psychedelics

“Shifts in Personality” Could Be Key to Psilocybin Helping SUD Patients

Can psilocybin help people with alcohol use disorder who wish to reduce their drinking, and if so, how? While such…

January 9, 2025

Minnesota Task Force Backs Psilocybin Decrim, Legal Therapeutic Use

Minnesota’s Psychedelic Medicine Task Force has released a long-awaited legislative report. It recommends that the state move toward decriminalizing psilocybin…

January 7, 2025

VA Woman Could Face Lifetime in Prison for Mushroom, Cannabis Sales

A woman in Louisa County, Virginia, faces a sentence of up to 160 years in prison after her conviction for…

December 10, 2024

Psilocybin Helped Doctors and Nurses Who Worked Through the Pandemic

Many doctors and nurses suffered severe mental health impacts after working through the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic, including…

December 10, 2024

VA Funds MDMA Study to Treat Veterans’ PTSD and Alcohol Use Disorder

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is sponsoring historic research to treat veterans with MDMA. On December 3,…

December 5, 2024

“War on Cartels” and Harm Reduction in Peril—Drug Policy Under Trump

President-elect Donald Trump wants drug traffickers to be executed, and could soon have the authority to make that happen. The…

November 14, 2024

Massachusetts Voters Reject Psychedelic Legalization Measure

In a result with major implications for the United States psychedelic movement, Massachusetts voters resoundingly rejected a ballot initiative to…

November 6, 2024

Drug Policy Questions on the Ballot Across the US

As Donald Trump and Kamala Harris make their final dashes through battleground states, polls show an agonizingly close presidential race.…

October 30, 2024

Safer Drug Supply on the Dark Web? It’s Complicated, Researchers Find

Buying drugs on the dark web is often seen as a safer alternative to navigating an unpredictable, adulterated local supply.…

October 25, 2024

Why a Psychedelics Campaign in Washington State Stands Out

What comes next for the "psychedelic renaissance"? Massachusetts has a decriminalization and limited legalization measure on the November ballot. Comparable…

October 15, 2024