Language is not neutral: the words used to describe psychoactive plants, the people who use them and the practices that surround them shape policy, law, medicine, journalism and everyday perception. ICEERS works with frameworks — including human-centered approach to drug policy language — that place people and their relationships at the center, rather than substances. This page gathers content on how language shapes the field of psychoactive plants and traditional medicines, and on proposals for more precise, ethical and culturally informed wording.
