At this year’s Envision Festival in Uvita, Costa Rica, 45 Zendo Project volunteers provided psychedelic harm reduction services for 101 guests having difficult experiences, as well as outreach and education for many more. A public training was hosted by Zendo Project staff and supervisors, which featured two hours of education about psychedelic harm reduction. Throughout the five-day event, volunteers worked closely with RGX Medical and security staff to reduce the number of psychiatric related hospitalizations and arrests. “The Zendo Project team recently returned from Envision Festival, where we were able to provide harm reduction services for the fifth year in a row. We express much appreciation to Envision Festival for continuing to lead the way providing harm reduction services within the festival community,” explains MAPS Director of Harm Reduction Sara Gael, M.A. Apply to volunteer…
