
Jamie Blazquez
Co-Founder & Head Writer
My journey with psychedelics began in 2019 after a kitchen conversation with a friend, leading me to read How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan. This unearthed deep emotions and inspired my commitment to mental health advocacy. This passion stems from the tragic loss of my uncle to suicide and my own healing journey through depression, anxiety, and autoimmune disease with the help of plant medicine. In 2022, I co-founded Normalize Psychedelics, a project aimed at sharing 1,000 healing stories to reduce stigma and promote open conversations about psychedelic therapies, with the hope of making them central to human culture once again.

Artem Smirnov
Co-Founder & Creative Director
My name is Artem Smirnov, I’m the co-founder of the Normalize Psychedelics project. As we embarked on our journey across the West Coast I was inspired by the people that we met and how strongly they were called to share their own healing testimonials with the world. Witnessing the excitement and necessity of open dialogue surrounding psychedelics, my passion for this project emerged. I realized that now is the perfect time for the world to hear these stories.