David Carpenter Forbes

Here’s a figure that should be seared into the minds of every living American: 22. That’s the shocking number of United States war veterans who commit suicide every single day. Let that number sink in for a minute. In one year’s time, that’s over 8,000 people —...

You can add the Sonoran Desert Toad to the current escalating body count of threatened species worldwide, as the amphibious creature’s psychoactive secretions continue to gain popularity with psychedelic enthusiasts. Increased interest in Bufo alvarius toad venom — derived...

“Are some doors better left unopened?” That is the ultimate question three friends ask themselves in the captivating documentary film 5MEO.  On a quest to recapture some excitement and intrigue in their middle years, filmmakers Boris Jänsch, Frank McCaughey and Charles...

Nick Watchorn had suffered for most of his adult life from severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) before he sought psychedelic treatments to deal with his chronic condition. He credits those psychoactive sessions, and particularly the work he did afterwards in a process known as integration...

A once obscure psychoactive substance of the underground, psychedelic toad venom has officially hit the mainstream after HGTV celebrity Christina Haack’s Instagram post about experiencing the potent drug, saying it changed her mental outlook for the better.  Next to a photo...

“It begins with trust,” says Andrew Penn, registered nurse and associate clinical professor at UC San Francisco’s School of Nursing.  Penn is describing how nurses can be naturals at providing care for people in psychedelic states.  “I think sometimes that nurses...

Legal psychedelic medicine is poised to soon disrupt the multibillion-dollar mental health field. Treatments being trialed today in clinical settings using substances like psilocybin-containing mushrooms will soon offer legal alternatives to the more than 50 percent of patients receiving therapy...