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Partners Announced for Texas Ibogaine Research Consortium Funding
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has announced $50 million in awards to a collective of public universities across the state to establish the Texas Ibogaine Research Consortium. The post Partners ...
Latinas in Psychedelics: Building Community, Honoring Heritage, and Shaping the Future
As psychedelics gain mainstream acceptance in medicine and wellness, Latina voices are stepping forward to ensure these movements respect cultural lineage, increase representation, and create pathways for responsible ...
The High Stakes of Low Tolerance: Jeremy O. Harris’ Arrest, Detention, and Release in Japan
The arrest of Jeremy O. Harris at a Japanese airport for allegedly possessing a small quantity of MDMA in his luggage highlights the country's stringent drug laws and ongoing uncertainty about whether the playwright w...
Coca Leaf and WHO: The Debt of the Global Drug Regime
The World Health Organization (WHO) has concluded one of the most significant processes in recent years in the field of international drug policy: the critical review of the coca leaf. The result confirms its continue...
The Future of Ayahuasca Under Dispute in Brazil
Brazil’s ayahuasca regulation reveals deep contradictions: institutional churches are protected, while Indigenous practices face bureaucratic exclusion. Legal ambiguity, cultural appropriation, commercialization, and ...
Psylutions and the DEA
In August 2025, the psychedelics movement crossed an unprecedented threshold. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced that it would forward a petition to reschedule psilocybin, the psychoactive compou...
Wisdom from the Psychedelic Underground: Interview with Rachel Harris
Rachel Harris, PhD, is the author of Swimming in the Sacred: Wisdom from the Psychedelic Underground and Listening to Ayahuasca. A psychologist who has been in private practice for 40 […] The post Wisdom from the Psyc...
Equity, Liberty and Access in the Psychedelic Space: A Conversation with Hanifa Nayo Washington
Hanifa Nayo Wahington is the founder of the wellness and resilience initiative One Village Healing. We had a chance to speak with Hanifa recently about bringing psychedelic medicine to underserved […] The post Equity,...