Resources
This is an edited selection of quality websites, books and events about psychedelics. Many of these books many present different or even conflicting views and facts. Please read carefully and excercise critical thinking.
On the Web
Erowid Center is a member-supported organization providing access to reliable, non-judgmental information about psychoactive plants and chemicals and related issues.
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is a 501c3 non profit organization dedicated to promoting medical research with psychedelics.
The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) is the nation’s leading organization of people who believe the war on drugs is doing more harm than good. The DPA fights for drug policies based on science, compassion, health and human rights.
The Heffter Research Institute conducts research of the highest scientific quality with psychedelic substances in order to contribute to a greater understanding of the mind, leading to the improvement of the human condition, and the alleviation of suffering.
The Beckley Foundation is a charitable trust that promotes the investigation of consciousness and its modulation from a multidisciplinary perspective. It supports world-class research into the science, health, politics and history of practices used to alter consciousness, ranging from meditation to the use of psychoactive substances.
The Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics (CCLE) is dedicated to protecting and advancing freedom of thought in the modern world of accelerating neurotechnologies. Our paramount concern is to foster the unlimited potential of the human mind and to protect freedom of thought.
In Print
Storming Heaven by Jay Stevens
The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience by REL Masters, PhD and Jean Houston, PhD
LSD: My Problem Child by Albert Hofmann
Ecstasy: The Complete Guide by Julie Holland, MD
Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom by Andy Lechter
DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Rick Strassman, MD
Pihkal: A Chemical Love Story by Alexander Shulgin and Ann Shulgin
Tikhal: The Continuation by Alexander Shulgin and Ann Shulgin
In Person
MAPS Pacific Northwest U.S. Fundraising Tour
Victoria BC, Vancouver BC, Seattle WA, Portland OR
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
www.maps.org/events/
Sep 23-25, 2011
Sep 30 to Oct 2, 2011
Expanded States of Consciousness,
Psychotherapy and Human Development
near Barcelona, Spain
Societat d’Etnopsicologia Aplicada i Estudis Cognitius (Sd’EA)
etnopsico.org
info (at) etnopsico.org
Nov 2-5, 2011
2011 International Drug Policy Reform Conference
Los Angeles, CA
Drug Policy Alliance
reformconference.org
Dec 2-5, 2011
Entheogenesis Australis Conference
rural Victoria, Australia
Entheogenesis Australis (EGA)
http://www.entheo.net/
Dec 8-12, 2011
MAPS 25th Anniversary Conference, Workshops, and Benefit Celebration
San Francisco Bay Area
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
maps.org/conferences/25