Jerónimo Mazarrasa is Program Director at the ICEERS Foundation, where he is committed to maximizing the benefits and minimizing the harms of the globalization of ceremonial plant practices.  He has worked with facilitator communities in self regulation processes, developed harm reduction tools, initiatives and training, commissioned scientific research as well as legal and policy reports to inform proposals for the integration of ceremonial plant practices in global north societies.

What comes after the Psychedelic Renaissance? A vision for the future

What comes after the integration of psychedelics into medical practice? How can we ensure a future where there is also a place for indigenous voices, traditional plants, community practices, and non-medical applications of psychedelics? We will argue the need for a counterpart to exist alongside the psychedelic clinics of the future. This counterpart is based on group and community uses instead of individual ones, it is respectful of the traditions, it regulates spaces rather than substances or products, and it leverages the power of psychedelics as prevention tools, rather than as treatment options. This vision is not oppositional to psychedelics’ role in bio-medical frameworks, but complementary to it, aimed at deeper reflection that reaches beyond the limitations of medicalization.