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On the occasion of ICEERS’ 15th anniversary, we asked its founder, Benjamin De Loenen, to take stock of the foundation’s trajectory. In addition, we delve into the current and future challenges facing the historical process of globalization of master plants and their ceremonial practices.
Numerous international experts and organizations have come to Barcelona to study the CSC model and explore ways to implement it in their own regions. In
A new ICEERS report estimates the number of people drinking ayahuasca worldwide and analyzes fatalities reported by the media.
In recent days, cannabis social clubs (CSCs) in Barcelona have faced a series of administrative inspections resulting in economic sanctions and, in some cases, closure orders. This situation, driven by the new mayor Jaume Collboni from the Socialist Party of Catalonia, threatens to dismantle a model internationally recognized as a safe and responsible alternative to the unregulated cannabis market.
The 2024 International Conference on Psychedelic Research (ICPR) in the Netherlands gathered international experts across various subject areas. ICEERS helped coordinate a panel discussion that examined the various challenges facing the so-called “Psychedelic Renaissance” along with representatives from PsyPan, LIAAN, and MovAya.
A recent report by Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, titled “Drug Use, Harm Reduction and the Right to Health,” provides a thorough analysis of human rights protection within drug policy and emphasizes the preservation of Traditional Indigenous Medicines.
Claude Bauchet is a key figure in the Santo Daime community in France. He has faced significant legal challenges since 2005 when ayahuasca was classified as a controlled substance by the French Ministry of Interior. Despite the lack of evidence supporting its classification as a narcotic, Claude Bauchet was arrested again in 2019 and is now facing multiple charges.
After a decade of experience at the ICEERS Support Center and supporting over 1,000 cases following difficult psychedelic experiences, Marc B. Aixalà has become a global reference in the field of psychedelic integration.
ICEERS interviewed Joshua Bloom after his accomplishment to learn more about advocacy work for plant medicine, what it was like to complete the ultramarathon, and his hopes for the future.
A new report by ICEERS thoroughly examines the legal framework surrounding ayahuasca in Portugal and discusses its implications.
Sharing circles after a psychedelic experience involve being in a supportive and non-judgmental group setting, where participants take turns sharing their personal experiences without reconveying the experience in great detail.
With the arrival of a new mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni (PSC) and his governing team, there has been a significant shift in the city’s policy towards Cannabis Social Clubs (CSCs).
Intercultural health is emerging as a transformative approach to healthcare, integrating Western medical practices with traditional Indigenous healing methods.
Seventy health professionals, scientists, scholars, and aficionados of altered states of consciousness gathered in Corralejo, Fuerteventura, for the 2nd Annual Fuerteventura Psychedelic Conference. The event was organized by the Psychedelic Association Fuerteventura with the support of ICEERS.
Psilocybin mushrooms are explicitly included in Schedule 1 of prohibited psychotropic substances in Mexico, characterized as those with scant or no therapeutic value and posing a serious threat to public health despite the country being the origin of their medicinal applications, from which their application has spread worldwide.
ICEERS has just released a full-length report on the legal status of ayahuasca in the Netherlands. The report was written by Adèle van der Plas, a lawyer who has been advocating for the rights of religious groups to work with ayahuasca in the Netherlands since 1994.
Recently, a group of Swiss public health professionals involved in the new Zurich pilot program visited a local CSC in Barcelona to exchange information on harm reduction strategies, cannabis consumption patterns, and the potential of CSCs to drive positive change.
Colombia, where the Amazonian medicine is known as yagé, has the highest prevalence of ayahuasca consumption among all countries with official surveys providing specific statistics.
In the Netherlands, it is common for ceremonies to offer anahuasca, an ayahuasca analog made from plants sourced outside the Amazon, such as Peganum harmala and Mimosa hostilis.
Spain has a decades long context for ayahuasca ceremonial practices. Despite a reported low prevalence of ayahuasca consumption, our investigation highlights the distinctive characteristics of Spanish ayahuasca drinkers.
Ayahuasca consumption in the United States in 2019, according to the report Ayahuasca, Global Consumption & Reported Deaths in the Media.
How many ayahuasca retreat centers operate in the Amazon? And how many people visit them? This research led us to estimate that there were at least 232 retreat centers operating in Amazonian countries and Costa Rica in 2019.
The mainstream media seemed to have it pinpointed: ayahuasca was the cause of these 58 fatalities. And ayahuasca’s mention in the headline offered undeniable clickbait from a journalistic point of view.
If the ayahuasqueros of the world united, they could create a human chain stretching from Madrid to Moscow and back. This interesting tidbit is based on recent research from ICEERS that reveals that approximately four million people have taken ayahuasca at some time in their lives in America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
