November 10, 2020
Microdosing LSD Improves Mood and Cognition
The latest research into psilocybin therapy as a treatment for depression has yielded promising results.…
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Mice tripping on psychedelics help explain neural origins of hallucinations
A new study is helping clarify what is going on in our brains when we…
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Santa Barbara and Ventura Psychedelic Communities
Psychedelics Renaissance As psychedelic research re-emerges from its dark ages, the world is beginning to…
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Mental Health Startup Osmind Helps Patients Seek Psychedelic Treatments
As psychedelic treatments become more mainstream, there is a need for new infrastructure to support…
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July 13, 2020
Breakthrough psilocybin study uncovers neurochemical origins of human ego
New research asks, how does psilocybin create a feeling of ego dissolution, and what chemicals…
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July 13, 2020
LSD for “Suicide Headaches” Begins Treating Patients
MindMed Is Collaborating on a Phase 2 Clinical Trial of LSD For Cluster Headaches with…
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June 12, 2020
What We Know (and Don’t) About Magic Mushroom Paralysis
People are coming down with a condition known as 'wood-lovers paralysis' after eating certain species…
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Get Ready for Pharmaceutical-Grade Magic Mushroom Pills
As magic mushrooms make the shift from recreational drug to mental health treatment, patients won’t…
Read More April 8, 2020
Psychedelic Peer Support: Models of Community Care
As psychedelics grow in popularity, it becomes increasingly necessary for harm reduction to grow with…
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February 8, 2020
Researching psychedelics to treat addiction
Researching psychedelics to treat addiction Volunteers at some of the country’s leading medical research centers…
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February 8, 2020
The ‘psychedelics coach’ with drug-fuelled career advice
Following the popularity of 'microdosing' psychedelics to improve productivity, some are turning to these substances…
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MDMA for PTSD granted Expanded Access by FDA, patient treatments begin
Marking an impressive milestone in the development of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD, the U.S. Food…
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Psychedelic therapy benefits persist five years after treatment
One of the more compelling areas of research currently being investigated in the world of…
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February 8, 2020
Santa Cruz Is Decriminalizing Magic Mushrooms
It's the latest victory for psychedelic-reform advocates in the U.S. On Tuesday night, the Santa…
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Using LSD, MDMA and Psilocybin to Treat Mental Health
While psychedelic drugs such as LSD, psilocybin, and DMT are most commonly associated with recreational…
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I Went to a High-End Psychedelic Retreat to Address My Anxiety
As more people become interested in trying psychedelics, spa-like retreats are popping up all over…
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February 8, 2020
The World’s First Clinical Trials on Microdosing LSD and Psilocybin Are Coming
Does microdosing actually do anything, or is it a posh urban myth? A research team…
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February 8, 2020
Nearly 100 Cities Are Considering Decriminalizing Psychedelics, Map Shows
The movement to decriminalize psychedelics has spread so rapidly this year that it can be…
Read More November 24, 2019
DARPA attempting to remove hallucinatory “side effects” from psychedelic medicines
Scientists from the Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Unit are commencing a landmark human clinical trial…
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September 9, 2019
Johns Hopkins Opens New Center for Psychedelic Research
The research center, with $17 million from donors, aims to give “psychedelic medicine” a long-sought foothold in the…
Read More June 27, 2019
If Everyone Tripped on Psychedelics, We’d Do More About Climate Change
Scientists are looking into what psychedelics do to inspire people to act pro-environmentally. fter taking…
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June 11, 2019
The Heady, Thorny Journey to Decriminalize Magic Mushrooms
IN AN AIRY Denver café populated almost entirely by young people staring at laptops, Travis Tyler…
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February 8, 2019
Brazil Is Giving Ayahuasca To Prison Inmates On Their Path To Redemption
In a quest to ease pressures on the Brazilian prison system, mental health workers have…
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Campaign to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms in Denver says it has enough signatures to make the ballot
Denver for Psilocybin said it will turn in more than 8,000 ballot signatures following a…
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December 26, 2018
The Science of the Psychedelic Renaissance
Three new books suggest that psychedelic drugs did not necessarily have the power to rewrite…
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Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Closer to Medicinal Use (It’s Not Just Your Imagination)
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have suggested that psilocybin, which is found in hallucinogenic mushrooms,…
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December 26, 2018
How LSD Changes Perception
Researchers report LSD triggers a reduction in functional connection between areas of the brain that…
Read More November 20, 2018
MDMA promotes cooperative behavior but only with trustworthy people
Commonly referred to as ecstasy or molly, MDMA is anecdotally known to make people more…
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MDMA therapy achieves astounding 76% success rate for treating PTSD
Newly published results from a Phase 2 clinical trial into the efficacy of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy…
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For $1,000, These ‘Sitters’ Will Save You from a Bad Acid Trip
Yes, being a professional trip sitter is actually a job. Before getting on a plane,…
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ketamine’s antidepressant effects
Breakthrough study finds new mechanism explaining ketamine's antidepressant effects A team at the University of…
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Psychedelic Medicine 101: DMT and the near-death experience
A new study from Imperial College London has found significant overlap between the experiences reported…
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September 21, 2018
Scientists Gave MDMA to Octopuses—and What Happened Was Profound
When humans take the drug MDMA, versions of which are known as molly or ecstasy,…
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September 1, 2018
Scientists Are Starting to Test Claims about “Microdosing”
Dennis van der Meijden isn’t aiming to see the face of God, feel one with…
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August 27, 2018
Psychedelic drugs: An effective form of treatment for mental illness?
Why psychedelic drugs could transform how we treat depression and mental illness? The first time…
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August 2, 2018
The Psychedelic Road to Other Conscious States
How do a few pounds of gray goo in our skulls create our conscious experience—the…
Read More July 20, 2018
Can Psychedelic Drugs Be Medically Useful?
It is exhilarating to witness a resurgence in the study of psychedelics, something President Nixon…
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How Ayelet Waldman Found a Calmer Life on Tiny Doses of LSD
Ayelet Waldman is a novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and activist, but to many she is best…
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Entheogens: A Brief History of Their Spiritual Use
Too many people, the words psychedelic and spiritual are dissonant on first hearing. Yet the use…
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July 20, 2018
The Psychedelic Miracle
Dr. X is a dad. Appropriately – boringly – at 4:37 p.m. on a national…
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July 20, 2018
My Adventures With the Trip Doctors
My first psilocybin journey began around an altar in the middle of a second-story loft…
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July 20, 2018
Music helps hallucinogens heal minds, scientist finds
“I’m going to take you on a ride here,” the music seemed to tell a…
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Psychedelic drugs now used in human studies
After decades of political suppression, studies on psychedelics are now experiencing what top researchers have…
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July 20, 2018
Drugs: Is the Pot User Driven–Or in the Driver’s Seat?
Drug users insist that marijuana, amphetamines, LSD and other psychedelic agents give them pleasure, a…
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Just One Dose of This Psychedelic Drug Can Ease Anxiety
Cancer is a brutal disease on both the body and mind. Not only do treatments…
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July 6, 2018
Can meditation and psychedelics have the same benefits for your mind?
(CNN)Do you ever find yourself worrying about an upcoming situation, even though similar past experiences…
Read More June 2, 2018
People with Addiction Are Tripping on Shrooms to Find God and Get Sober
New research suggests that psilocybin-assisted therapy may lead to "God moments" that can have surprising…
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May 28, 2018
Microdosing’s Micromoment
Consuming crumb-size amounts of psychedelics — not to get high but to feel more focused…
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Michael Pollan: Can Psychedelics Save the World?
Most people know Michael Pollan as a food writer. His 2006 book, The Omnivore's Dilemma,…
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May 14, 2018
Ketamine, notorious club drug, shows promise as a treatment for depression, studies indicate
Sabrina Misra suffered from depression for most of her life, but last summer, it became…
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