Rich Tyo is a psychedelic therapist, musician, educator, and grass-roots community organizer. He teaches psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy and MDMA-Assisted therapy in Canada and in Europe and co-founded the Neuma Centre for Psychedelic Safety and Preparedness. He hosts monthly psychedelic cannabis circles and teaches how to re-engage with this mis-understood plant medicine.

TALK: It’s a Gateway, After All! Is Cannabis the psychedelic glue that can connect the psychedelic field back together?

ABSTRACT: Gazing onto the psychedelic field reveals eruptions everywhere: corporatization, lack of safety, boundary violations, spiritual bypassing, and lack of accessibility. If only a psychedelic underdog, unseen by most, could repair some of these unfortunate circumstances. In this talk, Rich will discuss some of the lessons he has learned by hosting psychedelic cannabis circles for 5 years. This includes why cannabis can act as a reparative plant for the psychedelic movement on an individual and group level. He will also present some of the findings from his grass-roots research looking into psychedelic cannabis to support prep and integration of other medicines.

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