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Big changes ahead for Oregon’s psilocybin agency, New bill seeks to turn Trump’s psychedelics executive order into permanent law
Plus: Compass Pathways announces new Phase 3 results, and Lawsuit against LSD company Definium is dismissed
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Fungi in the forests of Yunnan: 5 Questions for filmmaker April Fan
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Do psychedelics create false memories? 5 Questions with psychologist Samuli Kangaslampi
Kangaslampi discusses the need to study autobiographical memories that may emerge during trips.
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Definium releases LSD for depression Phase 3 results and Colorado activists fight recent bill’s amendments to sharing psychedelics
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Plus: Study finds personality traits may shape the intensity of psychedelic sensory experiences
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The poster child for psychedelic mushrooms is named after a country that doesn’t use it
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An Amanita mushroom poisoning outbreak in California; A case report testing psilocybin for advanced Alzheimer’s disease
Plus: Scientists assess risk of psychedelic-induced mania; and the close of this season’s psychedelic legislation push
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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…
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