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San Francisco Decriminalizes Plant-Based Psychedelics
On September 6, 2022 the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to decriminalize a group of naturally occurring psychedelics, or “entheogens.” The resolution instructs police to avoid making arrests or charges over these substances.
How ecstasy and psilocybin are shaking up psychiarty
Regulators will soon grapple with how to safely administer power psychedelics for treating depression and post-traumatic stress disorder
Entheogens and Psychedelics including Ayahuasca, LSD, Peyote, Mescaline, Psilocybin Mushrooms, Salvia
Magic Mushrooms Are Decriminalized in DC as of Today
DC Initiative 81, which passed with overwhelming support last fall, goes into effect Monday, March 15 2021.
Why Ann Arbor officials decided to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms, plants
When a grassroots group of activists in Ann Arbor started lobbying City Council to decriminalize magic mushrooms and other psychedelic plants and fungi, most council members weren’t eager to take up the cause.
Can Psychedelic Drugs Do Good?
On October 29, 1966, the Austin-based band 13th Floor Elevators performed their psych-rock hit, “You’re Gonna Miss Me” on American Bandstand
How science is bringing psychedelic mushrooms out of the shadows
After a long exile from academia, researchers are now looking to psychedelics as promising solutions for addition, depression, and PTSD.
Another psychedelic revolution, but this time it's different
After years of battling arduous laws and red tape, psychedelic therapy research is enjoying new found freedoms. The onus is now on scientists to prove it really works…
A new scientific study suggests strong similarities between near death experiences and the psychedelic drug DMT
After a long exile from academia, researchers are now looking to psychedelics as promising solutions for addition, depression, and PTSD.
Psychedelic drug use linked to lower suicide risk, finds study
Psychedelic drugs have been linked to a lower risk of suicide in marginalized people in a new study.
Psychedelics' Buddhist Revival
Nearly ten years ago, in the middle of a monthlong meditation retreat, Spring Washam had a sobering experience. Far from entering one of the blissful states of concentration that often mark the jhanas, the progressive stages of meditative absorption outlined in Theravada Buddhism…
No link found between psychedelics and psychosis
In a large US survey, users of LSD and similar drugs were no more likely to have mental-health conditions than respondents.
Could psychedelics transform mental health?
Think of magic mushrooms and LSD and it’s likely that science is not the first thing that springs to mind.
Sacred Knowledge: how psychedelics shaped an academic's life
In 1963, then-psychology grad student William A Richards was studying in Germany when he volunteered to take part in an experiment with psychedelics
Groovy, baby! The renaissance in psychedelic science is here
If you’ve been paying attention to the health news of late, you might think you have traveled back in time to the 1960s. It’s not a bad acid trip.
How psychedelic drugs might treat depression
Hallucinogenic mushrooms have shown promise for their medical benefits, but we are only now beginning to understand how they might help to treat depression.