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In Pursuit of Safer Highs: Harm Reduction with DanceSafe’s Rachel Clark

Jess Aumick September 16, 2022

Since at least prohibition, anxiety has governed America’s disastrous relationship with substance use. As the 20th century increasingly saw anti-drug sentiment used to fuel moral crusades from “saving the children” to quashing perceived threats against whiteness, “Just Say No” became the mantra of a culture that neither understood addiction nor possessed the language to interrogate

A Brief Trip to the Wasteland: Psychedelics and Recidivism

Maria Mocerino November 20, 2019

This article speaks about a study done in 2017 on the relationship between psychedelics and criminal behavior in hopes to reduce recidivism rates in prison.

Fentanyl Kills More People Than Guns

Reality Sandwich November 15, 2019

An edited version of Ben Westhoff and Joe Rogan’s talk on the fentanyl and opioid crisis, how psychedelics are helping, and the importance of education.

Shaman on a Mission to Defeat Putin

Maria Mocerino September 17, 2019

A shaman is marching 8,000 kilometers to expel Putin, who he believes is a manifestation of dark forces, in order to save Russian from ruin.

Oregon’s Initiative to Legalize Mushrooms

Reality Sandwich September 12, 2019

Oregon continues to push ahead with their initiative to legalize Psilocybin in 2020. The measure recieved its official title and now needs signatures.

The Way to Standing Rock: Interview with Daniel Garber

Tamra Lucid January 5, 2018

An interview with Daniel Garber: Air Force Security Officer, bouncer at an infamous punk club, accountant, Rainbow Warrior, alchemist, artist, and Standing Rock Water Protector.

Defend the Sacred Manifesto

Tamera October 2, 2017

In August 2017, activists from around the world – indigenous elders and youth from North America, (including initiators from Standing Rock), Colombia, Israel, Palestine, Brazil, Kenya, the Philippines, Europe and 35 countries in total – gathered in Tamera Peace Research and Education Center in Portugal to collaborate and envision a global alliance to defend the sacred.

Cassini Interrupted: How a Hippie in a Lawn Chair Delayed the Launch

Ronnie Pontiac September 27, 2017

After a journey of 4.9 billion miles the Cassini Orbiter has disappeared into the object of its obsession, the planet Saturn. The story of how the first launch got scrubbed begins with a thunderstorm shaking a tin shack on a Sioux reservation in early October 1997.

Six Years Later: An Interview with Kelly Heresy of Occupy Wall Street

Tamra Lucid September 18, 2017

September 17, 2017 marks the 6 year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. What has become of the occupiers themselves? A good person to ask these questions is Kelly Heresy, the first Occupier to be pepper sprayed.

Brushes with the Mainstream

Charles Eisenstein January 27, 2017

The spirit of Gandhi and King, waxing strong on the margins of the political world in peace villages and restorative justice circles and ground-level community building, is taking form once again as a politics of love.