Justin Cooke

Justin Cooke is the co-founder and creative director of Tripsitter.com — an evidence-based educational resource and media company dedicated to the exploration of mind-expanding substances, harm reduction, philosophy, and policy reform.

After graduating as an EMT in his hometown of Calgary, Alberta, Justin visited the Peruvian Amazon to learn more about ayahuasca and other local plant medicines. His encounters with Aya and San Pedro in the lush Amazon rainforest inspired him to dedicate his focus to the study of plant medicines — a pursuit that continues to this day. He earned a Master Herbalist Diploma in 2014 before moving to Australia to pursue a bachelor’s degree in herbal medicine from Torrens University.

Justin spends his time learning, writing, and talking about topics related to psychedelics, herbal medicine, pharmacology, drug policy reform, and philosophy.

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Magic mushrooms can be found on all continents on Earth, with the exception of Antarctica. Learn where magic mushrooms grow near you & how to identify them.

Calea zacatechichi is a medicinal and shamanic plant from Mexico and Central America that’s long been used to induce more vivid and memorable dreams.

There are many reasons one may decide to keep a dream journal. Here's everything you need to know to get started and some tips on how to begin lucid dreaming.

Shamanism involves the use of altered states of consciousness to interface with the spirit world. Shamans serve as healers & guides to the community.

ALD-52 was invented by the same man who discovered LSD. It’s a prodrug of LSD, which means it’s converted to the active form after reaching the liver.

Maybe you’ve written lucid dreaming off as something only the enlightened can achieve or a waste of time. Here’s how you can do it — and why you should try.

Oneirogens are a class of natural and synthetic substances that induce or enhance dreams. Here are 14 herbs known for generating vivid dreams.

So far, roughly 30 countries around the world have moved..

Learn how psychedelics are being used to treat addiction, what the research says about it, and how the conventional model of addiction got it all wrong.