psychedelics

MDMA in the Womb Room: My Witches Tea Party Experience

On Halloween night, I was invited to attend a costumed “Witches Tea Party” in New York City with my band.…

March 25, 2022

Connecticut Could Open East Coast’s First Psychedelic Medicine Centers

Connecticut lawmakers have proposed a bill that would create the first psychedelic medicine centers on the East Coast. The bill…

March 24, 2022

Students Launch Bid to Decriminalize All Drugs in Ann Arbor, Michigan

A student group has launched a campaign to decriminalize drug possession and low-level distribution in Ann Arbor, Michigan, after months…

March 18, 2022

Are Business Interests Shaping Oregon’s Psilocybin Regulations?

A top adviser to the Oregon state government on its legal psilocybin therapy program has quit amid complaints that he…

March 17, 2022

Potential Benefits of LSD Microdosing Remain Unclear After Latest Study

Does microdosing LSD make you happier and smarter? Many believe so, but a new placebo-controlled study doesn't broadly support the…

March 3, 2022

How Will Oregon Teach and Train Psilocybin Healers?

In November 2020, Oregon voters approved a ballot initiative, Measure 109, to legalize psilocybin for therapeutic use. We're now well…

February 25, 2022

DEA Psychedelics Ban to Undergo Rare Legal Hearings—Which May Be Ignored

Researchers and advocates scored a procedural victory this week in their fight against the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) proposal to…

February 18, 2022

Cubes to Wood Lovers’ Paralysis: Oregon’s Therapeutic Psilocybin Plan

On February 8, Oregon officials proposed the first set of rules to regulate legal psilocybin therapy in Oregon. The state's…

February 18, 2022

DEA Wants to Add Five Drugs to the Highly Criminalized Schedule I List

It’s dispiriting that in 2022, with decriminalization efforts taking off nationwide, adding more drugs to the Controlled Substances Act is…

February 3, 2022

How Port Townsend, Washington, Decriminalized Psychedelics

On December 20, the City Council of Port Townsend, a small city in Jefferson County, Washington, voted unanimously to decriminalize…

January 19, 2022