053 | Recreational Psychedelics pt. II: Harm Reduction & Benefit Maximization w/ DanceSafe

Modern Psychedelics

It’s time to lift the snobbery of the psychedelic space and accept that recreational spaces are just as valid, beautiful, healing and meaningful as ceremonial or therapeutic spaces. Creating meaningful recreational experiences comes down to pscyho-education, preparation, following harm reduction protocols, set, and setting (no surprise there).

Join me for this incredible episode with DanceSafe, a non-profit committed to ending the drug war and promoting health and safety within nightlife and music communities.

Jessica Breemen, Chief Growth & Impact Officer at DanceSafe, gives us important risk reduction and benefit maximization information for the recreational setting. The purpose of this episode is to provide accurate and potentially life saving information information; it is not intended to promote drug use, rather, to shine a light on the reality of recreational containers, which is so far from the “drug-war” narrative.

As we move into social acceptance of psychedelics, I believe that it’s crucial that we do not stigmatize certain types of use while allowing others. Humans have been altering their consciousness with a wide variety of substances forever, and will continue to do so. It makes no sense to gatekeep and stigmatize certain substances while allowing other largely toxic and harmful ones — alcohol — to be so freely used and accepted.

Topics covered:

• This history and mission behind DanceSafe
• Stigmas and myths about recreational drug use
• The reality of adulteration and how to reduce risk
• Early signs of dependency & problematic use to look out for
• Harm reduction tips to employ for all substances
• Risk education & benefit maximization protocols for MDMA, Ketamine, LSD and Mushrooms
• The importance of mindset and community when engaging in recreational psychedelics
• How to properly “test before you ingest” with reagents
• What you need to know about Fentanyl
• The sacredness of (safe) nightlife culture/the rave & why preserving it is important

Show Links:

• DanceSafe Reagent Testing Kits
• RollKit - LANA for 10% off
• Donate to DanceSafe
• Volunteer with DanceSafe
• Drug Use for Grown-Ups by Dr. Carl Hart [book]
• Zendo Project
• Show Notes

***Episode correction: In this episode it was quoted that 75%-90% of drug use is non-problematic, it is actually 70%-90%

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