, volunteers typically receive synthetic psilocybin. Does that matter?
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Play Parties and Psychedelics: Magic or Mistake?
Sex on psychedelics can be mind-blowing, but integrating the combination into the play scene can be risky.
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There’s Now a Federal Psychedelic Lobby
They started in Denver—and they're taking the movement nationwide
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Where are All the Queer People?
The mental health field has historically neglected the LGBTQI+ community. Psychedelic research has been no exception—until now.
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Why You Need to be Careful About the Ketamine Clinic You Choose
Ketamine could pave the way for legal psychedelics—if careless clinics don’t get in the way
COLUMNS
How the Psychedelic Community Can (Actually) Create a Better World
It's time to move beyond the personal healing narrative
Q & A
Rick Strassman on DMT and the Mystical State
Before we claim that spiritual experiences heal, we must agree on what a spiritual experience is.
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The Function of Awe
About sixty percent of Americans say they’re worried about climate change—so why aren’t they doing anything about it?
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Dr. Bronner’s Donates $150k to Legalize Medical Psilocybin in Oregon
In 2020, Oregon could become the first state with legal psilocybin clinics.
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This Company is Developing a Drug Based on Ibogaine for the Opioid Crisis
18-MC allegedly puts an end to unhealthy cravings while sparing patients a brutal trip
BEYOND WORDS
Watch the Vibrations of Ayahuasca Songs Projected on Water
Contemporary Artist Naziha Mestaoui uses technology to make the invisible visible
Q & A
MDMA for Racial Trauma
More than 80 percent of participants in psychedelic trials going back to 1993 have been white. Monnica Williams is working to change that.
Q & A
On Being’s Krista Tippett on Her Own Spiritual Journey
The radio host answers the questions she's spent her career asking others
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The Ayahuasca Privilege
Ayahuasca may be incredibly healing—but most people can't afford it.
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The Inherent Queerness of Psychedelics
Author Bett Williams' winding road to finding mushrooms—and herself.
Q & A
Alex Grey on His Journey to Finding God
"We need to quickly understand that this is a sacred world. That is the message of psychedelics."
BEYOND WORDS
Piatsaw
Photojournalist Nicola Ókin captures the deep resilience of indigenous communities facing extractive forces in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
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How the Psychedelic Industry Can Learn From the Cannabis Industry’s Mistakes
The cannabis industry has drifted from its grassroots values. Will the psychedelic field be more equitable?
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Is Most Science News Bullshit?
Our reverence for science has led to a culture of “new findings” and sensationalistic headlines
