Dan Peterson, Esq. - The Legal Landscape of Psychedelics: Churches, Decriminalization, and Legalization

Dan Peterson, Esq. is a DC-based attorney, entheogenic practitioner, and depression survivor who uses his legal background and personal experience to expand equitable access to responsibly-administered transformative experiences. He is the Executive Director and Founding Member of the Association of Entheogenic Practitioners while also running his legal practice, Peterson Law, LLC. In this episode of the Third Wave podcast, Dan talks with Paul F. Austin about the evolving psychedelic legal landscape, including the role of religious freedom in protecting practitioners and how to build community and accessibility through the Association of Entheogenic Practitioners. Highlights: From conventional D.C. attorney to psychedelic legal advisor. Tracking psychedelic legal developments in the US. The likelihood of getting arrested in the psychedelic space. Creating the Association of Entheogenic Practitioners. Building a culture of responsible practice, reciprocity, and accessibility. Ensuring DEI in the psychedelic space from a legal perspective. For a full summary and show links, go here. Episode Links: Dan Peterson The Association of Entheogenic Practitioners Adrienne Maree Brown, Emergent Strategies Andrew Huberman podcast Scholarly article on how psilocybin occasions mystical experience David Foster Wallace