In Sweden, Europe’s most LGBT-friendly country, admitting use of cannabis or psychedelics carries a big social stigma

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

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

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

UC Berkeley SSDP members are organizing college classes focused on drug education.


Honoring My Inner Goddess: How Mushrooms Helped Me Love My Body

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

We had never seen anything like them. We had no models, societal, medical, or religious, to deal with them. Many were threatened by them.


How Does LSD Induce Short-Term Psychosis but Long-Term Optimism?

There’s only one way to find out – more scientific experiments.


Getting Way Too High At Work As A Santa’s Elf

I had not realized that this was a mushroom chocolate given to me as I was sitting there on his lap


4 tips to talk to family about drugs over the holidays

Here's some tips for having a transformative conversation over the holidays.


The Psychedelic Network, Pt 2: Europe

Many people in today’s neoliberal capitalist society feel deeply confused and dissatisfied at the suggestion that the meaning of life is material accumulation and consumption. It seems more and more people are asking, “Is this it?” And of course, it isn’t; there is more to life.