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Synthetic Psilocybin Doesn’t Produce the Entourage Effect
The effects of full-spectrum psilocybin could have implications for the future of psilocybin-assisted therapy. [...] Read More... The post Synthetic Psilocybin Doesn’t Produce the Entourage Effect appeared first on Do...
Australia relaxes psychedelic therapy oversight despite limited safety evidence
Psilocybin (the active ingredient of magic mushrooms) and MDMA (the active ingredient in ecstasy) are psychedelic or hallucinogenic drugs that can change how a person sees things and feels.
Protected: MAPS Publishes Ibogaine Investigator’s Brochure as a Free, Open-Access Resource
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Approval Is Not Access: A Postcard From Psychedelic Europe
At ICPR 2026 at the historic city ofin Haarlem in the Netherlands, the companies racing to turn psychedelics into approved medicines were nowhere to be found, leaving a hall full of researchers, clinicians, and one re...
Psychedelic Policy Briefing: Week of June 29nd, 2026
Massachusetts advances two psychedelic therapy pilot bills, Louisiana's opioid-settlement-funded program takes effect August 1, and White House aide Heidi Overton lands on the FDA commissioner shortlist. The post Psyc...
A Country That Recalls Its Own Forgetting
Between the 1930s and 1960s, Italian clinics ran psychedelic experiments on hundreds of patients, then forgot they ever happened. Now a new generation of researchers, clinicians, and harm reduction advocates is rebuil...
MDMA and psilocybin therapy rules have been relaxed. Here’s what might happen next
The psychiatrist used to have to stay with the patient during their entire session. Now they’ll be able to leave the room after administering the drug.
Do psychedelics create false memories? 5 Questions with psychologist Samuli Kangaslampi
Kangaslampi discusses the need to study autobiographical memories that may emerge during trips.
Turns Out, Dance Floors and Ceremonies Heal in the Same Way
PLUS, a Q&A with Roger Steffens, Zebra fish on Ayahuasca, and how the DEA feels about mushroom spores. [...] Read More... The post Turns Out, Dance Floors and Ceremonies Heal in the Same Way appeared first on DoubleBl...
Global Altered States: Oaxaca
This week’s Sunday Insider: A Psychedelic Talk, a Cannabis Club & 3 Days in Oaxaca.
An international brain imaging analysis reveals how psychedelics rewire neural circuits
A new analysis of combined brain imaging data from 273 people reveals how classic psychedelics flatten the brain’s strict processing hierarchy, increasing communication between sensory systems and the cognitive region...
Definium releases LSD for depression Phase 3 results and Colorado activists fight recent bill’s amendments to sharing psychedelics
Plus: Survey suggests most veterans support VA-funded psychedelic-assisted therapy, and psychedelic research funding bills and a move towards psilocybin legalization in Canada
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100 LSD Trips In, Roger Steffens Is Very Acidified
We talk to the legend about Vietnam, a book he wrote about Bob Marley, and bad poetry. [...] Read More... The post 100 LSD Trips In, Roger Steffens Is Very Acidified appeared first on DoubleBlind Mag.
The US military just ended a 16-year, $500mn experiment in 'resilience training'
And the final results are...