“The world of cannabis and the world of psychedelics started to intersect for me six months ago”, says Saul Kaye, founder of Cannatech. “Many people who are in the cannabis industry, particularly early investors and some of the cannabis researchers, started talking about the psychedelic revolution.”

Mushrooms were recently decriminalized in Colorado and cities in California

At the same time, decriminalization is happening in Colorado and California, with potential legalization in Canada, and groundbreaking research being done in Israel. My networks had started to connect.

Today there’s an energy I’ve tapped into in psychedelics; since seeing cannabis from a very early stage, and being at the forefront of that industry with messaging and communications, I see something similar happening in psychedelics and that really excites me.

Like cannabis, I’d only considered psychedelics as recreational. My exposure to psychedelics was LSD, some illegal ketamine, and truffles on sale in Amsterdam. That was the extent of what I knew about psychedelics. Yet, with recent developments in legislation, regulation, and science, I’m seeing that these molecules offer relief into the deep problems that we have in mental illness.

The psychedelic renaissance is happening right now. We’re seeing it in the mainstream media, and across social media. People are engaged in how psychedelics can help them with their mental health or with their regular wellness regime.