Wavelength exists so that people who would not otherwise be in the same room can speak candidly about difficult, legally fraught, and sometimes personally significant work. That only functions if the room is safe and the boundaries are clear. This Code applies to everyone at a Wavelength convening or working group and on every Wavelength channel.
1. What we expect
- Treat every participant with professional respect, across discipline, seniority, background, identity, and belief.
- Assume good faith. Disagree with the argument, not the person.
- Respect the Chatham House rule. Use what you learn; do not attribute it.
- Respect confidences about clients and patients. Do not share identifying details about anyone who is not in the room.
- Respect indigenous and traditional practices and the communities that hold them. Do not appropriate, and do not speak for communities you are not part of.
- Ask before photographing or recording anyone.
2. What is not permitted
- Harassment of any kind, including unwelcome sexual attention, slurs, intimidation, stalking, or sustained disruption.
- Discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
- Possessing, using, offering, sharing, selling, sourcing, or arranging access to any controlled substance at, before, or in connection with a Wavelength event, or using a Wavelength channel to do so. This is not negotiable and there is no gray area in it.
- Soliciting or recruiting clients, patients, or participants for any underground, unlicensed, or unlawful practice.
- Presenting yourself as holding a license, credential, or affiliation you do not hold.
- Recording or photographing without permission, or attributing statements in violation of the Chatham House rule.
- Using the Wavelength name, marks, or attendee list without written permission.
3. The legal boundary, stated plainly
Most psychedelics remain Schedule I under the federal Controlled Substances Act. Wavelength is an educational organization. It does not facilitate, encourage, or assist illegal activity, and it does not provide, supply, or arrange access to controlled substances. Content presented at a convening is analysis of the law as it stands — not encouragement to circumvent it, and not legal advice to anyone. If you need advice about your own situation, retain counsel.
Presenters who are attorneys are not your attorney. Speaking with a presenter at an event does not create an attorney–client relationship. If you begin describing the specific facts of your own matter, a presenter may stop you and ask you to book a consultation. That is not rudeness; it is a professional obligation, and it protects you as much as them.
4. Reporting
If you experience or witness a violation, tell any Wavelength volunteer at the event, or write to deja@onthewavelength.org. Reports are handled discreetly and shared only with those who need to know in order to respond. We will not retaliate against anyone who reports in good faith, and we will not tolerate retaliation by anyone else.
If you are in immediate danger, call 911 first.
5. Consequences
Wavelength may, at its discretion and without refund: give a warning, ask a person to stop a behavior, ask a person to leave an event, remove a person from a working group or channel, or exclude a person from future events. Wavelength may report conduct to law enforcement or to a licensing board where it believes in good faith that doing so is required or appropriate.
6. Amendment
This Code may be amended by Wavelength at any time. The current version governs.
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