During the past half-decade, a variety of laws have changed in both the U.S. and other countries allowing for the use of these drugs in scientific studies—but are we making the same mistakes of the past, leaving women out of the equation?

Zoe Helene, psychedelic feminist and founder of Cosmic Sister has worked with hundreds of women who have used psychedelics for healing outside clinical frameworks like those above and knowledge-shares with other women leaders in her network. She takes seriously the guidance of Indigenous cultures where she reminds us that most of the existing knowledge of psychedelics come from. “This is indigenous wisdom and its herstory is female. That’s empowering to us because our hertory has been repressed. These psychedelics can be part of our healing.”