📰 Psychedelics News
Curated updates on microdosing, research, policy, and community.
Filters
What is an “embedded” brain? Johnson & Johnson plans to invest in “neuroplastogen” company Delix; and University of Miami gifts Trump Administration accelerated path to research ibogaine
Plus: Oregon psilocybin program “generally safe,” according to new study, and New Mexico begins accepting psilocybin producer applications
5 Psychedelic Stories You Should Know This Week
Welcome to The Psychedelic Blog. Bestselling essayist & Psychedelic cultural analyst examining how altered states shape relationships, grief, death & meaning.
Orchidaceaen Ethics 1
On acid, ancient philosophy, and the problem of knowing
Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics
Please join us this autumn for the 19th Horizons conference on October 15-17 in New York City. This is one of the important annual gatherings for the field of psychedelics, and best chances to meet old friends and new...
Would You Recognize Abuse in Ceremony? If So, What Do You Do?
"The Psychedelic Seeker's Guide" dives into abusive practitioners and what you should do if you witness abuse in psychedelic settings. [...] Read More... The post Would You Recognize Abuse in Ceremony? If So, What Do ...
Weekly Psychedelic Policy Briefing – August 16, 2026
Resilient Pharmaceuticals has resubmitted its New Drug Application for MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD, without the new Phase 3 trial the FDA asked for. Canada funds a C$24 million cannabis and brain health consortium,...
Altered ‘state’ vs Altered ‘sense of self’
Psychedelic culture has given us a powerful image of transformation: the self dissolves, the familiar world disappears, and somehow we return, from the other side, changed. It is the territory associated with the larg...
What’s the difference between recreational and therapeutic psychedelic use? 5 Questions with experimental psychologist Harriet de Wit
De Wit discusses the difficulty of finding out what a drug does, outside of its context.
World Ayahuasca Forum Brings Ancestral Intelligence to Spain
PLUS, an interview with an iconic Grateful Dead artist, ayahuasca and loneliness, and Puerto Rico's executive order. [...] Read More... The post World Ayahuasca Forum Brings Ancestral Intelligence to Spain appeared fi...
Citizen Science x Phenomenology
Journaling, editing, reflecting, integrating – all remain valid when formalising your anecdotal report, to make sense of everything you experienced during your protocol. But, what if the quality of your microdosing e...
The Psychedelic Future We Were Promised
This Week's Sunday Insider: Why the Psychedelic Future Never Arrived.
Weekly Psychedelic Policy Briefing – August 14, 2026
The FDA has finalized guidance on clinical investigations into psychedelic-assisted therapies and contract research organization ICON will bring Anthropic's Claude AI tool into clinical trials involving drug developme...
Veterans Affairs continues to drive federal psychedelics push; New FDA guidance; and Resilient Pharmaceuticals tries again for MDMA approval
Plus: Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly makes a psychedelics acquisition; Cardiovascular safety is top of mind for psychedelics researchers
9 Questions I'm Obsessed With About Psychedelics Right Now
Welcome to The Psychedelic Blog. Bestselling essayist & Psychedelic cultural analyst examining how altered states shape relationships, grief, death & meaning.
Puerto Rico Makes Moves on Ibogaine, MDMA, and Psilocybin
The island's governor just signed an executive order effectively launching a pilot program to research psychedelic therapy. [...] Read More... The post Puerto Rico Makes Moves on Ibogaine, MDMA, and Psilocybin appeare...