Psychedelic therapy, involving substances like psilocybin (found in magic mushrooms), MDMA, and ketamine, is gaining recognition as a groundbreaking approach to treating mental health conditions, ...

The Center Origin, a newly established psychedelic-assisted healing center based in downtown Denver, is officially the state’s first licensed healing center. The state began accepting license ...

Benjamin Forest spent 25 years in the U.S. Air Force, rising from enlisted ranks to Lieutenant Colonel. He served in Iraq and Afghanistan, worked at the Pentagon, and earned four master’s degrees ...

Despite support from veterans, a push for more research and efforts to legalize the treatment, much remains unknown about ...

Colorado has decriminalized the use of psychedelic substances and banned local municipalities from barring medical centers that provide the substances from setting up shop in their towns, but that ...

SANCTUM — the psychedelic healing center that former Aspen City Council member Skippy Mesirow is opening in the middle of June — will be the first healing center of its kind in Aspen. In fact, it will ...

Have you felt stuck or stalled in your healing journey? Colorado is leading the revolution of psychedelic therapy by allowing legal, regulated healing centers to offer psilocybin sessions with trained ...

Everyday before leaving for work, Danny Brown would set up a time-lapse in front of his window to capture the day outside while he was in the office. When he got home, he could witness all that he ...

Colorado is on track to becoming the second state to offer regulated psychedelic therapy with psilocybin, or magic mushrooms, in 2025. Starting on Dec. 31, Colorado’s Department of Regulatory Agencies ...

Each year, “Sober October” invites people around the world to pause and reflect on their relationship with alcohol. What began as a month-long challenge has grown into a cultural movement that ...

This story appears in the November/December issue of ESSENCE, available on newsstands now. Festival-loving hippies, bro slackers, and, more recently, trendy “woo-woo” White women come to mind when we ...