Hello all! It has been a minute since I have been on here since starting the blog a year ago. This was a project to bring studies, conversations, and inquiry into the field of NOC’s (Non ordinary states of Consciousness.) Since then some major headway has taken place in form of a non-profit board called The New Mexico Psychedelic Science Society. The New Mexico Psychedelic Science Society (NMPSS) hopes to expand access to psychedelic healing. We believe in the importance of safe and equitable access to psychedelic therapies. We recognize the long tradition of psychedelic medicine in both our home state and beyond. The NMPSS hopes to build on the knowledge of indigenous medicine facilitators while also integrating modern medical practices. Our organization is currently focused on a legislative effort to bring legal access to psychedelic therapy to folks in need here in New Mexico.
We are working hard to assist in legislative movements to bring a therapeutic model to New Mexicans that is very much built on the foundation of access. Our aim for now is to focus on Psilocybin contacting mushrooms for therapeutic use as its safety profile and use in its cultural context of ceremony in relation to set and setting sets the tone of what we are hoping to advocate for in regards to access to what efficacious data is showing us in the continuity of multiple phase testing.
Born to a family of long lineage of New Mexicans, this ancient sacred land is way beyond a place to me. The heartbeat and soul of the enchanted land is something dear to me. With respect and reverence for this sacred space I am honored to be held within its energy. I care deeply for la Gente of New Mexico as I am them and they are me. With the potentiality of this modality of Psychedelic Assisted Therapy assisting in adding Substance Abuse Disorders as well as Mental Health ailments that have and continue to plague our land, It would be a direct travesty for those who could benefit, and out good candidates, to have access. NMPSS seeks to make sure our focus on advocacy is for New Mexicans equitable access. We are not focused merely on Decriminalization or Legalization (although most of us are on board with a substance being removed from its scheduled one placement when it does not directly match the definition of what a schedule one is with current data) But our mission is on therapeutic access because of its potential to provide a new healing paradigm specific to New Mexicans and our long lineage of trauma and affects from the war against drugs, the pandemic, and of course the long history of oppression and suppression.
I am honored to be a member of this board with some of the most brilliant minds in this field from medicine, policy, advocacy, research, and a sacred reverence for entheogens and their very own ways of inter-species communication and medicine. Thank you all for your interest and wanting to be involved. Please contact us at NMPSS.org, to find out how you can support or be involved.
A Desert Psychonaut 
My friend Greg Wrenn, author, poet, chronicler of coral reef change, and creative writing professor, is publishing his book Mothership: A Memoir of Wonder & Crisis in 03/27/24. The memoir has received much advanced praise from NY Times bestselling authors, both for how it connects the ecological with the personal, and for its description of the author’s healing through connection to nature and psychedelic therapy.
He is looking for places to hold readings in NM in late April – early June, and for opportunities to collaborate with psychedelic societies for sponsorship of readings. Please let me know if you know of any possibilities , or I can put you in direct contact with him. He will be reading in NYC on 03/27 and in Los Angeles on 04/30, but is trying to put together a larger book tour through the Southwest for late spring/early summer.
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