psychedelics

Psychedelic Advocates Air FDA Frustrations at Reagan-Udall Meeting

On September 6, the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration, an independent nonprofit created by Congress in 2007…

September 9, 2024

Festival Drug Checking Services Still Too Often Sidelined

It’s a scorching July day in British Columbia, at Bass Coast festival, and there is no line outside the drug…

September 5, 2024

Basement “Psychedelic Church” Springs Up After Colorado Reform

“I found my peace through mushrooms about two and a half years ago,” Dez told Filter, after “I woke up…

September 5, 2024

DEA Schedules Historic Public Hearing on Psychedelics DOI, DOC

The Drug Enforcement Administration’s years-long campaign to ban two lesser-known psychedelic substances—2,5-Dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine (DOI) and 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-chloroamphetamine (DOC)—has faced consistent opposition from…

August 27, 2024

Olympia, WA, Decriminalizes Psychedelic Plants and Fungi

Leaders in Washington State’s capital city of Olympia voted unanimously on August 13 to pass a resolution locally decriminalizing psilocybin…

August 15, 2024

FDA Rejects MDMA Treatment for PTSD, Requesting Redo of Key Trial

The Food and Drug Administration has rejected a high-profile application for MDMA-assisted therapy to treat PTSD, citing insufficient data to…

August 12, 2024

As FDA Weighs MDMA Therapy, Questions of Access and Consent

In June, an advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration voted that the agency should not approve MDMA therapy…

August 9, 2024

Cambridge, MA, Endorses Statewide Psychedelic Ballot Measure

Supporters of a Massachusetts psychedelic decriminalization and legalization measure scored a big win on the night of August 5, as…

August 7, 2024

Student Group in Renewed Bid to Block DEA Psychedelics Ban

On July 23, Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) representatives filed a prehearing statement to the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Office…

July 25, 2024

With Psilocybin Microdosing, My PTSD Slowly Slipped Away

Truth is, I don’t much remember having post-traumatic stress disorder. Oh, I remember the story of it. I told it…

July 23, 2024