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Live from Psychedelic Science 2025: A dispatch from Denver
Day 1 of The Integration.
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Shamanism and psychedelics: 5 Questions for Manvir Singh
Singh discusses convergences between shamanism and psychedelics, and their role in modern spirituality.
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Texas passes nation’s first ibogaine research funding bill; Colorado’s first Natural Medicine client; and Psilocybin’s effects wane a year…
Plus: Oregon Psilocybin services releases its first quarterly demographic data report and Could the Czech Republic be the first EU country to approve…
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Mixing antidepressants and psychedelics: 5 Questions for psychopharmacologist Kelan Thomas
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A message to readers of The Microdose, from Michael Pollan & the BCSP
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What do people see when they’re tripping?: 5 Questions for neuroscientist Sean Noah
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Meta suspends numerous psychedelics-related accounts; California psilocybin pilot program bill dies; and Preliminary results from…
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“You can be humbled by a trip”: 5 Questions for Zen Buddhist priest Kokyo Henkel
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MDMA for narcissism? 5 Questions for psychoanalyst and psychiatrist Alexa Albert
Albert discusses why MDMA might help people with narcissism, and the details of a pilot study that aims to explore that.
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Ketamine company sues newspaper; atai to merge with Beckley Psytech; and Oregon disabilities case continues
Plus: Long-anticipated study on religious leaders published, and Maine psilocybin decriminalization bill advances
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Psychedelic traditions from Africa and the African diaspora: 5 Questions for Darren Le Baron
Le Baron discusses the use of psychedelics on the African continent and the psychedelics scene in the Caribbean.
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Meta suspends numerous psychedelics-related accounts; California psilocybin pilot program bill dies; and Preliminary results from…
Plus: Psychedelic luminary Amanda Feilding dies and legal risks to providers talking about psychedelics
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FDA commissioner says psychedelics are a “top priority,” and Connecticut legislators just barely pass decrim bill
Plus: DEA grants right to use ayahuasca to Spokane, WA church, and New EU funding for psychedelics research
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The Acid Queen
The Psychedelic Life and Counterculture Rebellion of Rosemary Woodruff Leary
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Colorado’s Natural Medicine program launches, and Texas goes all in on psychedelics
Plus: People were smoking bufotenin 3000 years ago, and Tracking participant diversity in psychedelic studies
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