Why Are A Growing Number Of Ex-Mormons Using Psychedelics?
Credit Ivana Martinez / KUER A Zoom gathering of The Divine Assembly in December 2020. “Load up the handcart and join Utahns and Mormons who are trekking into psychedelic spaces,” read an advertisement for the conference on Facebook. Many of the attendees, I learned, were former members of the LDS church who were interested in trying psychedelics or already doing so. Who were these people, I wondered, and why, after leaving a demanding, orthodox faith, had they turned to psychedelics? Was there something about the Mormon experience that primed people for seeking out these drugs? Over th...
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