Decriminalize Nature
Restoring Our Roots
Our Mission: Improve human health and well-being by working to decriminalize and expand access to entheogenic plants and fungi through grassroots political and community organizing, education and advocacy.
Decriminalize
Nature
Restoring Our Roots
Our Mission: Improve human health and well-being by working to decriminalize and expand access to entheogenic plants and fungi through grassroots advocacy.
OUR PURPOSE…
Decriminalize entheogenic/psychedelic plants and fungi
Restore our root connection to nature
Improve human health and well-being
WE ENVISION…
Happier, healthier individuals and communities reconnected to nature and entheogenic plant and fungi traditions and practices.
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Entheogenic Flora & Funga
Unlocking Nature’s Wisdom
en-ˈthē-ə-jən:
A psychoactive visionary substance or preparation, especially when derived from plants or fungi, and used in religious, spiritual, or ritualistic contexts.
LEARN ABOUT
Entheogenic Flora & Funga
Unlocking Nature’s Wisdom
en-ˈthē-ə-jən:
A psychoactive visionary substance or preparation, especially when derived from plants or fungi, and used in religious, spiritual, or ritualistic contexts.
Psilocybin Mushrooms
Respected as a safe and natural healing sacrament in Mexico, Central America and throughout the world, mushrooms that contain psilocybin are found to encourage openness, creativity and spiritual growth.
Researchers have ranked them as a top-5 most meaningful experience and found them be be beneficial in treating end-of-life anxiety, improving depression and reducing recidivism.
Cacti
Honored as sacred plants for thousands of years throughout the Americas, entheogenic cacti have been central to traditional religious and healing practices for millennia.
Not only are they considered an ancient, healing sacrament, but have been shown to be quite beneficial in the treatment of modern alcoholism.
Ayahuasca
Over 75 indigenous groups in the Amazonian basin respect ayahuasca as a sacred “plant teacher” and have for hundreds of years.
In Brazilian prison populations, it has shown to reduce recidivism. With use as a tool for spiritual growth, ayahuasca has been shown to improve creativity and boost openness of minds and hearts.
Iboga
From Central Africa through Gabon, the Iboga plant has been revered for generations and used for initiatory rites of passage involving encounters with ancestors from the spirit realm.
It has been shown to be beneficial for treating opiate and methamphetamine addictions when people have shown resistance to traditional means of treatment.
These plant medicines have impacted by life by providing opportunities to lean into my discomforts, and show how to grow as a spiritual being, sharing this planet and universe with so many others. I am grateful for the healing space and introspective opportunities that are provided through their teachings.
These plant medicines have impacted by life by providing opportunities to lean into my discomforts, and show how to grow as a spiritual being, sharing this planet and universe with so many others. I am grateful for the healing space and introspective opportunities that are provided through their teachings.
Why Decriminalize Entheogenic Plants?
The government has no legitimate authority to restrict access to plants and fungi. These natural substances were criminalized under the Nixon administration based on politics, not science. While some organizations seek approval through federal agencies like the DEA and FDA, Decriminalize Nature believes growing, gathering, and gifting entheogens is a basic human right.
Decriminalizing these sacred plants and fungi allows communities to reconnect with their ancient uses, free from government and corporate control. People should have the freedom to heal, pursue personal and spiritual growth, and explore consciousness on their own terms. Criminalization has caused stigma, job loss, and incarceration—we aim to end that.
ARTICLES TO HELP YOU LEARN MORE…
Decriminalizing Psychedelic Plants and Fungi—Change Your Mind, Then Change the Law
Dozens of US states now have some kind of decriminalization, medical regulation or legalization for cannabis, and that number is set to keep growing. This first wave of acceptance towards psychotropic plants is now starting to include psychedelics…
About the Decriminalize Nature Organization
We exist to decriminalize entheogenic plants and fungi without limits on how much we can grow-gather-gift-share. Our movement seeks to end the mass consciousness incarceration of humans, especially for marginalized communities of trauma by enabling equitable access to plants and fungi.
We started as, and have always been, led by BIPOC and women leadership both nationally and locally. We are an organization that recognizes the wisdom that emerges from struggle and we thrive because of the participation of Indigenous, African American, Latinx/Chicanx, Asian, and recent immigrant leaders in our organization nationwide.
We are a people-led movement. Plant power to the people!
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They are the roots of our grassroots movement!
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Psychedelic plants and mushrooms have been used safely and ceremoniously for thousands of years for personal development, spiritual growth, and healing.
They offer us the ability to reconnect with nature, ourselves, and each other at a time when we need it most.
Decriminalize Nature has already empowered 25 cities to decriminalize psychedelic plants and mushrooms, but we need your support to be sure no one goes to jail for engaging with these gifts from nature.
“I am calling on our elected officials to decriminalize the possession, growing, sharing, and use of psychedelic plants and fungi and end the senseless prosecution of these victimless “crimes”.
I urge our legislators to deschedule all naturally occurring forms psilocybin/psilocin, DMT, mescaline, and ibogaine from the list of controlled substances as none of these have been found to be habit forming and all have been reported to have a high potential for therapeutic and medical use.
Restricting equitable access to these sacred entheogens is a crime against humanity. Restoring our human right to develop our own relationship with nature is essential to upholding the personal and religious freedoms this country was founded on.”
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