
Today's guest is Melissa Lavasani, founder and chief executive officer of Washington Dc based psychedelic Medicine coalition. I will try to get to you, but I do ask that everybody be respectful. You're sending a message in the chat box. Everyone has an opportunity to ask me or our guess questions by requesting to hop on stage.

Thank you so much for joining me live On Fire side chat, where you can be a part of the conversation as my virtual audience. I'm Lorilee Binstock, and this is A Trauma Survivor Thriver’s Podcast. Inspired by her own experience of using psychedelics to heal her severe postpartum depression, Melissa led the Decriminalize Nature DC campaign to the largest ballot initiative victory in the history of our nation’s capital. Prior to founding Psychedelic Medicine Coalition, Melissa was Chairwoman of Decriminalize Nature DC and proposer of Washington DC’s successful 2020 ballot measure Initiative 81: the Entheogenic Plant and Fungus Policy Act. Today’s guest is Melissa Lavasani, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Washington, DC-based Psychedelic Medicine Coalition, the first and only member association focusing on advocating for psychedelics at the Federal, State, and local levels of government. If you would like to support or donate to the movement for psychedelic advocacy, check out the psychedelic medicine coalition ***

If you are experiencing postpartum depression or psychosis, please reach out to your physician. We are not doctors in the medical field and are only speaking in the nature of our own experiences. ***Trigger Warning: This podcast contains discussions of suicidal ideation and the use of psychedelics to heal postpartum psychosis.

This is a LIVE replay of A Trauma Survivor Thriver's Podcast which aired Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 at 1130am ET on Fireside Chat.
