With the holiday season upon us we thought it’d be a good time to discuss giving. For psychedelic explorers, this time of the year presents us with interesting opportunities to examine how we define words like generosity and personal fulfillment.
How do we want to spend our time? Our money? How do we want to define our measures of value? If psychedelic therapy is partly about personal growth, then these questions are surely part of the equation.
For those looking to give back to organizations in the psychedelic sphere, to help those who are helping others, here’s a list of worthwhile groups that Microdose has either donated to or worked with. Happy holidays and all the best on your journey.
Heroic Hearts Project offers a proprietary program to veterans who are interested in pursuing psychedelic treatment options. We primarily work with ayahuasca retreat centers due to the powerful effect it has shown to have on healing PTSD. Our program has been designed to ensure veterans get the most out of this valuable opportunity and are set up for success when they return home. We also provide financial scholarships to veterans who are struggling financially. To date, we have provided more than $200,000 in support to veterans applicants. We are trying to connect at least 250 veterans to psychedelic therapies next year with each veteran needing around $4,000 in support. https://www.heroicheartsproject.org/
We provide public education and cultural understanding about psychedelic plant medicines and promote a bridge between the ceremonial use of sacred plants and psychedelic science.
“By giving to Chacruna this holiday season, you will be supporting initiatives at the true forefront of social justice and psychedelic science, and helping ensure that these powerful medicines are available for the healing and transformation of all people, regardless of race, class, gender, sexuality or creed.” www.givebutter.com/chacruna
Athletes for Care is a nonprofit organization recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3), founded in 2017 by passionate people who recognize the need to advocate for the health, safety and wellbeing of more than 2 billion people of all ages who compete annually in sanctioned sports globally. Through that advocacy, we are improving health and wellness options for the billions of people around the world living with mental and physical illnesses including chronic pain, depression, anxiety, PTSD, CTE, TBI, substance abuse and opioid dependency. https://athletesforcare.org/donations/donate.asp?id=19775
TheraPsil is a non-profit coalition dedicated to helping Canadians in medical need access legal, psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy to treat end-of-life distress. After over 100 days of advocating, TheraPsil facilitated precedent-setting and tangible progress in the fight for compassionate access to psilocybin therapy when it helped 4 Canadians suffering from end-of-life distress, due to a terminal illness, access approved ‘section 56 exemptions’ from the Minister of Health, on August 4th 2020. This was the first time section 56 exemptions for psilocybin had been approved for patients since psilocybin was made a controlled substance in 1974, in Canada.
https://therapsil.ca/donate/
The Apollo Pact is leading the charge to secure federal support and federal funding to open the floodgates for research into psychedelic medicine and psychedelic assisted therapies. Join and support our efforts by donating for a national educational and advocacy campaign for the general public to help destigmatize mental health disorders and psychedelic-assisted therapies which have the potential to treat them. https://www.apollopact.org/donate
Founded in 1986, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization specializing in research and education that develops medical, legal, and cultural shifts benefiting the careful uses of psychedelics and marijuana for mental and spiritual healing. In other words, we’ve dedicated the last 35 years to changing the way people think of, talk about, and consume psychedelics through research, education, and advocacy. Donate today! Give the gift of healing and help MAPS advance psychedelic research for Mass Mental Health. Give at: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
Indigenous Peyote Conservation Initiative. Empowering Indigenous communities to reconnect with, regenerate, and conserve their sacred Peyote medicine. We are close to our chuffed campaign goal! https://chuffed.org/project/ipci
At Fireside Project, we envision a world where every person feels safe, supported, and seen during and after their psychedelic experiences so they can use those experiences to live richer, healthier, more joyous lives. Our name was inspired by the feeling of sitting around a fire, experiencing a sense of community, connection, and openness.
Our Psychedelic Peer Support Line is the safety net needed NOW as more people turn to psychedelics, often without proper preparation or support. With your help, we’ll launch our Equity Initiative in 2022. We will train cohorts of volunteers from BIPOC, veteran, and trans communities, then offer the choice to callers from those communities to integrate their psychedelic experiences with someone sharing that part of their identity. In just seven months, we’ve supported 1,300 people during and after their psychedelic experiences!
To donate, please visit www.firesideproject.org/donate. We are deeply honored and grateful for your support!