Safer Psychedelics Association of New England

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General admission

<p fr-original-style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);margin:0pt 0px;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);margin:0pt 0px;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;"><span fr-original-style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Join us and Larry Norris, PhD, to explore why many natural substances remain criminalized despite their historical and cultural significance. We will examine how decriminalization policies can better serve public health and social justice goals by reducing inequitable enforcement and shifting resources from punishment to risk reduction. Larry will discuss regions that have implemented decriminalization, highlighting improved outcomes for individuals and communities. Through a lens that questions the legitimacy of prohibiting access to nature, the talk makes a case for policy reform that respects both traditional relationships with plant medicines and modern evidence-based approaches.<p fr-original-style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);margin:0pt 0px;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);margin:0pt 0px;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;"> <p fr-original-style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);margin:0pt 0px;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);margin:0pt 0px;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;"><span fr-original-style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">PLEASE Register and you will receive a zoom link about an hour before the event.<p fr-original-style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);margin:0pt 0px;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);margin:0pt 0px;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;"> <p fr-original-style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);margin:0pt 0px;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);margin:0pt 0px;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;"><span fr-original-style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Larry Norris, PhD, studied biopsychology and cognitive science as an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, and defended his doctoral dissertation at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco. His dissertation reviewed archived ayahuasca experience reports to identify transformational archetypes and insights that could help inform developing models of integration (meaning-making). Larry is the co-founder and executive director of Entheogenic Research, Integration, and Education (ERIE) a 501(c)(3) nonprofit located in the San Francisco Bay Area. ERIE is dedicated to the development of community education, research, and integration models related to entheogens. Larry is also a co-founder and board member of&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="text-decoration:none;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit;" href="https://decriminalizenature.org/understand/about/" style="text-decoration:none;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit;"><span fr-original-style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Decriminalize Nature</a><span fr-original-style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">&nbsp;(DN), which sprouted from Oakland in 2019. Larry is DN&rsquo;s national outreach director, and supports many cities and states across the USA and internationally who are seeking to propose similar legislation.&nbsp;

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Join us and Larry Norris, PhD, to explore why many natural substances remain criminalized despite their historical and cultural significance. We will examine how decriminalization policies can better serve public health and social justice goals by reducing inequitable enforcement and shifting resources from punishment to risk reduction. Larry will discuss regions that have implemented decriminalization, highlighting improved outcomes for individuals and communities. Through a lens that questions the legitimacy of prohibiting access to nature, the talk makes a case for policy reform that respects both traditional relationships with plant medicines and modern evidence-based approaches. PLEASE Register and you will receive a zoom link about an hour before the event. Larry Norris, PhD, studied biopsychology and cognitive science as an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, and defended his doctoral dissertation at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco. His dissertation reviewed archived ayahuasca experience reports to identify transformational archetypes and insights that could help inform developing models of integration (meaning-making). Larry is the co-founder and executive director of Entheogenic Research, Integration, and Education (ERIE) a 501(c)(3) nonprofit located in the San Francisco Bay Area. ERIE is dedicated to the development of community education, research, and integration models related to entheogens. Larry is also a co-founder and board member of <a href="https://decriminalizenature.org/understand/about/">Decriminalize Nature</a> (DN), which sprouted from Oakland in 2019. Larry is DN’s national outreach director, and supports many cities and states across the USA and internationally who are seeking to propose similar legislation.

Safer Psychedelics Association of New England

Why is nature illegal? Decriminalization is the policy for the people

General admission

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