mental health

Trump Orders FDA to “Dramatically” Fast-Track Psychedelic Therapy Access

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at expanding and expediting research on the potential therapeutic benefits of psychedelics,…

April 20, 2026

Hopes of Shutting Rikers Grow Under Mamdani, as Deaths Continue

On March 25, 39-year-old Barry Cozart collapsed at Rikers, New York City’s notorious island jail complex. He’d been held on…

April 15, 2026

Bill Would Require the VA to Study and Provide Psychedelic Treatments

A new bipartisan bill would mandate the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish "innovative therapies centers of excellence" that would…

March 12, 2026

Georgia Moves Backwards With New Forensic Mental Health Hospital

For the past 16 years, Georgia was under a federal injunction: It could not build any state-run psychiatric hospitals, because…

March 10, 2026

After “Iryna’s Law,” Behavioral Crisis Response in NC Grows More Carceral

On February 5, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein (D) signed an executive order titled “Protecting North Carolinians Through Stronger Behavioral…

February 13, 2026

Media Exploitation of Reiner Family Tragedy Pushes the Carceral Agenda

After director Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner were found stabbed to death in their Los Angeles home December…

December 31, 2025

Federal Bill Would Give Some Patients “Right to Try” Psychedelics

The final weeks of 2025 have brought overlapping psychedelic drug policy efforts in Washington. Since early December, advocates have presented…

December 18, 2025

Legal Marijuana Access Linked to Fewer Suicides Among Older Adults

States that opened adult-use marijuana dispensaries saw suicide rates decline among older adults, according to a new scientific analysis of…

December 12, 2025

New Mexico to Accelerate Launch of Therapeutic Psilocybin Access

New Mexico health officials have announced plans to launch the state’s medical psilocybin therapy program by the end of December…

December 9, 2025

A Prison Mental Health Unit Is Left in Gen Pop, and the Grievance Is Ignored

South Central Correctional Facility is one of six Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) prisons with a supportive living unit (SLU)…

October 9, 2025