Antidepressant based on a psychedelic toad shows early promise
A psychedelic-like therapy posted encouraging early data, as regulators cleared the drug — not a hallucinogenic — for at-home testing.| STAT
A psychedelic-like therapy posted encouraging early data, as regulators cleared the drug — not a hallucinogenic — for at-home testing.| STAT
How did a psychedelic religion founded to promote peace end up spreading right-wing political propaganda? The post Season 2, Episode 5: Was Ayahuasca Used for Political Indoctrination in Brazil? appeared first on UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics.| UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
On the road with Indigenous leaders from the Amazon| UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
Under-trained staff and mixed messaging: Why Massachusetts’ historic psychedelics bill collapsed The post Hard Lessons From The Failed Campaign To Regulate Psychedelics In Massachusetts appeared first on HorizonMass.| HorizonMass
Part 4 of The Psychedelic Syndicate reveals PSFC’s strategy to manufacture spiritual and moral authority through academic capture — even as some members align with far-right ideologies that deepen the very crises psychedelics are meant to heal. The post The Psychedelic Syndicate: Part 4 appeared first on Psymposia.| Psymposia
Part 3 of The Psychedelic Syndicate exposes how Silicon Valley's "move fast and break things" mentality infected psychedelic therapy, creating a culture where leaders rationalized patient harm as unavoidable for progress and ultimately embraced Trump administration officials who promised regulatory shortcuts. The post The Psychedelic Syndicate: Part 3 appeared first on Psymposia.| Psymposia
Part 2 of The Psychedelic Syndicate exposes the compromised foundation of PSFC's influence network — from the abuse scandals that undermined their preferred therapy model, to undisclosed ties with the sole FDA advisory committee member who voted unequivocally for MDMA approval. The post The Psychedelic Syndicate: Part 2 appeared first on Psymposia.| Psymposia
Part 1 of The Psychedelic Syndicate reveals how the Psychedelic Science Funders Collaborative (PSFC) — a wealthy network of Silicon Valley elites and Burning Man devotees — systematically captured| Psymposia
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 1103, a measure to accelerate the study of psychedelics. The post Gavin Newsom Speeds Psychedelic Research With New Law Backed by Veterans appeared first on HealingMaps.| HealingMaps
New research is shining light on psychedelic therapies as a possible tool to enhance quality of life, ease distress, and contain costs.| HealingMaps
Post by Johann Mynhardt About fifteen years ago, on the recommendation of a friend and Ayahuascero (Ayahuasca shaman) I attended my first Ayahuasca ceremony. I wasn’t particularly enthused about the idea, but he suggested it might be good for me and in hindsight I probably had (and to some degree still have) issues around control. […] The post What Ayahuasca taught me about Jungian Psychology, and what Jungian psychology taught me about integrating psychedelic experiences. appeared first ...| Applied Jung
N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is a potent psychoactive molecule present in the brain and much of the world’s plant life, but it also may be able to save humans from damage in the event of a stroke. Scientists in Hungary used it to reduce the harmful effects of stroke in animal models and cell culture experiments. Known […] The post The ‘Spirit Molecule’ Defends the Brain Against Stroke in Mice, Breakthrough Study Shows appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
An investigation into near-death experiences The post Season 2, Episode 3: Was it DMT? Or was it heaven? appeared first on UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics.| UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
After the failure of Question 4 in Massachusetts in 2024 there has been a resurgence of other more focused proposed legislation targeting reform of state laws regulating the use of psychedelics.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
What music should accompany a trip?| UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
Scientists at the University of Michigan have upended a foundational assumption about how psychedelic medicine works in the brain. The post Psychedelics Affect Far More Brain Cells Than Scientists Believed appeared first on HealingMaps.| HealingMaps
Dr. Catriona Wallace reveals that 52% of surveyed leaders noted long-term improvements in company leadership attributed to psychedelic use. The post Beyond Traditional Training: How Psychedelics Are Reshaping Executive Leadership appeared first on HealingMaps.| HealingMaps
Fire In Her Eyes is a London-based psych-folk project born out of sisterhood and survival. The group just released the first single from their forthcoming| Rock and Roll Globe
At last, I have tried the legendary DMT, and I’ve come prepared to show you what it showed me, as …| qwerky science
Fate summoned me to the deepest core of true America, alligators, shotguns, and all (citation refused). Through the power of …| qwerky science
No, I’m not gone, but simply vacant in my online endeavors. I’ve been writing way much, a lot, nearly a …| qwerky science
What happens when religious clergy take magic mushrooms?| UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
This podcast features Nick Greenhalgh, co-founder of LUCA Health, discussing his journey from professional rugby player to entrepreneur. Nick shares insights into LUCA Health's innovative approach to concussion management in sports, particularly focusing on schools and grassroots clubs. The conversation covers the challenges of diagnosing concussions, the use of technology in assessment, and the importance of objective data in brain health monitoring. Nick also reflects on the difficulties an...| Minter Dial
The DoD will begin testing military personnel for psilocybin October 1st. This marks a significant expansion of the military's drug tests.| HealingMaps
Integration, in the context of psychedelics, is typically defined as the process of making sense of psychedelic experiences and applying the insights contained therein to one’s everyday life. But how does this definition of integration apply to traumatic psychedelic experiences? For those unfortunate to undergo them, they can make immediate sense (in terms of why… The post What Does Integration Look Like for Traumatic Psychedelic Experiences? appeared first on Sam Woolfe.| Sam Woolfe
Reunion Neuroscience announced positive results from its RECONNECT Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating postpartum depression.| HealingMaps
When participating in a psychedelic session becomes legal – in the form of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy or a retreat – this doesn’t open up this experience to everyone equally. In the psychedelic industry, there remains the issue of access inequality. Legal, regulated psychedelic sessions are typically expensive. The cost of psychedelic therapy differs depending on the… The post Barriers to Healing: On Psychedelic Medicine and Access Inequality appeared first on Sam Woolfe.| Sam Woolfe
Catch up on the biggest cannabis and psychedelic news from last week, including a speed-rolling championship, celebrity dispensary burglary, major stock movers, and Texas’s historic $50M psychedelic research bill.| Cannabis & Tech Today
Why are Americans traveling to Costa Rica to drink a hallucinogenic brew? Kinga Philipps joined them to find out.| InsideHook
From DMT vapes to MDMA gummies, psilocybin mushroom chocolate bars, and LSD microdots, an expanding range of psychedelic Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) products is becoming increasingly available in the U.S. and Europe. The post The Booming Market For Psychedelic Consumer Packaged Goods first appeared on Lucid News. The post The Booming Market For Psychedelic Consumer Packaged Goods appeared first on Lucid News.| Lucid News
In part 2 of our series on campaign finance, new complaints filed by former staffers of the Massachusetts Yes on 4 psychedelics initiative to the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance appear to contradict assertions from a senior campaign advisor that payments were done in accordance with state law.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
The state of Arizona has allocated $10 million in funding for ibogaine research as part of the 2026 fiscal year budget.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
In this first installment of our new column "The Doseier," where psychonauts review psychedelic products, our intrepid columnist Ethan Parker samples several psilocybin edibles and evaluates their usefulness for microdosing.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
Reflections and hard-won lessons from a decade exploring over 20 psychedelic compounds.| Gavin Ray Blog
Paul Ryder returns to his ancestral homelands in the British Isles to connect with the spirits of the land and his warrior heritage.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
A case report on two patients with multiple sclerosis has sparked hope, caution, and calls to expand the limited research data on ibogaine as a possible treatment for MS.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
Speakers at the 2025 Psychedelic Culture conference focused on the collective resilience of international plant medicine communities while noting that two presenters were not permitted to enter the U.S. and others were denied visas.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
In the first study of its kind, nearly 600 individuals shared how psychedelics impact intimacy and sexual expression.| HealingMaps
Hendrix tripped on it. Hofmann praised it. How Owsley's ultra-pure LSD supplied 5 million trips and fueled a cultural revolution.| Not So Profound (beta)
Dive into a spine-chilling story where 8 people embarked on an unintended psychedelic voyage because of an LSD-cocaine mishap.| Not So Profound (beta)
Today, I'd like to share with you one of the most fascinating & interesting case studies that might involve DMT. I say might because some of you got a little roiled up when I said No, there's no evidence for DMT being produced in your pineal| Not So Profound (beta)
Rather than unpacking the actual causes of Lykos Therapeutics' disastrous Phase 3 trials and FDA rejection, The New York Times produced a work of fictitious propaganda that prioritizes corporate interests over public health. The post Correcting the Record: Addressing The New York Times’ Deceptive Coverage of Psymposia appeared first on Psymposia.| Psymposia
In response to the The New York Times February 4 article, "How a Leftist Activist Group Helped Torpedo a Psychedelic Therapy," Psymposia requested corrections to numerous errors and false accusation| Psymposia
"Therapy is the treadmill...Mushrooms is this cold bucket of water," that provided profound realizations about his childhood.| HealingMaps
The Department of Defense just gave the University of Texas a $4.9M grant to study MDMA to treat PTSD in veterans groups.| HealingMaps
The second annual Psychedelics as Medicine Conference will gather influential researchers and policy makers in Reykjavik, Iceland for a two-day conference.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
WSJ reporter Katherine Bindley breaks down the continued mainstreaming of psychedelic drug use in Silicon Valley.| HealingMaps
A Psychonaut's Guide To Staying Sane and Empowered| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
Another state to add to the list? A task force in Minnesota has advocated for legalizing psychedelic mushrooms.| HealingMaps
Recent studies are finding that drugs such as LSD and psilocybin can help to alleviate depression, anxiety and addiction—and may have profound things to teach us about how the mind works The post The New Science of Psychedelics appeared first on Michael Pollan.| Michael Pollan
Therapist Charles Wininger offers an elder's perspective on how to approach the election and its aftermath from a psychedelic point of view.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
Massachusetts voters consider The Natural Psychedelic Substances Act which would legalize the possession and cultivation of certain psychedelics.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
In part one of a series of articles on ibogaine clinics, researcher Leonard Pickard looks at the history and treatment protocols of clinics in Mexico, Brazil and Portugal.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
I wrote in June that I’d done an interview with Justin Brierley for his documentary-style podcast, The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God. There is a book by the same name which I discussed …| Phil's Scribblings
The FDA has rejected Lykos Therapeutics’ New Drug Application for MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD and requested an additional Phase 3 study.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
Ever wondered how much you could earn by participating in a psychedelic clinical trial? Let's break down the potential earnings| HealingMaps
Veterans deserve the highest quality treatment for PTSD. It’s unacceptable and dangerous to use veterans as guinea pigs for a big pharma profit grab without resolving safety and efficacy concerns.| Psymposia
Jack and I discussed a number of topics, beginning with how science and philosophy might be demarcated. I suggest that science, born from natural philosophy, relies on metaphysical presuppositions …| Footnotes2Plato
New Studies on Magic Mushrooms, DMT Infusions, and Microdosing LSD. The post Psychedelic Research Potpourri appeared first on Project CBD.| Project CBD
A clinical psychologist and psychiatrist involved in MAPS’ phase 3 MDMA trials weigh in on the ethical and ontological challenges of psychedelic psychotherapy. Here is a rough transcript of t…| Footnotes2Plato
A short blog post for a change, with the goal to preempt expected hype around what is basically a null-finding: Nature Medicine just published a new paper on using Ketamine for treatment-resistant depression. I don’t have the 4-6 hours it takes me to vet a paper in detail (requires reading the statistical analysis plan, compare... Read more »| Eiko Fried
Existential philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre took the psychedelic mescaline seeking existential truths, but found himself haunted by stalking crabs instead.| Not So Profound (beta)
As result of a commentary we wrote, Jama Psychiatry recently published a correction of a serious error in a 2023 paper on treating bipolar depression with psilocybin (together with Ioana Cristea and Florian Naudet). This correction included correcting the title of the paper itself. In this blog, I’ll very briefly discuss the core issue in... Read more »| Eiko Fried
A Conversation with Sam Harris - Deconstructing Yourself| Deconstructing Yourself
A 2022 study on psilocybin has received a lot of criticism by the scientific community, but authors or journal have not corrected the record.| Eiko Fried
The founder of Fireside Project takes a 10-day ibogaine voyage.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
Uncover the captivating tale & enigmatic legacy of Howard Thurman and his role in a pioneering psilocybin study that shaped psychedelic research.| Not So Profound (beta)
Dr. Katherine MacLean discusses what psychedelics and meditation have in common and when these substances might be of benefit.| How to Train a Happy Mind
Federal cannabis patient uses ketamine to escape from the Land of Pain.| Project CBD
It was a cold spring day in 2019 that I found myself in Zandvoort, a quaint seaside suburb just 30 minutes outside of Amsterdam, to participate in a 3-day Synthesis legal, high-end psilocybin truffle retreat in a 100-year old renovated church. Even though my history with psilocybin mushrooms spans two decades, my magic truffle journey…| EntheoNation
Using psychedelics for addiction treatment is on the rise. But these substances are no silver bullet – learn how treating addiction with psychedelics really works.| EntheoNation
With first-hand insights from coaches and therapists, discover the top challenges for those building a career in psychedelic integration.| EntheoNation
What impact do psychedelics have on the area of the brain that's associated with mind-wandering and rumination – the default mode network?| EntheoNation
Adopting harm reduction is essential for every psychedelic practitioner. In this article, we dive into the key strategies to do just that.| EntheoNation
Ever wondered how psychedelic integration circles work? Here we dive into what they are, what benefits they have, and how to start your own.| EntheoNation
The concept of set and setting has been around for millennia. What does it mean and why is it so important for psychedelic experiences?| EntheoNation
If you're seeking psychedelic integration support, it's vital to do your due diligence to make sure the provider you choose is right for you.| EntheoNation
Providing psychedelic integration support is no simple task. Here are the fundamentals that all integration coaches should have.| EntheoNation
Psychedelic integration support can come in many forms. In this article, we dive into the main differences between coaches and therapists.| EntheoNation
Psychedelic-assisted therapy is growing in popularity due to its therapeutic potential. How does it work? What kind of results have we seen?| EntheoNation
There are thousands of legal psychedelic retreats worldwide that can provide you with a safe guided psychedelic experience or ceremony.| EntheoNation
Manesh Girn discusses the latest scientific perspectives on how psychedelics can help create lasting healing and transformation.| EntheoNation
A new psychedelic salon in Berkeley seeks to establish a collegial, non-commercial, intergenerational community that harkens back to old-school psychedelic community discussions.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
Learn trailblazing insights on how to heal yourself and others using psychedelics from an old-school pioneer and unsung hero of psychedelic therapy.| Not So Profound (beta)
Studies claim psychedelics provide effective treatments against depression. Here I show you why this is not the case.| Eiko Fried
The Church of Psilomethoxin now admits that its claims about psilomethoxin are solely based on faith. But how strong are the religious convictions of the Church?| Psymposia
Psymposia’s investigation into the Church of Psilomethoxin (CoP) turns to the Church’s claims that it’s currently “scientifically impossible” to test for psilomethoxin. Psychedelic chemist D| Psymposia
Which psychedelic is best for a complete newbie interested in making their first foray into the world of psychedelics? We think it's 2C-B.| Not So Profound (beta)
