People are trying them. The media is touting them. But scientists say we need to know more about how they work and when they can help.

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Featuring 70 speakers – including Indigenous leaders from the Americas, neuroscientists, religious thought leaders, award-winning authors, activists, poets, and many others – illuminating vital connection points between psychedelics, religion, and spirituality.

To some, the word "psychedelics" is a synonym for the 1960s. This name—coined in 1957 for a class of drugs that profoundly alter our states of consciousness—derives from the Greek deloun and psyche meaning to "manifest the soul" or, as Michael Pollan puts it, to "change your mind." If you've been on an extreme media fast these past 10 years, the wave of articles, books, and programming about psychedelics might not…

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I'm Caitlin Ner, Chief of Staff at PsyMed Ventures and Business Trip.I recently joined the technology industry and have found a job in the business of psychedelics that excites and motivates me.My journey to this point has been a personal and professional rollercoaster.I come from a low-income background and was the first in my family to attend college and was absolutely confused at Harvard University studying…