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Green, Volat Transition from the MAPS Board of Directors to Committee Members
January 14, 2026 — In October 2025, Joe Green and Miriam Volat resigned their positions as members of the MAPS Board of Directors. Mr. Green joined the MAPS board in December 2020 and — among other things — raised key...
Decentralised Minds: Can Psychedelics Undermine the Military Industrial Complex?
Can psychedelics genuinely challenge and undermine the military-industrial complex by transforming consciousness, or do they risk being co-opted to merely help individuals psychologically adapt to an inherently violen...
Psychedelic Mad Men: 5 Questions for public health researcher Olivia Marcus
Marcus discusses the rise of psychedelic advertisements.
New DEA Rules Are on the Horizon for Telehealth Ketamine Clinics
PLUS best places to trip on psychedelics and LSD for women's health. [...] Read More... The post New DEA Rules Are on the Horizon for Telehealth Ketamine Clinics appeared first on DoubleBlind Mag.
A Holistic and Spiritual Approach to Functional Mushrooms
Oli Genn-Bash explores the growing popularity of functional mushrooms, blending personal experience, research, and traditional perspectives to argue for a more holistic, respectful understanding of fungi. The post A H...
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The Ayahuasca Murder Controversy
This Week’s Sunday Insider: Murder at an Ayahuasca retreat.
From Brussels to the Ballot: How PsychedeliCare Took Psychedelic Therapy to the European Public
Théo was stuck. At twenty-something, he had everything that should have made sense on paper: a political science degree, a job in the European Parliament, and involvement with advocacy groups. His career trajectory lo...
Let’s Talk About Non-Responders in Psychedelic Therapy
Despite bold promises surrounding psychedelics, a significant share of patients fail to meaningfully improve, revealing that non-response is a central – and often overlooked – challenge in psychedelic therapy. The pos...
Reimagining Allyship and Power in the Psychedelic Field
Neizer explores the concept of lateral allyship in the psychedelic field, highlighting how privilege, solidarity, and cultural humility can guide ethical engagement in both clinical and community settings. Drawing fro...
Psychedelic Medicine at the Edge of Science and Spirit
In recent years, something quietly disruptive has been occurring inside the world of modern psychedelic medicine. At ketamine-assisted therapy clinics, we are hearing about patients describing encounters with deceased...
Compass Pathways partnering with national mental health clinic chain; Government lifts clinical hold on synthetic 5-MeO-DMT; and DEA ups drug quotas for psilocybin, psilocin, and DMT research
Plus: DEA extends telemedicine policy for yet another year and Qualitative experiences from a Compass psilocybin clinical trial
Why Psychedelics Make Us Vulnerable to Conspiracy Theories
Welcome to the Psychedelic Blog. I write about the impact of Psychedelics on Grieving, Relationships, Culture & Death.
New Science Revives Terence McKenna’s Stoned Ape Theory
Advancements in neuroscience and epigenetics breathe new life into the once vilified hypothesis. [...] Read More... The post New Science Revives Terence McKenna’s Stoned Ape Theory appeared first on DoubleBlind Mag.
Synthetic Consciousness
We can map the brain, but not explain experience. As AI grows more humanlike, the question isn’t if machines become conscious — but whether or not we’d even be able to tell.