After an extensive history of psychedelic research in the 1960s and '70s, scientists in the Czech Republic are now investigating a range of different psychedelics and their therapeutic applications supported by new legislation legalizing the medical use of psilocybin.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
Psychedelic Science 2023 wrapped up with lessons from drug policy activism, psychedelics and sex, wisdom from elders, and protestors speaking out against the marginalization of Indigenous voices.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
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
Thanks to organizing from local advocacy organizations, Minnesota has quietly become a hotbed of reform launching a psychedelic task force and deprioritized arrests related to entheogenic plants and fungi. The post Minnesota Psychedelic Medicine Task Force Makes Recommendations first appeared on Lucid News. The post Minnesota Psychedelic Medicine Task Force Makes Recommendations appeared first on Lucid News.| Lucid News
The future of ibogaine therapy was a central topic at the 2025 Psychedelic Science conference, where it was endorsed by former Texas governor Rick Perry and others. Other states are following suit, but some advocates worry about possible exploitation of the plant medicine. The post 2025: The Year of Ibogaine Therapy first appeared on Lucid News. The post 2025: The Year of Ibogaine Therapy 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. The post Details of Alleged MA Initiative Campaign Finance Violations In New OCPF Complaints first appeared on Lucid News. The post Details of Alleged MA Initiative Campaign Finan...| Lucid News
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
Has the psilocybin therapy industry peaked already in Oregon? Growth is slow, and uncertainty reigns, but safeguards seem to be working.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
This month, Auntie considers how to best help someone having a difficult experience on psychedelics, which drugs are more likely to depress your immune system, and whether there is a standard dosage for microdosing.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
As mainstream curiosity around psychedelics grows, a gray market around psilocybin-based products is finding its footing among customers who are rising in numbers and becoming more diverse.| 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
The final day of PS2025 on June 20 offered a declaration from Indigenous activists, a Q&A about psychedelic parenthood, a conversation with Hamilton Morris about ketamine, an introduction into the benefits of nature therapy, plus videos from the closing ceremony. The post Psychedelic Science 2025 Closes with Talks From Indigenous Activists, Psychedelic Parents, and Hamilton Morris first appeared on Lucid News. The post Psychedelic Science 2025 Closes with Talks From Indigenous Activists, Psyc...| Lucid News
Psychedelic Science 2025 featured presentations about state policy initiatives for psychedelic therapies, including the Texas Ibogaine Initiative, bipartisan support for psychedelic legal reform in Nevada, and advocacy by the new Center for Psychedelic Policy. The post PS2025’s Policy Track Featured Texas, Nevada, and Lessons From Oregon first appeared on Lucid News. The post PS2025’s Policy Track Featured Texas, Nevada, and Lessons From Oregon appeared first on Lucid News.| Lucid News
During the second day of Psychedelic Science 2025, Carl Hart spoke about "psychedelic exceptionalism," Jamie Wheal questioned the psychedelic movement, and results from a 15-year clergy study were announced, plus videos with Pete Sessa, Mark Iriwn, and Leland Holgate.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
The second day of the PS2025 conference centered Black voices, featuring a celebration of Juneteenth and talks on the Black psychedelic revolution, support systems for houseless people, and a psychedelic bookmobile.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
In our continuation of coverage from the first day of the 2025 Psychedelic Science conference, we report on therapists discussing trauma, lessons from criminal legal reform, psychedelics in athletics, DOI and DOC, PAT for veterans, and the pardons CO governor Polis made on the opening day of the conference.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
The first day of talks at the 2025 Psychedelic Science conference in Denver, Colorado featured presentations about psychedelic churches, religious use, and how psychedelics can help address questions around the climate crisis.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
Two former campaign staffers of the failed Yes on 4 ballot initiative in Massachusetts have filed complaints with the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance alleging violations of campaign finance law.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
A new annual holiday, Tram Day, has been created to honor Susi Ramstein, the first woman to take LSD and Dr. Albert Hofmann's laboratory assistant who accompanied him on his famous bicycle ride.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
Porta Sophia is building an online database of prior art pertaining to psychedelics with the goal of improving the flawed psychedelic patent process.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
When it comes to voting on psychedelics, there’s no messing with Texas. In this first column in the new series “The Psychedelic State(s) of America," Noah Daly and Jack Gorsline explore the roots of Texas' fast-moving psychedelic policy reform efforts, what the Texas Ibogaine Initiative aims to accomplish, and the future of psychedelic access in Texas beyond the scope of the state legislature.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
The writer Erik Davis offers tactics for how to keep it together, navigate the weirdness, access creative capacity and respond to what the moment demands without losing our minds.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
Entrepreneurs Nick Janicki of the float tank company True REST and Robin Arnott of the “digital psychedelic” company SoundSelf are teaming up to create centers that they say will offer clinical ketamine treatment together with prep and integration services including float tanks, music, and light technologies.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
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
Back to Beond, to Excavate the Sub-Basement of My Subconscious| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
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
A Psychonaut's Guide To Staying Sane and Empowered| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
Lykos Therapeutics details how it is addressing questions raised by FDA advisors during a June 4 advisory meeting and how it will apply these insights to its Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
As Lykos Therapeutics considers a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy for MDMA-assisted therapy, both supporters and detractors of MDMA-AT make their case for whether the treatment is safe for patients.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
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
Mindstate Design Labs has received approval for a Phase 1 clinical trial to investigate the use of its formulation of 5-MeO-MiPT which it hopes to combine with other drugs to target precise serotonin receptors and create future psychotropic therapies.| 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
In the first part of a two-part series, Ann Harrison interviews addiction treatment expert Dr. Howard Kornfeld about the FDA decision to reject the Lykos Therapeutics proposal for MDMA-assisted therapy.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
In the wake of the FDA's rejection of its proposed MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD, Lykos Therapeutics laid off approximately 100 employees and appointed new leadership while the MAPS nonprofit cut 33% of its workforce.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
Prior to last week's FDA decision to reject Lykos Therapeutics' proposed MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD, Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI) reflected on the urgent need for better PTSD treatments to reduce veteran suicides and the game plan for lawmakers to keep support for psychedelic-assisted therapies moving forward.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
The MAPS nonprofit remains the largest shareholder, but gives up controlling interest in MAPS PBC, as the for-profit company that seeks to commercialize MDMA therapy successfully attracts investors.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
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
As Lykos Therapeutics awaits an FDA decision this week on its proposed MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD, the company has announced new initiatives and measures for additional oversight if the therapy is approved.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
Lykos Therapeutics addresses concerns from FDA Advisors about MDMA-assisted therapy and presents a forward looking plan.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
The founder of Fireside Project takes a 10-day ibogaine voyage.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
In an effort to raise funding for commercialization of MDMA-assisted therapy, MAPS partnered with an investment bank to sell equity in its Public Benefit Corporation.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
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
