- 8.1.2024
- Blog
My 3rd Re-Birthday: 10 Integration Techniques I Still Practice Daily
Three years ago, on July 31st, 2021 I would sit up out of a bed in Mexico and my life would be changed in the most positive way. Thanks to VETS, I was able to receive a Foundational Healing Grant for psychedelic-assisted therapy treatment with ibogaine and 5MeO-DMT.
- 7.16.2024
- News
Press Release: VETS Applauds California Legislature for Expediting Passage of Bill to Resume Psychedelic Research
AB 2841, authored by Assemblymember Marie Waldron (R-Escondido) and co-authored by Senators Allen (D-Los Angeles) and Wiener (D-San Francisco), will allow the RAPC, a state advisory board in the California Attorney General’s Office, to meet in closed session to review and approve confidential scientific and medical research proposals involving cannabis, psychedelics, or the treatment of substance use disorders.
- 7.10.2024
- News
The Economist: Mexico has become a testing ground for psychedelic therapies
Many of those turning to psychedelics are former soldiers. Martín Polanco, a doctor who runs The Mission Within near Tijuana, says he has treated 1,000 veterans with ibogaine since 2016 (researchers do not classify ibogaine as a psychedelic, but it provides some of the same effects).
- 7.10.2024
- News
The San Diego Union-Tribune: Michael Smolens: Psychedelic therapy legislation fails again
Key lawmaker says treatment may eventually provide "significant mental health benefits" but suggests the proposal needs more work.
- 7.10.2024
- News
Marijuana Moment: California Legislature Approves Bill To Break Psychedelics Research Logjam, Sending It To Governor
The California legislature has approved a bill meant to streamline the processing of applications to study psychedelics and marijuana, sending it to the governor.