Want to reduce drug use? Listen to women drug users
February 16, 2017
The most common consequences of drug policies, whether focusing on the supply or the demand side, bring disproportionate harm to women and girls.
I served in the Israeli Defense Forces. Ayahuasca Healed my PTSD. Pt 2: Integration
February 14, 2017
I was able to heal my relationship with death, and that in turn allowed me to heal my relationship with life.
I served in the Israeli Defense Forces. Ayahuasca healed my PTSD
February 14, 2017
I was on duty the night Alex decided to commit suicide in the communal showers.
Addicted to Weed: VolteFace Launches Black Sheep Report
February 10, 2017
A legal, regulated cannabis market would help prevent problematic use and give treatment options the radical revamp they need.
In Sweden, Europe’s most LGBT-friendly country, admitting use of cannabis or psychedelics carries a big social stigma
February 8, 2017
You might imagine progressive drug laws go hand-in-hand with social democracy. It's not the case in Sweden.
An interview with LEAP Executive Director, Neill Franklin
February 6, 2017
Neill Franklin is the Executive Director of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP). Before joining LEAP, Neill spent 34 years at the Maryland State Police and the Baltimore Police Department.
Non-PTSD Uses for MDMA
January 26, 2017
While much progress has been made, a narrow focus of MDMA just for PTSD obscures the larger applications of MDMA, particularly for those whom traditional psychotherapy has been largely ineffective.
Rethinking the drug war in the classroom
January 24, 2017
UC Berkeley SSDP members are organizing college classes focused on drug education.
Honoring My Inner Goddess: How Mushrooms Helped Me Love My Body
January 18, 2017
I had been defined by the diagnoses and labels put on me, but in that moment, I was peeling back every layer of self-hatred, criticism, and trauma.
Psychedelics exploded in the 60s like a nuclear bomb
January 26, 2017
We had never seen anything like them. We had no models, societal, medical, or religious, to deal with them. Many were threatened by them.