I fell in love while candy flipping

The LSD rushed through my gums and into my jaw at the same time the bitter drip of MDA slowly ran down the back of my throat. I didn’t exactly understand what was happening nor did I care because I was excited.


Getting High is a Human Right: Reflections from Uruguay After Cannabis Legalization

Activists have started creating new spaces for healing, acceptance, heightened consciousness, and fun—a completely legitimate reason to do anything, especially get high.


Obama Commutes Sentences for 111, Including Deadhead Serving Life for LSD

Timothy Tyler, was serving a double-life sentence without the possibility of parole for selling LSD.


A Divine Encounter In The Johns Hopkins Psilocybin Study

"On Tuesday, you will be the only person in the U.S. who will be taking psilocybin legally.”


My First Psychedelic Experience at Johns Hopkins Changed My Life

It’s been more than six years since I participated in the Johns Hopkins Spirituality study, but it continues as the most life-changing event of my life.


Finding The Sweet Spot: At 62 I Had My First Dose Of Psilocybin At Johns Hopkins

A research program was seeking volunteers with a spiritual background to ingest a hallucinogen.


Cosmo Feilding Mellen: Interview with a Sunshine Maker

1960's. Two men. One goal. Turn the world on to LSD. An Interview with The SunShine Makers director, Cosmo Feilding Mellen.


Globalhuasca: A Closer Look at the Global Ayahuasca Movement

Many of us are well-meaning in our engagement with plant medicines, but we cannot disregard the real-world impact that our actions inevitably have, regardless of intent.


Globalhuasca: Reciprocity and Integration of Indigenous and Scientific Worldviews

Even if we don't necessarily share religious, spiritual, or mythological assumptions, are we able to reconcile between such seemingly different and antagonistic worldviews?


Psychedelics Can’t be Tested Using Conventional Clinical Trials

Should these drugs become part of medicine cabinets from San Francisco to America’s heartland, it will be high time to develop drug tests that control for the cultural diversity of this country’s doctors and patients.