Yarelix Estrada on Psychedelic Harm Reduction, Racism, & the War on Drugs | The Lex Files | Ep. 13
Aug 30, 2020
Episode Notes:
Yarelix Estrada straddles many drug worlds. With a Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins, she works in New York City as a city research scientist studying harm reduction. On the activism side, she founded a chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy. On the nightlife side, she’s volunteered as a lead for DanceSafe in DC. As an organizer, she’s currently the head of the New York City Psychedelic Society as well as an organizer of the first People of Color and Psychedelics conference in Washington D.C. On social justice, she gives lectures about issues like psychedelic intersectionality and treating trauma in underrepresented populations with psychedelics. Today, she discusses working with people in drug crisis, the importance of harm reduction in different fields and how race and income can mark the difference between a psychedelic dream and a paranoid police-state nightmare.
Connect with Yarelix Estrada
Instragram: @Yarilex15
Facebook: Yarilex15
New York Psychedelic Society:
https://www.meetup.com/nycedelic/
Instagram: @Nycedelic
Facebook: nycedelic1
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A fascinating discussion with a smart, talented and mega-passionate social/cultural scientist. Many pearls but the most important to me is the concept of harm reduction. We need to all be thinking about this, whether affected by drug addiction or not. Well done Lex, as usual. Dr. Steve
Stephen Martin Schmitz . 43 days ago