We talked with Michael Verdon, the artist behind the burning temple at Catharsis on the Mall

A quick look at what happened with cannabis voting in all 9 states.

Five states have full legalization initiatives on the ballot. Four will be voting on medical cannabis. Here is a rundown of what each initiative aims to do.

Johns Hopkins and Yale Schools of Medicine reviewed dozens of studies and recent trials on psychedelic compounds.

"On Tuesday, you will be the only person in the U.S. who will be taking psilocybin legally.”

"Too many people just see ayahuasca as a sales product and that’s a problem, where it becomes commodified."

As states continue to legalize or decriminalize marijuana for both medical and recreational use, more and more students face confusing regulations.

Canada has amended its policies on heroin to allow doctors to prescribe the drug to patients suffering severe addiction.

Legalization should mean everyone has the right to grow, not just some people or corporations with money looking to profit.

Through social media, student exchange, and American pop culture, perceptions of marijuana & psychedelics are slowly changing in Hong Kong.

We passed out the tabs of acid, we toasted, and we dropped. And then suddenly, up we went. I stood up, gingerly putting my weight on my right leg. And...nothing. No pain. No tenderness. I was invincible.

“Let It Happen” by Tame Impala came on as if there was a switch inside my brain where the drug started working.

“Ralph, have you ever done LSD?” Of course, my dad’s speaking to a policeman, and it’s the 70’s, and my dad hadn’t done LSD.

Timothy Tyler, was serving a double-life sentence without the possibility of parole for selling LSD.

Activists have started creating new spaces for healing, acceptance, heightened consciousness, and fun—a completely legitimate reason to do anything, especially get high.

What if honest drug education, harm reduction, long term integration, and acknowledging risks, took the place of propaganda?

We would have only one chance to intercept Hillary Clinton in the parking lot.

“Ya I love it, good taste. Fresh!” I had no idea what I’m doing.

I had the very strange joy of driving a Hillary Clinton rally with a van full of cannabis activists.

I was a couple strong beers in when I reached over for my friend’s vaporizer and took several drags. It was pretty psychedelic.

In this interview I talk with Dorion Sagan about whether his father Carl Sagan used LSD, his mother Lynn Margulis’s paradigm-changing theory of symbiogenesis, her thoughts on psychedelics, and his new book Cracking the Aging Code: The New Science of Growing Old-And What It Means for Staying Young.

Legalization should mean everyone has the right to grow, not just some people or corporations with money looking to profit.

The LSD rushed through my gums and into my jaw at the same time the bitter drip of MDA slowly ran down the back of my throat. I didn’t exactly understand what was happening nor did I care because I was excited.

Inspired by a scientific study showing that psilocybin mushrooms can potentially cure OCD, Adam Strauss embarked on vigilante psychopharmacology.

Pacquiao’s drive to reinstate capital punishment for drug crimes is in line with President Duterte: “If you know of any addicts, go ahead and kill them yourself, as getting their parents to do it would be too painful.”