science

How Student Activists Sparked North Carolina’s Psychedelics Bill

North Carolina lawmakers are advancing a bill to authorize research into psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. If it’s approved, the state would put…

June 1, 2023

Feds License University to Grow Psilocybin Mushrooms for Research

The federal government has finally licensed a university to legally grow psilocybin “magic" mushrooms. It’s the first time in over…

May 16, 2023

How DMT Generates “Novel Worlds” of Experience

A new study may give us the most detailed understanding yet of how psychedelic drugs affect our brains. Using brain…

March 24, 2023

The Story of Aversion Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder

On June 30, 2022, Schick Shadel Hospital in Burien, Washington, closed its doors for good. It was the last facility…

March 17, 2023

Evidence Is In on Vapes as Smoking Cessation. Now We Need Urgency.

In a comment published in Nature Medicine, four leading researchers marshal the evidence that vapes can be used as a…

February 23, 2023

Scientists’ Latest Bid to Fight Back Against Deadly Vaping Misinformation

Much of the world’s official advice on vaping nicotine is deeply flawed, yet it often remains unquestioned and unaccountable.   An…

February 22, 2023

Lack of Person-Centered Research Impedes Rural Access to OUD Meds

Across the United States, people face many barriers to accessing medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). This is often particularly…

January 9, 2023

Epigenetics, Trauma and Addiction: What We Do and Don’t Know

Ever since Gabor Maté discussed epigenetics in his book In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts (2008), it has become a…

December 21, 2022

The History of the “Allergy” Myth of Alcohol Addiction

In 2022, it is still not uncommon to hear people claim that an addiction to alcohol is an “allergy.” Little…

December 2, 2022

Studies Investigate Antipsychotics as Adjuncts to Opioid Use Disorder Meds

John* grew up in a family severely impacted by substance use disorders. He started using heroin at 15, and he…

November 10, 2022