The OPEN Foundation is an interdisciplinary initiative that wants to stimulate research regarding all facets of the psychedelic experience. By organizing lectures, conferences and other informative meetings at universities, we hope to awaken the interest of future researchers. We want to spread honest information on both the potential and the risks of psychedelics, and hope to lessen the stigma that is still part of researching psychedelics. We also want to create a virtual meeting place for all students that are interested in doing research. This way, they can come together in research teams and help each other with writing research proposals. In short: we want to lower the threshold for researching - and applying - the psychedelic potential.
The idea of a foundation came into being in january of 2006, in Basel (Switzerland). This is where the LSD symposium took place, organized in honor of the 100th birthday of Albert Hofmann, the inventor of LSD. Enjoying the company of so many people that are involved with psychedelics in a serious, scientific matter was an inspiring experience for both Dorien and Joost. We were surprised that there were no Dutch people amongst the speakers, and this led Dorien to found the OPEN Foundation to give psychedelic research the attention and approachability it needs amongst academics.
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