Australia Legalizes Psychedelics, But Fails to Deliver Results
Final instalment in a four part series on the mosaic of laws worldwide governing access to psilocybin
7 December 2023
Tag: Drugs
Psychedelics, States Rights, and Civil Liberties Collide in the U.S.
Third of a four part series on the mosaic of laws worldwide governing access to psilocybin
29 November 2023
Is Canada Really a Bastion of Legal Psychedelics?
Second of a four part series on the mosaic of laws worldwide governing access to psilocybin
25 November 2023
As the Psychedelic Legalization Debate Rages in the UK, People Suffer
First of a four part series on the mosaic of laws worldwide governing access to psilocybin
14 November 2023
How Psychedelic Music Can (Literally) Transform Your Mind
The unsung hero of the psychedelic experience is music: research has consistently shown that the nature of the musical experience is more important than the intensity of the drug.
6 September 2023
How Dr. Rosalind Watts is Bringing Integration into The Psychedelic Renaissance
Dr. Watts’ program is arguably the first devoted to long-term integration for psychedelic therapy.
23 March 2023
The Two Sides of Microdosing: Medical Marvel or Psychedelic Placebo?
Since microdosing exploded in popularity, many have been deeply skeptical, speculating about whether or not the perceived benefits are due to the placebo effect. What does the latest evidence say?
18 March 2023
Psychedelics Inc.
The brave new world of legalized psychedelics is already here–and so are the profiteers
4 April 2022
My Psychiatrist Is A DJ
London-based startup Wavepaths is creating a new kind of music technology explicitly designed for psychedelic therapy.
17 March 2022
Music As Medicine
Music and psychedelics go hand-in-hand. Could both have a healing effect?
17 March 2022
Health Canada Takes Small Step Towards Accessible Psychedelic Medicine
This month Canada took one step closer to a possible future of legal psychedelics by making psilocybin and MDMA more swiftly available for medicinal use
19 January 2022
Tripping the Switch
Psychedelics and Self-Determination
1 November 2021
Tripping Together
As psychedelics are integrated into mainstream medicine, experts weigh the benefits and costs of solo versus group therapy.
12 August 2021
Lithium: The Next Trend in Microdosing?
Low levels of the naturally occurring, soft shiny metal could reduce violence and enhance moods for all.
24 November 2020
The Untapped Potential of Medical CBD
Recreational CBD is booming, but what’s the holdup with its medical uses?
23 August 2019
Psilocybin Is Headed for the Mainstream — It’s Bringing the Problems of Big Pharma With It
The psychedelic community is torn over the growing interest in developing medical versions of a drug that may even help treatment-resistant depression
12 August 2019
Psilocybin Could Open the Door to Legal Hallucinogens
Researchers are hoping the decriminalization vote in Denver could usher in a new era of therapeutic and recreational use
28 May 2019
Is Kambo Really the Next Wellness Trend?
Devotees say the gooey secretion scraped off a frog’s back can cure everything from acne to cancer. Could there be something to the hype?
8 May 2019
The rise and rise of ketamine
Shaking off its reputation as a nasty club drug, K is being shown to have instant success treating depression
21 December 2018
The End of Hangovers
Leave it to the Brits to invent a synthetic alcohol that gets you properly pickled and doesn’t make you feel poisoned.
21 December 2017
Documenting the dangerous and the ephemeral
It is unsurprising that drugs that have shaped such vast cultural movements have lately become the focus for a range of documentaries, from the spectacular to the truly awful.
19 December 2017
Hot Digital Shaman: New App Wavepaths Guides Users Through Therapeutic Trips
Brian Eno teamed up with neuroscientist Mendel Kaelen to create an app for therapeutic music – and it ended up expanding both their minds
8 November 2017
We Asked Straight Edge Adults What Kept Them Sober
By most accounts of people I spoke with, the majority of the original punk sXers dropped out in their 30s—but a committed handful are still sober. Here's what keeps them going.
16 August 2017
Millennials’ Sobriety Isn’t What It Seems
They’re avoiding many of the substances that got earlier generations high. But are they better off?
29 June 2017
Altered States
Caffeine is the most widely-consumed mood-changing drug in the world, with adult “users” consuming an average of 200mg a day. But could it be causing us harm?
1 August 2016
Magic-mushroom drug lifts depression in first human trial
Researchers' long fight to test psilocybin's safety finally yields fruit.
17 May 2016
Landmark study reveals the effect of LSD on the brain
Former drugs advisor Professor David Nutt shows how the brain becomes “desegregated” when taking LSD.
11 April 2016
Brain scans reveal how LSD affects consciousness
Drugs researcher David Nutt discusses brain-imaging studies with hallucinogens.
11 April 2016
Chemsex and the Case for Preventative HIV Drugs in the UK
"This is about being responsible for yourself and everyone else. PrEP is an opt in—HIV is not an opt out"
7 December 2015
A Clinical Trial Is Exploring How MDMA Could Help People With Autism
"It seemed natural to ask: what other populations, beyond people with PTSD, could we help with MDMA?"
27 November 2015