- Strong match: 3 shared modalities
- Strong match: 5 shared learner audiences
- Also shares: introductory level
- Also shares: online delivery
Chacruna
Also known as: Chacruna Institute, Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines, Chacruna-IRI, Chacruna Canada, Chacruna
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Chacruna is a nonprofit psychedelic education and advocacy platform based in the United States with global reach through online publishing, courses, conferences, and multilingual programming. Its work centers on psychedelic plant medicines, ethics, cultural justice, reciprocity, and Indigenous knowledge, with content and activities aimed at researchers, clinicians, educators, policy audiences, and the broader public. The organization says it bridges ceremony and science and makes academic knowledge more accessible through public-facing education.
Chacruna plays an explicit role in psychedelic justice and policy-adjacent advocacy by foregrounding cultural context, equity, and protection of sacred plants and traditions. Current documented initiatives include the Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas, which supports community-led Indigenous projects, the Psychedelic Culture conference, the bilingual Chacruna Latinoamérica platform, and courses on diversity, culture, social justice, ceremony, ethics, and reciprocity. These activities make it a potential partner for researchers, clinicians, funders, and policy groups seeking cultural consultation, educational programming, and community-centered collaboration.
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Chacruna is best understood as a values-led, intellectually serious public education provider rather than a narrow skills school. Its standing in the field rests on Bia Labate’s academic lineage, a visible publishing and conference footprint, and a consistent emphasis on reciprocity, Indigenous knowledge, ethics, and justice. It will suit people who want culturally grounded psychedelic education with a policy and research edge, especially those working at the intersection of ceremony, science, and public discourse.
Who is Chacruna for?
It best suits therapists, facilitators, researchers, students, chaplains, community religious leaders, and others interested in psychedelic ethics, culture, and Indigenous reciprocity. It is also a fit for curious members of the public who want accessible, non-clinical education.
What do you need before you start?
Chacruna does not publish a single universal entry requirement. Some offerings are aimed at people already facilitating or assisting in ceremonies, while others welcome a broader mixed audience including students, religious leaders, psychotherapists, clinicians, and people with genuine interest and experience in the field.
Is Chacruna accredited?
Selected courses offer CE credits, but credit approval is course-specific. The Diversity, Culture and Social Justice in Psychedelics course lists 16 CE credits, and the Science of Psychedelic Healing course lists CE credits as pending approval. Chacruna also partners with the University of Ottawa on the Diversity, Culture and Social Justice course, and that course is described as satisfying a multicultural prerequisite for students in Ottawa’s Master’s programme in Psychedelics and Consciousness Studies.
How much does it cost?
Pricing varies by programme. Recent course prices include $700 USD for Diversity, Culture and Social Justice in Psychedelics, $700 USD for The Science of Psychedelic Healing, $950 for Ayahuasca Healing, Science and Indigenous Knowledge, $500 for Psychedelics 101 for Community Religious Leaders, and $4,000 for the Certificate in Ceremony, Ethics & Reciprocity. Membership can reduce or waive access costs for events, courses, workshops, and conferences.
What do you walk away with?
Learners walk away with public-facing education in psychedelic science, ethics, culture, reciprocity, and justice. Some courses offer a Chacruna certificate of completion, while the ceremony and ethics certificate is framed as foundational education for safer, more ethical practice rather than a licence or formal clinical qualification.
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Seeded from curated community.xlsx list; requires source-level verification pass. Wave 3 web verification (2026-04-17): detected terms [psychedelic, psychedelics, psilocybin, ayahuasca, ibogaine, harm reduction, community, communities, collective] on https://chacruna.net/.
Activists & Social Justice Snapshot
Equity & Reparations NetworksOrganization Model
Nonprofit Advocacy Organization
Organization Status
Active
Campaign Status
Active
Last Verified
Apr 16, 2026
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Advocacy Notes
Navigation and programming include psychedelic justice, diversity/equity/access initiatives, and Indigenous reciprocity work.
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Global
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Global
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Bioethicists & EthnobotanistsOrganization Type
Bioethics / Community Ethics Organization
Jurisdiction
Global
Coverage
Global
Last Verified
Apr 16, 2026
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- Recognized by Academic / Research Partners
- Self-Organized Community Authority
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Verified
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Active
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Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative partnership
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Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative framework
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Community Governance Statement
Chacruna Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative pageSimilar course providers
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- Strong match: 2 shared modalities
- Strong match: 4 shared learner audiences
- Also shares: introductory level
- Also shares: online delivery
- Strong match: 2 shared modalities
- Strong match: 4 shared learner audiences
- Also shares: introductory level
- Also shares: online delivery
- Strong match: 3 shared modalities
- Strong match: 5 shared learner audiences
- Also shares: introductory level
- Also shares: online delivery
Quick Facts
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- Non-Profit
- Founded
- 2019
- HQ
- United States
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