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Hallucinogen use is linked to a slight increase in heart valve disease risk
A new analysis of health records suggests a modest link between lifetime hallucinogen use and valvular heart disease. While the increased risk is small, the findings highlight the need for more research into the physi...
Dispatch from The Netherlands
Reporting from the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research
3 Things I Changed My Mind About This Year
Welcome to the Psychedelic Blog. I write about the impact of Psychedelics on Grieving, Relationships, Culture & Death.
The Science of Silence: Reflections on the Human Mind
In this age of noise and overstimulation, science has begun to take silence seriously. What do neuroscience and contemplative traditions reveal about the mind, the self, and well-being?
Psychedelics as story-producing drugs
Super-placebos and super-nocebos
Three Brain Injuries, One Iboga Protocol, and What It Tells Us
Three people with lasting symptoms after a brain injury went through a six-week iboga microdosing protocol paired with therapy. Two improved and held those gains. One relapsed. A new case series in Frontiers in Pharma...
Using Cannabis as a Psychedelic Integration Tool with Nancy Rassbach
Nancy’s journey show how intentional cannabis use can enhance long-term integration when combined with meditation and journaling. Source
Dear Healthcare Community, We Need to Talk About Women’s Health and Psychedelic Medicine
Yes, we're talking to you. [...] Read More... The post Dear Healthcare Community, We Need to Talk About Women’s Health and Psychedelic Medicine appeared first on DoubleBlind Mag.
The War on Drugs Was Never About Drugs. Psychedelic Healing Must Reckon With That.
MAPS policy lead Sia Henry argues that psychedelic healing can't stop at veterans and the clinic door. It has to reach the communities the War on Drugs was built to target, starting before incarceration, not after. Th...
What psychedelic sitters do when they make a mistake
At some point, when you are sitting with someone, you will mess up.… The post What psychedelic sitters do when they make a mistake appeared first on Zendo Project.
New research challenges the idea that psychedelics reduce authoritarian attitudes
Despite popular beliefs linking psychedelic drugs to open-mindedness, new research published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology suggests that substances like psilocybin and LSD do not reliably alter a person’s autho...
MAPS Publishes First-of-Its-Kind Literature Review on Psychedelic Healing for People Impacted by the Criminal Legal System
Washington, D.C., June 2, 2026 — The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) today announced its Psychedelics for System-Impacted People (PSIP) project, a research, education, and policy effort de...
Festival season is here!
Festival season is here! For many of us, festival season is a much-anticipated… The post Festival season is here! appeared first on Zendo Project.
Who gets psychedelic access? 5 Questions with author and mycophile Maria Pinto
Pinto discusses high cost retreats in Jamaica, tensions between mycologists and psychonauts, and her experiences on a little-known hallucinogenic mushroom
How to Tell a Safe Psychedelic Facilitator From a Predator
PLUS psychedelic fatherhood, CEOs who trip, and the affordability of psychedelic healing. [...] Read More... The post How to Tell a Safe Psychedelic Facilitator From a Predator appeared first on DoubleBlind Mag.