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The Harvard Psilocybin Project was a series of experiments in psychology conducted by Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert.The founding board of the project consisted of Leary, Aldous Huxley, David McClelland (Leary's and Alpert's superior at Harvard University), [21] Frank Barron, Ralph Metzner, and two graduate students who were working on a project with mescaline.
The amount of peer-reviewed research on psychedelics has accordingly been limited due to the difficulty of getting approval from institutional review boards. [72] Furthermore, scientific studies on entheogens present some significant challenges to researchers, including philosophical questions relating to ontology, epistemology and objectivity ...
Carl Ruck is best known for his work along with other scholars in mythology and religion on the sacred role of entheogens, or psychoactive plants that induce an altered state of consciousness, as used in religious or shamanistic rituals. His focus has been on the use of entheogens in classical western culture, as well as their historical ...
Psychedelics are gaining momentum as potential therapies for certain mental health. But administering the drugs is not simple, and schools are now teaching special training courses. Psychedelic ...
Psychedelic: Pre-Incan Chavín rituals in Peru. Peyote: Lophophora williamsii: Stem: Mescaline Psychedelic: Native American Church is known as peyotism. [29] [30] Also used in the Oshara tradition. Red ucuuba: Virola sebifera: Bark: DMT, and 5-MeO-DMT Psychedelic
On October 3, 2023, the City Council in Portland, Maine, has voted to deprioritize the local enforcement of laws against psychedelic plants and fungi. [ 52 ] In October 2023, 'Massachusetts for Mental Health Options' received approval from the state attorney general to pursue a ballot initiative for the 2024 elections.
The International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research & Service (ICEERS) was founded on May 20, 2009, by Benjamin De Loenen (director of the 2014 documentary Ibogaine - Rite of Passage) as a philanthropic, tax-exempt non-profit organization (charity) dedicated to the integration of ayahuasca, iboga and other traditional plants as therapeutic tools in modern society, and the ...
The council agrees it wants full decriminalization of the substances at the state and federal levels. Olympia council considers decriminalizing shrooms and other psychedelics. Here’s what to know