Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research

  • Past, present, and future of psychedelic medicine

    Jennifer KeehnBaja California, Mexico While there are now more clinical trials than ever before on the therapeutic applications of psychedelics, the medicinal use of such substances is not new. Indigenous cultures worldwide have used plants, roots, vines, and fungi that produce altered states of consciousness in healing rituals for thousands of years. The contemporary study…