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The wild history of MDMA: 5 Questions for author Rachel Nuwer
Nuwer discusses her new book, I Feel Love, and the history of MDMA.
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Does psilocybin treatment need therapy? Group files for a psychedelics ballot initiative in Massachusetts; A new U.S. national poll asks…
Plus: More police raids on shroom dispensaries in Canada, and Berkeley passes psychedelics resolution
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"I was shaking and trembling:" 5 Questions for Indigenous protester Kuthoomi Castro
Castro talks about taking over the microphone at the MAPS conference.
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Mixing antidepressants and psychedelics: 5 Questions for psychopharmacologist Kelan Thomas
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Dispatches from Denver: Day 1 at Psychedelic Science 2023
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Prozac Lessons: 5 Questions for drug historian David Herzberg
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New study suggests TrkB receptor is key to psychedelics’ antidepressant effects, U.S. Patent board upholds COMPASS COMP360 patents, and…
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Australia’s new MDMA and psilocybin prescription program raises concerns for researchers, prompts psychiatrists’ organization to release…
Plus: Harnessing the placebo effect, and California’s SB 58 amendment follows in the footsteps of Colorado and Oregon
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Jeffrey Sitting Bear, Peyote, and Hippies
A phone call to an Oglala Lakota elder.
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Indigenous peyote use: 5 Questions for attorney Steven C. Moore
Moore discusses the history and future of peyote use and legal access for Indigenous people in the United States.
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FDA releases psychedelic recommendations; best practices in obtaining informed consent for psychedelic therapy; new NJ bill, CA bill…
Plus: Psychedelics users more likely to support legalization than medicalization; and consumption limits and product labeling in Oregon
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Dispatches from Denver: Day 4 at Psychedelic Science 2023
Welcome back to The Microdose, an independent journalism newsletter brought to you by the U.C. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics. This…
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Dispatches from Denver: Day 3 at Psychedelic Science 2023
Welcome back to The Microdose, an independent journalism newsletter brought to you by the U.C. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics. This…
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Dispatches from Denver: Day 2 at Psychedelic Science 2023
Welcome back to The Microdose, an independent journalism newsletter brought to you by the U.C. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics. This…
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