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Erica Avey

Erica Avey is a writer based in San Francisco. Her psychedelic inquiry has been featured in The Economist, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, and Women’s Health UK. She previously managed content at Clue, the female health app.


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Washington Man Facing Prison After Foraging for Wild Mushrooms

August 15, 2017

Paul Lee Corbett is facing a potential prison sentence of five years for possession of psilocybin mushrooms.


Of Molecules and Minds: The Science of Ayahuasca

August 16, 2017

There’s a beauty and sense of wonder that comes from knowing how the world works, and the nature of the psychedelic experience dovetails almost perfectly with that awareness.


2001: A Psychedelic Odyssey

August 18, 2017

One tagline for the movie was “the ultimate trip,” so clearly Kubrick, or at least the film’s marketing team, were very aware of the psychedelic implications of the film.


You’ve had a life-changing experience with psychedelics. Do you tell your kids?

August 22, 2017

“Did you ever pick mushrooms off of cow poop when you were biking in Hawaii?” I ask her. “Actually, yes,” she admitted. I take advantage of the ease at which a conversation like this flows with my mom.


Meet the professor who self-administered 73 high-dose LSD sessions

September 5, 2017

I chose to learn Grof’s methods for working therapeutically with LSD and use them in my private life to systematically explore my own mind and the mind of the universe as deeply as possible—73 high-dose sessions over 20 years.


Eight Things to Do After You’ve Taken Psychedelics

September 6, 2017

Eight tips for after the medicine is over.


Does the First Amendment Protect Spiritual Cannabis Use? A D.C. Activist Plans to Argue For It

September 7, 2017

A group of cannabis activists held a demonstration outside the White House. They made a Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, non-sectarian, and Rasta prayer over the plant, seeking to highlight the spirituality of cannabis use.


10 Reasons to End the War on Drugs and the War on Sex Workers

September 8, 2017

Just as the drug war makes drug-taking more dangerous and disproportionately affects the most vulnerable, the War on Sex Workers makes sex work more dangerous too. Here are 10 reasons ending the War on Sex Workers makes as much sense as ending the War on Drugs.


The first time I ate mushrooms a Papua New Guinea shaman showed up

September 12, 2017

We locked eyes for what felt like an eternity...like he and I had done this many times before.


Psychedelic cluster busting headache medication saves me. And it’s completely illegal

September 14, 2017

Cluster headaches to me feel like someone has my eyeball in their fist, steadily putting more and more pressure on it until it threatens to pop like a grape.


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