Rhana Hashemi is the site coordinator for drug and alcohol programs and services for Oakland Unified School District. But, to her students, she is just “the drug lady.”

Before I met Adam I didn’t really know anyone with OCD. It was just an abstract concept to me. Like most people, I had the image of the stereotypical germaphobe who obsessively scrubs their hands in a futile attempt at washing the thousands of bacteria away.

Like the vast majority of psychonauts, I didn’t use a chemical reagent to verify I was taking LSD, even though I had been active in harm reduction work for three years prior and was aware of testing kits.

Today, we have a world where we can say: “I’m proud to be a woman” and “I’m proud to be gay.” But we can’t say: “I’m a drug-user.”

A conversation between two (white) activists to further the dialogue around inclusivity in the field of psychedelic research and culture.

A team of researchers bathed octopuses in MDMA. Here's what they learned.

Clashes between SSDP and New College administrators represent growing confusion about handling harm reduction on campuses

We spoke with an experienced psychiatrist about how exactly prescribing ketamine for depression works.

Four years since that trip, I’m no longer prescribed antidepressants.

Narratives which gloss-over the history and socioeconomic dynamics of ayahuasca’s globalization may, despite good intentions, actually do more harm than good.