In Episode 30, Psychedelic Divas welcomes Annie Harrison, a pioneering journalist, harm-reduction advocate, and founder of the Women's Visionary Congress and co-founder of Lucid News. We explore Annie's decades-long contributions to drug reporting including her current role as Editorial Director at Lucid News, her commitment to risk reduction and education and her heart-centered leadership within an array of psychedelic communities.

In this episode, Annie discusses:

• Her psychedelic origin story, including her early psychedelic safety education from Grateful Dead shows, Rainbow Gatherings and Burning Man starting in 1996
• The founding of the Women's Visionary Congress, with its commitment to raising up women's voices and caring for our psychedelic elders
• The creation of the Full Circle Tea House at Burning Man with its focus on comfort, care and community
• The founding of Lucid News and her current work as Editorial Director
• The evolution of harm reduction strategies at festivals and psychedelic events
• The rise of ketamine and shifts within the psychedelic landscape
• The importance of sustaining a wellness practice and building ethical psychedelic communities

Learn About Annie

• Women's Visionary Council https://visionarycongress.org
• Elder donation page to support Ricci and Jack Coddington—please make a note that this is where you would like your donation to be directed: https://www.every.org/womens-visionary-council/f/2025-end-of-year-cam#/donate/card
• Manual of Psychedelic Support— https://maps.org/2017/08/29/manual-of-psychedelic-support-aug2017/
• Lucid News—www.Lucid.news
• Email Annie at Ann@lucid.news

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If you're inspired by this episode and want to stay connected, follow Carla and Psychedelic Divas on social media or visit the website to get your Psychedelic Safety Guide Including What to Do When Things Go Wrong:

• Website: PsychedelicDivas.com
• Carla's Coaching: CarlaDetchon.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/psychedelicdivas
• YouTube: @carladetchon
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Episode 29 features New Mexico State Representative Andrea Romero (House District 46) in a hopeful conversation about psychedelics, policy, and community healing. We discuss how New Mexico is leading the way with groundbreaking psilocybin legislation—and why this moment matters far beyond state lines.

In this episode, we explore:

• The passage of SB219, New Mexico's bipartisan bill decriminalizing psilocybin for therapeutic use
• How psilocybin will be used to treat treatment-resistant depression, PTSD, substance use disorders, and end-of-life distress
• What it really took to build bipartisan support—and lessons learned from Oregon and Colorado
• The importance of New Mexico's equity fund, designed to ensure access to psychedelic healing regardless of income
• Andrea's deeply personal connection to this work, including family and community experiences with addiction
• A vision for a holistic healing economy that supports mental health, community well-being, and justice reform
• The intersection of public policy, feminine wisdom, and leadership
• Andrea's surprisingly diverse background—including entrepreneurship and her patented probiotic-enriched egg!

Andrea also shares what she hopes comes next for psychedelic legislation, why community-centered healing is essential, and agrees to return to the show after personally experiencing legal psilocybin treatment in New Mexico.

Connect with Andrea

Learn more about Andrea—or donate to help her win re-election—at:

• Website: AndreaRomero.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrearomero_nm46/

Connect with Carla

If you're inspired by this episode and want to stay connected, follow Carla and Psychedelic Divas on social media or visit the website to get your Psychedelic Safety Guide Including What to Do When Things Go Wrong:

• Website: PsychedelicDivas.com
• Carla's Coaching: CarlaDetchon.com
• Instagram: @psychedelicdivas
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carladetchon
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Episode 28 welcomes Cassidy Rosenblum, founder and editor-in-chief of Thunder Perfect Mind magazine, for a deep conversation about the intersection of psychedelics, the divine feminine, and cultural and religious transformation. In this episode, you'll hear:

• Cassidy sharing her journey from a hippie upbringing (her parents named her after Neal Cassady from On the Road.) to reporting on psychedelics for Rolling Stone.
• The inside story of a transformative group mushroom ceremony with former Mormon women.
• How Mormon women are choosing ketamine and nitrous over alcohol, which is forbidden by their religion.
• How Rick Perry (former Governor of Texas and Secretary of Energy) is using Biblical scripture to promote the use of psychedelics.
• The rising role of the goddess and the divine feminine in personal and collective healing.
• How psychedelics are influencing spiritual and religious landscapes, including challenges to traditional churches.
• The vision behind Thunder Perfect Mind: a print magazine as a devotional offering to the goddess.
• How to integrate psychedelic experiences into environmental activism and ethical cultural engagement.

Learn More About Cassady & Thunder Perfect Mind

www.Thunderperfectmind.org

https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/thunder-perfect-mind

Thunder Perfect Mind Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/thunderperfectmag/

Links from Show

Original Good Friday Experiment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_Chapel_Experiment

Updated Johns Hopkins Good Friday Experiment

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/05/26/this-is-your-priest-on-drugs

Cathy Coleman's book on Ralph Metzner's life: Ralph Metzner Explorer of Consciousness

https://www.greenearthfound.org

Connect with Carla

If you're inspired by this episode and want to stay connected, follow Carla and Psychedelic Divas on social media or visit the website to get your Psychedelic Safety Guide Including What to Do When Things Go Wrong:

• Website: PsychedelicDivas.com
• Coaching: CarlaDetchon.com.
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/psychedelicdivas/
• YouTube: @carladetchon
• Subscribe & Review: If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and review Psychedelic Divas. Your support helps amplify these important conversations and grow our community.