psychedelics

A Brief History of LSD Treatment for Alcohol Addiction at the VA

Characteristics of the “psychedelic renaissance” of recent years have included numerous studies indicating benefits of psychedelic drugs for therapeutic use—with…

May 14, 2025

As First Psilocybin Center Comes to Colorado, How Is the Rollout Going?

Denver, Colorado, will open the state’s first legal psilocybin healing center within the next month—a historic moment. It’s the culmination…

April 29, 2025

VA Lawmakers Advance Three Marijuana, Psychedelics Reform Bills

Virginia lawmakers have advanced a handful of drug policy bills—including measures to legalize commercial cannabis sales in the commonwealth, seal…

January 31, 2025

“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