Ethics Matters
Building the TRUST infrastructure for the psychedelic ecosystem
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People living with mental health disorders
Source: WHO news release, September 2025More than 1 billion people are living with mental health disorders worldwide.
25%▲
Rise in anxiety and depression in 2020
Source: WHO news release, March 2022During year one of the COVID-19 pandemic, global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by 25%.
40%
People with psychosis who receive care
Source: WHO fact sheet, Mental disordersOnly 40% of people with psychosis receive formal mental health care.
$1T
Yearly global cost of depression and anxiety
Source: WHO news release, September 2025Depression and anxiety alone cost the global economy an estimated US$ 1 trillion each year.
$20K
Average cost of psychedelic-assisted therapy
Compiled from several program sources, including Oregon and ColoradoAn estimate compiled from program pricing in several places, from about $3K to $5K for psilocybin services in Oregon and Colorado to about $30K at private clinics in Australia.
~$12K
Facilitator training cost
Compiled from several state program sources, including Oregon and ColoradoAn estimate of tuition for psilocybin facilitator training programs in states that license facilitators, such as Oregon and Colorado.
Building a Safer, Ethical, & Accessible Future for the Well-Being of Humanity
Mind Lumen is focused on democratizing access to safe and ethical care. Ethics is the first trust filter for seekers choosing their providers — our goal is to make the therapeutic uses of these catalysts accessible to everyone, regardless of their financial means.
🌱 Our Philosophy
Healing and proactive cognitive wellbeing is a human right.
- Every person has the inherent right to explore their own consciousness — what we call cognitive liberty — without needing permission.
- Ethics can co-exist within capitalism, as long as there is a way to hold the industry accountable in an extractive system. We elevate the most ethical providers. learn more
- Cognitive liberty also means having the agency to know what you're consuming. We advocate for accessible, anonymous drug testing — because informed use is safer use.
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Integra – FounderAmanda Efthimiou | Advisor
Ensuring the highest codes of safety, transparency, and ethics are critical to everyone's transformative journeys with psychedelic medicines. I support psychedelic services and infrastructure that operates with deep integrity, and I'm confident in what MindLumen will offer to upgrade and elevate psychedelic standards of care.
EMBARK Approach – Co-DeveloperBill Brennan, PhD | Advisor
The promise of psychedelic healing is wholly contingent upon our ability to offer it in safe, ethical, and accessible ways. I am excited about the contributions that Mind Lumen will make on this front.
Decentralized Infra Architect • Ex-CTODerek Anderson | Technology Advisor
Mental health advancement is essential to our advancement as a species. Mindlumen has the potential to disrupt adoption of advance mental health practices and ensure a brighter, deeper and more introspective future.
Cofounder at Machina Scientia, Advisor to the Alexander Shulgin Research InstituteDr. James Keim | Advisor
Mental health advancement is essential to our advancement as a species. Mindlumen has the potential to disrupt adoption of advance mental health practices and ensure a brighter, deeper and more introspective future.
Neil Gehani | Founding Sherpa
The tremendous growth of psychedelics in both above and underground ecosystems with the lack of transparency, has also created ethical issues that lead to abuse, exploiting seekers even if it is unintentional, and causing more trauma instead of healing. Transparency and privacy are not mutually exclusive. The solution is to re-think how ethical businesses are built and held accountable so we shift from extractive to regenerative model of care.