What is Cannabis?

Cannabis, commonly known as marijuana, is a plant that contains psychoactive compounds, primarily tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is responsible for its psychoactive effects. Cannabis has various strains, including:

Sativas: Known for uplifting and energizing effects.

Indicas: Known for calming and relaxing effects.

Hybrids: Known for a balanced, heart-opening experience.

What to Expect from a Cannabis-Assisted Psychedelic Therapy Session

Standard cannabis-assisted therapy sessions last 5 hours, including a 3 to 3.5-hour psychedelic experience. For more focused work, shorter 1 and 3-hour sessions are also available. During these sessions, participants maintain a strong sense of personal agency and enhanced somatic awareness, both of which support trauma resolution and healing.

The session is guided with gentle prompts facilitating mindfulness and somatic awareness, complemented by music, therapeutic interventions, and somatic trauma work as needed. At the end of the journey, clients are provided with snacks and a space to share and reflect on their experiences.

Clients often report the following psychedelic effects:

• Heightened Body Awareness: Enhanced perception of the physical body.
• Deep Muscle Relaxation: Leading to emotional discharges and trauma resolution, facilitating energy movement throughout the body.
• Memory Exploration: Increased awareness of outdated mental patterns, judgments, and anxieties, enabling the resolution of unhealthy processes.
• Emotional Insight: Deeper awareness of emotional processes and activation of emotional releases, leading to healing.
• Vivid Inner Experience: Active, dreamlike inner visuals and a clear capacity for hyper-vivid imagination.
• Creative Problem Solving: Enhanced connection to intuition and inspiration, fostering creative problem-solving abilities.
• Transpersonal Phenomena: Common experiences of profound spiritual states that resemble unity consciousness and connections with the divine.
• Transformational Growth: Regular activation of engaging, transformational growth experiences.
• Deep Presence: A profound sense of presence, as opposed to feeling dissociative or disconnected.
• Enhanced Agency: Greater control over life situations, increased sense of choice, and a deeper connection with one's sense of purpose and meaning.

Who is Cannabis-Assisted Psychedelic Therapy for?

Cannabis-Assisted Psychedelic Therapy is for:

• Newcomers to Psychedelics: Those who want to explore a powerful yet safe psychedelic experience while retaining a sense of agency.
• Experienced Psychonauts: Individuals familiar with psychedelics who are curious about the unique effects of psychedelic cannabis.
• Dissatisfied Therapy Clients: Those who have not found traditional therapies effective and are seeking alternative approaches.
• Individuals with Mental Health Challenges: Clients suffering from depression, PTSD, anxiety, trauma, and existential feelings of meaninglessness.
• Pre-psilocybin Candidates: Individuals who cannot yet use psilocybin mushrooms due to legal restrictions and medical contraindications or those who want to use cannabis as a preparatory step before using psilocybin.

As psychedelic guides, we collaborate with our clients as creative explorers of consciousness, pushing the boundaries of human potential.

Is Psychedelic Cannabis legal?

While cannabis remains federally scheduled in the U.S., it's legally accessible at the state level across most of the country, as well as federally legal in countries like Canada, Mexico, and numerous others.

Altered States Psychedelic Therapy adheres to all cannabis regulations governing adult use in Arizona, ensuring compliance with local laws. We have applied cannabis for the private, personal use beyond recreational or medical contexts.

Participation Requirements for Cannabis-Assisted Psychedelic Therapy

To participate in Cannabis-Assisted Psychedelic Therapy, you must have a medical marijuana card with a prescriber's recommendation.