PT 590 - Natural Medicine Alaska
Psychedelics Today
Psychedelics Today, LLC
4.6 • 598 Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
In this powerful episode of Psychedelics Today, we sit down with the team behind Natural Medicine Alaska to discuss their groundbreaking efforts to bring psychedelic reform to the state. With some of the highest rates of depression, suicide, and substance use disorders in the nation, Alaska stands at a pivotal moment in the movement for mental health transformation.
Joe Moore speaks with Gina, President of Natural Medicine Alaska; David Aloff, an Alaska Native advocate; and Noria Clark, Veterans Coordinator to explore the origins of their movement, the importance of traditional healing protections, and their 2026 ballot initiative to decriminalize plant medicines and establish a regulated therapeutic model.
The discussion dives into:
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The personal journeys that led each guest to this work
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How Alaska's libertarian spirit aligns with psychedelic reform
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The push to make Alaska the first state to include Ibogaine clinics in legislation
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The urgent need for veteran and first responder access to psychedelic therapy
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Fundraising and grassroots efforts to get the initiative on the ballot
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The role of Alaska's natural landscape in healing and psychedelic integration
With national psychedelic policy at a crossroads, Alaska has the opportunity to become the North Star of this movement. Listen in to learn how you can support this critical campaign!
Support Natural Medicine Alaska: 💰 Donate: NaturalMedicineAlaska.org 📢 Share this episode to raise awareness! 📅 Attend Arctic Visions Psychedelic Conference in August 2025: arcticvisions.com
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody, welcome back to psychedelics today. Today on the show, we have the team from |
| 0:23.2 | Natural Medicine, Alaska. They are working hard to have Alaska develop a natural medicine program |
| 0:30.6 | somewhat similar to Colorado, yet inclusive with Iboga, which is really interesting. |
| 0:40.0 | So I hope you like this one. |
| 0:43.2 | I certainly am excited about this program and hope they win. |
| 0:47.0 | And this is a grassroots program, very grassroots. |
| 0:48.8 | So they will need support. |
| 0:56.5 | So listen in, see what you think, and share with all of your friends, especially those in Alaska. |
| 1:00.0 | All right. Enjoy the show. We'll see you on the other side of these messages. |
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| 1:35.5 | oam.life. That's journey oam.life. This is psychedelics today recording with a bunch of the team at Natural Medicine, Alaska. |
| 1:47.6 | Really excited to bring this story to the Psychedelics today audience and learn more about natural medicine Alaska. |
| 1:54.3 | So we have Noria, Gina, and David. |
| 1:57.8 | I'm wondering if it makes sense to have a really brief intro round before we dig into what |
| 2:02.4 | NMA is. |
| 2:04.1 | Gina, could you start for us? |
| 2:07.2 | Yeah, absolutely. |
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