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Senate Bill S.4031 Signals a Federal Turn Toward Psychedelic Medicine
Senate bill S.4031 would establish VA Centers of Excellence to study psychedelic therapies — including MDMA, psilocybin, ibogaine, and ketamine — for veterans with PTSD, TBI, depression, and chronic pain. The bipartis...
Psychedelic Culture 2026
Psychedelic Culture 2026 is Chacruna Institute’s annual three-day conference bringing together researchers, Indigenous leaders, healers, clinicians, activists, and community members from around the world for one of th...
A Trip to Sobriety: Psychedelics and Addiction
Growing evidence suggests psychedelics could help treat addiction – particularly from tobacco, alcohol, and opioids – for which effective treatments remain limited. The post A Trip to Sobriety: Psychedelics and Addict...
Federal Support for U.S. Psychedelic Research Accelerates 5-MeO-DMT Clinical Trials
The rescheduling of cannabis by executive order and the FDA's acceleration of research into potential 5-MeO-DMT therapies reflects expanded federal support for clinical investigations into psychedelic-assisted treatme...
Dolphins, LSD, and floating tanks : 5 Questions for filmmaker Courtney Stephens
Stephens discusses her documentary on the controversial scientist John C. Lilly.
Should You Microdose Alone or With a Guide?
PLUS, $1000 trip sitters, new psychedelic mushroom species, and blue lotus flower. [...] Read More... The post Should You Microdose Alone or With a Guide? appeared first on DoubleBlind Mag.
The Moment I Realized My Life Was Pre-Written
This week’s Sunday Insider: The morning after a Psychedelic journey, I became convinced my life had been written before I ever lived it.
Opening the Heart with San Pedro
Oli Genn-Bash describes his first San Pedro cactus ceremony in Cusco, Peru, as a gentle yet transformative psychedelic experience that, despite its subtlety, facilitated deep emotional release and long-lasting insight...
Psilocybin seems to help tobacco smokers quit; Scientists discover a new species of psychedelic mushroom in Africa
Plus: Minnesota lawmakers advance psilocybin-assisted therapy bill and Mississippi lawmakers approve ibogaine research bill; Psychedelics with exercise to treat major depressive disorder?
Life Gives You a Menu. Psychedelics Make You Ask Who Wrote It.
Welcome to the Psychedelic Blog. I write about the impact of Psychedelics on Grieving, Relationships, Culture & Death.
Inside a Johns Hopkins Study Giving Psilocybin to Lyme Patients
Here's what researchers found after chronic Lyme patients received two doses of psilocybin. [...] Read More... The post Inside a Johns Hopkins Study Giving Psilocybin to Lyme Patients appeared first on DoubleBlind Mag.
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Marcuse on Psychedelics and Revolutionary Consciousness
Herbert Marcuse argued that Western capitalism has conditioned people to desire consumerist “false needs” and proposed a radical “Great Refusal” and shift in consciousness – potentially aided by psychedelics – as a pa...
Pα+ Psychedelic Bulletin #221: Helus Reports Murky Phase 2a Results; AtaiBeckley Says R-MDMA Met Safety Goal in SAD, Details Phase 3 Design for 5-MeO-DMT in TRD; Psilocybin for Smoking Cessation Study Published
Policy Round-Up: State Momentum, Congressional Signals, and Colorado’s Data Build-Out • RAND Survey: Americans Divided on Psilocybin Legalisation • Helus’ Phase 2a Study of Intravenous DMT in MDD Published in Nat...