The hidden environmental cost of psychedelics

Mongabay
Oct 11, 2025, 4:42 pm340 ptsTop
The world’s appetite for transcendence is endangering the very organisms that once mediated it. From the Sonoran Desert to the Amazon Basin, plants and animals that produce psychedelic compounds—peyote, ayahuasca vine, iboga, and even a toxin-oozing toad—are under pressure. As psychedelic therapies move…

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