Executive Director Chelsea Rose Pires answers questions on risk reduction, principles of peer support, and getting involved in psychedelic harm reduction.
Chelsea Rose Pires, MA, LMFT and Sara Gael, MA, LPCC have over 17 collective years of harm reduction and peer support expertise with MAPS Zendo…
Clarity Project is a Hawai'i-based organization working on psychedelic access through education & advocacy.
Wesley was part of volunteer harm reduction Sanctuary Team with smaller Burning Man…
Q&A with Sara Gael, M.A., Harm Reduction Officer, Zendo Project & MAPS
What is the history of MAPS and how did it begin?
Since 1986,…
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Learning about Psychedelic Harm Reduction
Last month, I sat cross-legged on a plush, red pillow in a classroom…