Science Advocacy for Natural Medicines
“What is being done is ground breaking.”
- 2023 Research Participant
The mission of the Network of Applied Pharmacognosy is to bridge the gap between academic research, the evolving cannabis and psychedelic industries, and the community of patients and consumers who benefit from these medicines with an emphasis on real world data prioritizing lived experience.
It is the fundamental role of science to explore and support advances in humanity for improved understanding of the universe. The bias that exists in current society has been crafted and supported by years of research that was interpreted within a framework that many stigmatized medicines will never fit into. And so we must create and share research opportunities outside of that framework.
On November 3, 2023, a first-of-its-kind fully inclusive research study was launched to any person over the age of 18 living in the United States, US territories, and Canada with access to a phone or computer with the internet.
The study protocol entails completion of a brief 5-minute enrollment survey, followed by a 14-day period of data reporting (requiring less than 2 minutes per day), culminating in a final 5-minute exit survey.
Participant responses remain entirely anonymous, facilitated through our technological partner, MoreBetter. The authors of this study are actively engaging as members of the inaugural cohort.
