Thu, Dec 18
|Junkyard Social Club
Psychedelic Professionals Meet: BOULDER
Indigenizing Harm Reduction in Spaces Where People Self-Administer Legal Psychedelics in Colorado
Time & Location
Dec 18, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM MST
Junkyard Social Club, 2525 Frontier Ave Unit A, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
About the event
In 2025, Mushies (“Magic Mushrooms”) are the most-used psychedelic substance in the United States. The popularity of these Master Plants is partially due to the healing and wellness that they offer to community members who sit with these substances. 100 people of color and low-income individuals in Colorado who participated in Marty’s qualitative and video-based psilocybin study (January 2023-present) shared via video-recorded interviews lived experiences using psilocybin-containing mushrooms to address mental health concerns, trauma and other wellness issues. Several individuals discussed steps to safely use “magic mushrooms” and best practices for growing their own medicine. While conducting this research, Marty organized the Denver-based Perspectives in Psychedelics: BIPOC Speaker with 10 indigenous and people of color performing community-based presentations on their views and concerns about the regulation of Master Plants in Colorado in 2024. This participatory presentation makes visible cross-cutting findings from each of these two projects related to indigenizing harm reduction.
Marty is an…