💧 Turn On, Tune In, and Get a Degree

Hello and welcome back to The Drop In! It’s almost the weekend, which means we are inching closer to holiday madness. Can you believe it? Frankly, I’m still wrapping my head around the fact it’s November and that we are sitting on the doorstep of another whirlwind holiday season. Was it not February yesterday? Seriously, what even is time? 🫠

Today’s featured story dives into the rise of college degrees in psychedelics — not just neuroscience or pharmacology with an emphasis on psychedelic medicine, but a full-blown Bachelor of the Arts in psychedelic studies. The counterculture-to-coursework pipeline is here, guiding a new generation of students down the stream. You can find that story below!

If you keep scrolling, you’ll find a how-to on making sense of your last trip, what neuroscience says about “trip killers,” and a profile on a person who goes by the moniker “LA’s Shroom Mom.” OH, and you can also find the hook up on the best matcha around. 🍵

Happy Friendsgiving 🤎🦃🧡,

Mary Carreón
Senior Editor

Together With Matcha.com

The Magic of Matcha 

High quality matcha is about as close as you can get to a magic potion without tripping for several hours. 

It gives you energy and focus, burns fat, boosts longevity, supports your heart, liver, and gut health, and even gives you healthy glowing skin.

And it does this all without jacking your adrenals, making you jittery or anxious, or messing with your sleep. But the key is quality. Cheap, low quality matcha just doesn’t do the same thing.

Dr. Andrew Weil’s Adaptogenic Matcha Latte even takes it a step further by adding Lion’s Mane, Reishi, and Ashwagandha into the mix. These clinically proven herbs do wonders for mental, emotional, and physical health. And their matcha is the best. It’s sourced directly from generational farmers in Japan. 

To stay updated on all things matcha and score can’t-miss deals, follow his company, Matcha.com @matchakari on Instagram. Exciting surprises are coming soon! 

Get Dr. Weil’s Matcha Here

Our Latest

DMT has been linked to dreams, spiritual awakenings, and wild visions in near-death experiences. There’s been plenty of speculation since Rick Strassman’s book “The Spirit Molecule”, but now the science is zeroing in on this mysterious molecule. Get the full scoop on your brain’s secret stash of DMT.

The white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland holds a special place in psychedelic culture. In the Hero’s Journey modeling, it is essentially The Call to the otherworld. So it’s no surprise there’s a strain of magic mushrooms named after it. Read the fascinating story of how it came to be, what it’s like, and how to grow it.

Mushrooms are ancient guides, cosmic teachers, and little whispers from the beyond. Sometimes, they even speak through us. Terrance McKenna was perhaps the most famous mouthpiece for fungal consciousness. Here are our favorite magical fungi quotes.

& More Must-Reads

• When John Coltrane died in 1967, his wife Alice plunged into a crisis of the soul. She emerged merged with a jazz harp album of timeless resonance and mystery. Modern artists from Radiohead to Flying Lotus list her as a major musical influence. Discover Alice Coltrane’s remarkable journey through grief, yoga, and the dawn of jazz consciousness
  

• There is a clear crossover between spirituality, meditation, and psychedelics. But it’s more than just a Venn diagram of interests: meditators trip better. Read more about how mindfulness and psychedelics are the perfect pair. 
  

• Penis Envy mushrooms were brought back from the Amazon by Terrance McKenna. They are one of the strongest, most prized strains in the world. But do you know the full story? Read about the murder & conspiracy behind the world’s trippiest shroom.
  

• Nestled amongst the Hollywood mansions of movie stars lives an elegant, eccentric woman in her 50s. There’s a DMT vape pen and an LSD microdose spray in the fridge. The gingersnaps on the counter contain LSD, MDMA, and 2CB. Meet Shroom Mom, LA’s most fabulous drug dealer
  
  

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Learn with Us

🛑 The fastest way to stop a bad trip? Trip killers. In this article, a neurologist gives you full download on using over-the-counter pharmaceuticals to stop a trip that’s just a bit too much. Read it here.

🍄 In a bizarre twist of legal codes, owning psychedelic mushroom spores is totally ok, but germinating them makes you a criminal. Here’s the full scoop on legally buying magic mushroom spores. For science. Because… yeaaaaaaah.. science.

🤔 It’s known as “synthetic mushrooms”, but is 4-AcO-DMT really the same as a mushroom trip? It’s become quite popular because you can buy it online for remarkably low prices from semi-dodgy research chemical websites. In this guide, we cover the origins, experience, and dosage of psilocybin’s synthetic cousin. 

👁️ After a psychedelic journey, the details tend to fog over into a vague sense of significance. It can leave you thinking “Well, that was crazy. Now what?”. Here are 5 guidelines for making sense of your last trip.

DoubleBlind Digs

Here are today’s recommendations to help you live more psychedelically… 

1. We LOVE great print media. (you know we have a print magazine, right?). So when we discovered this cannabis-focused magazine with fantastic journalism, we had to share it with you. The magazine is “free”, you just pay for shipping. Check it out here.
   

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3. Here’s your monthly reminder to Test. Your. Drugs! You don’t need a whole chemistry set to check your drugs for other unexpected (and potentially dangerous) substances. You can check them right in the privacy of your own home with a kit from the nonprofit DanceSafe. It’s essential for harm reduction so grab your kit today!*
   

4. Looking for a thoughtful gift for a psychedelic friend? Check out Wakeful Travel’s journals. They have journals for psychedelic integration, microdosing, mushroom cultivation, and soul-seeking international travel. They are beautifully crafted with a lot of love and creativity. Check them out here.

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Watch Now

Colonialism in Psychedelics

The residues of colonialism and exploitation are woven into the fabric of modern global society–even the psychedelic world. It’s a clip of a panel discussion we hosted exploring reciprocity, informed consent, and how we can promote ethical practices that honor indigenous knowledge and sovereignty. 

It’s not exactly “fun”, but this video should be required viewing for anyone engaged in psychedelic work.