by SpiSafConf | Jan 14, 2022 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Ayahuasca, Bipolar Disorder, Cancer, Cannabis, CBC, chronic pain
Before you start a psychedelic venture or adventure, keep in mind that there are many psychedelic gimmicks that have long preceded the current “shroom boom.” As Alan Watts is purported to have said, “Anybody who tells you that he has some way of leading you to...
by SpiSafConf | Jan 12, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, chronic pain, Depression, End of Life, Mental health, OCD, psilocybin, Psychedelic Integration
The most common questions that we get here at Altered States Integration are about the practical use of psychedelics. Many people are already excited about the potential therapeutic benefits and understand enough about entheogens to want to conduct their own DIY...
by SpiSafConf | Dec 8, 2021 | Alcoholism, Anxiety, Ayahuasca, End of Life, Iboga, LSD
The people who choose to consume psychedelic substances and the reasons they do so are as varied as the effects they produce, which are unique for every individual and rarely the same twice. The people who take psychedelics fit all demographics of age, gender, race,...
by SpiSafConf | Nov 9, 2021 | Addiction, Anxiety, Psychedelic Experience, Psychedelic Integration, Psychedelic Medicine
When you hear the term “psychedelics,” you might think of hallucinogenic and mystical experiences. Popular psychedelics include LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), magic mushrooms (containing the psychedelic psilocybin), and DMT (N,N-dimethyltryptamine, part of the...
by SpiSafConf | Nov 9, 2021 | Alcoholism, Anxiety, Ayahuasca, Bipolar Disorder, Psilocybin Mushrooms, Psychedelic Experience, Psychedelic Integration, Psychedelic Medicine, Psychedelic trip
Thanks for speaking with us again, Wyly. Can you share more about what Veterans of War does and how it’s structured to serve veterans who are struggling with PTSD? Veterans of War has a unit mentality. I’m trying to recreate a sense of a shared community and a shared...
by SpiSafConf | Nov 9, 2021 | Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Cannabis, chronic pain, Medical Research, Medicine Experience, Psilocybin Mushrooms, Psychedelic Experience, Psychedelic Integration, Psychedelic Medicine
Dr. Carl Hart’s argument that we should de stigmatize, legalize, and regulate all drugs is revolutionary for two main reasons. For one, he is an internationally lauded neuroscientist and neuropsychopharmacologist, and one of the world’s leading experts on drug use,...