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Psilocybin Sugar Cubes, DMT Vapes, and a Side of Drug Activism

Mar 23, 2025

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12 min read

Psilocybin Sugar Cubes, DMT Vapes, and a Side of Drug Activism

Vancouver’s Coca Leaf Café isn’t just a shroom dispensary—it’s also serving up coca tea and a radical vision for the future of drug policy.

Michelle Lhooq
Michelle Lhooq
Why Psychedelic Healing is Bigger Than the Self

Mar 21, 2025

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3 min read

Why Psychedelic Healing is Bigger Than the Self

Indigenous plant medicine is rooted in community, but Western retreats often turn it into an

Jeya Lorenz
Jeya Lorenz
We've All Been Duped By Blue Lotus Flower

Mar 20, 2025

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15 min read

We've All Been Duped By Blue Lotus Flower

PLUS, a Q&A with a leading researcher studying the intersection of psychedelics and meditation

Mary Carreón // Editor-in-Chief
Mary Carreón // Editor-in-Chief
Indigenous Nations Issue Urgent Call to Protect Ayahuasca

Mar 19, 2025

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9 min read

Indigenous Nations Issue Urgent Call to Protect Ayahuasca

The psychedelic renaissance has a dark side — one that Indigenous nations are no longer willing to accept.

Mattha Busby
Mattha Busby
Here’s Why Psychedelics Actually Enhances Meditation

Mar 17, 2025

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15 min read

Here’s Why Psychedelics Actually Enhances Meditation

PLUS, synthesizing LSD, the human and environmental toll of iboga, and so much more

Mary Carreón // Editor-in-Chief
Mary Carreón // Editor-in-Chief
Meet the woman living every day in psychedelic synesthesia

Mar 16, 2025

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16 min read

Meet the woman living every day in psychedelic synesthesia

Penny Vieregge has been an Esalen insider, a psychedelic trip-sitter, a gospel-singing EMT, and a poet who never picks up a pen. At 95, she’s still spinning magic in Big Sur.

Noelle Armstrong
Noelle Armstrong
How to Get Your Parents Curious About Taking Mushrooms

Mar 14, 2025

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3 min read

How to Get Your Parents Curious About Taking Mushrooms

Think your parent could benefit from psilocybin? Here’s how to talk to them—straight from those who’ve done it successfully.

Michele Koh Morollo
Michele Koh Morollo
Sorry, L.A. Times, But Cacao Isn’t Ayahuasca

Mar 13, 2025

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15 min read

Sorry, L.A. Times, But Cacao Isn’t Ayahuasca

PLUS how to stay connected to plant medicine after ceremony, how to work with Kanna, and “Anonymous Mazatec Curanderas”

Mary Carreón // Editor-in-Chief
Mary Carreón // Editor-in-Chief
Why Don’t Psychedelic Retreats Have a Code of Conduct?

Mar 12, 2025

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8 min read

Why Don’t Psychedelic Retreats Have a Code of Conduct?

Without ethical guidelines, psychedelic spaces risk harm. Rick Doblin and Jules Evans explore whether a code of conduct could change that.

Jack Gorsline
Jack Gorsline
Is Elon Musk’s ketamine habit a problem for all of us?

Mar 10, 2025

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14 min read

Is Elon Musk’s ketamine habit a problem for all of us?

PLUS, Meet the people fighting for psychedelic diversity, equity, and inclusion

Mary Carreón // Editor-in-Chief
Mary Carreón // Editor-in-Chief
Maria Sabina's Unteachable Gift

Mar 9, 2025

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15 min read

Maria Sabina's Unteachable Gift

María Sabina wasn’t just a curandera—she was a visionary poet, a musician, and an icon whose talents couldn’t be taught, bought, or replicated.

Bett Williams
Bett Williams
Inside the Billionaire Takeover of Lykos—and Rick Doblin’s Comeback

Mar 7, 2025

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3 min read

Inside the Billionaire Takeover of Lykos—and Rick Doblin’s Comeback

As MDMA therapy hangs in the balance, a high-stakes power shift is underway. But will it bring real change or just new faces at the top?

Mattha Busby
Mattha Busby
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