Episode 38: Decriminalizing Nature with Nicole Foerster by What the Folk published on 2022-02-16T21:42:04Z We’re baaaack! Again! Thank you, dear listeners, for being understanding about our (sometimes variable) apocalypse release schedule. We are rewarding your patience with a fantastic episode featuring Nicole Foerster, an advocate for psilocybin mushrooms as a treatment for cluster headaches, a mental health professional, and a proponent for the full decriminalization of entheogenic plants and fungi. In this episode, we talk about their work as director of Decriminalize Nature Colorado which recently submitted a ballot proposal to decriminalize entheogens in the 2022 Colorado statewide election, why decriminalization offers a more intentional and just model for psychedelic access, and the emerging models for holistically supporting mental health. Afterward, Joy and Sarah wander through strange metaphors as they reflect on these strangely psychedelic times in the Society of the Spectacle. GET INVOLVED Decriminalize Nature Colorado https://www.facebook.com/decrimnaturecolorado/ Insta: @decrimnaturecolorado https://www.instagram.com/decrimnaturecolorado/?hl=en Decriminalize Nature (national) https://decriminalizenature.org/ FEATURED MUSIC “All the Same” by FaceKiss https://facekiss.bandcamp.com/ “Hey Moon” and “Peter Pan” by Ray Diess https://open.spotify.com/artist/2k9ZPxMCH5vm2E7KHBwmfD https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ray-diess/1553592537 RECOMMENDED READING AND RESOURCES Your Healing is Killing Me https://bookshop.org/books/your-healing-is-killing-me/9780991418398 Our Right to Drugs https://bookshop.org/books/our-right-to-drugs-the-case-for-a-free-market/9780815603337 The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry https://bookshop.org/books/the-book-of-woe-the-dsm-and-the-unmaking-of-psychiatry-9798200063345/9798200063345 Psychiatric Survivors https://www.psychiatricsurvivors.net/ Mad in America https://www.madinamerica.com/ Students for Sensible Drug Policy https://ssdp.org/ SPORE: Society for Psychedelic Outreach, Reform, and Education https://www.thespore.org/ Unlimited Sciences https://unlimitedsciences.org/ Genre News & Politics
