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We Refuse to Endorse Daniel Pinchbeck as a Credible Voice in the Psychedelic Movement

Pinchbeck has not publicly engaged in the difficult work of reorganizing his relationship to power, which is a precondition for learning to wield power and authority responsibly.

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A Suburban Junkie’s Journal

The first time I bought a balloon of heroin I was 20 years old. Fresh out of rehab, I was craving opiates—specifically OxyContin.

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As legal psychedelic therapy emerges, ethicists urge for more comprehensive frameworks to address sexual abuse

With a checkered history of misconduct, how will psychedelic-assisted therapists be held accountable in the emerging legal field?

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Intersecting Movements: Drug Policy Reform and Climate Action

Climate justice is racial justice, and we cannot achieve racial justice without ending the War on Drugs.

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Chicago could become largest city to Decriminalize Entheogenic Plants

Chicago’s Committee on Health and Human Relations unanimously passed (50-0) a resolution October 16 to decriminalize entheogenic plants and fungi.

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What the heck happened to Reality Sandwich?

Reality Sandwich was sold to a group called Delic Corp. Now there’s a lawsuit.

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An open letter to the newly founded Center for Psychedelic Research at Johns Hopkins

With the recent creation of the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, we must remember that, while industrialized medicine has never attempted to serve all people, institutional histories vary from one organization to the next.

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SSDP Spotlight: Just Say Know, a peer education program for everyone

Although SSDP was founded upon political lobbying from the top down, it has also served as a platform for member-led initiatives of harm reduction and peer education.

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Young People of Color As Leaders in The Movement To End the War on Drugs

How do you center the needs and perspectives of people of color in your activism—not because you want to fill a quota, but because the success of your work depends on it?

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Considerations for Engaging with Amazonian Ancestral Practices, People, and Places

If we truly believe in the positive transformational power of visionary plant experiences, we must support each other to make real social change happen, less this transformation stagnates at the individual level.

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Shipibo Women Healers on the Challenges and Opportunities of the Ayahuasca Boom

After the murder of a Peruvian healer in 2018, traditional healers, local political figures, and nonprofit allies gathered to address the complexities that come with the influx of foreigners seeking ayahuasca in the Amazon.

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Third Wave staff quits, writes open letter, over work environment created by founder Paul Austin

Eight staff have quit The Third Wave and issued an open statement.