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A non-hallucinogenic LSD analog?; Texas committee advances ibogaine research grant bill; Psyence bets on ibogaine
Plus: Bills advance in Connecticut and Nevada, and can LSD microdoses increase sleep lengths?
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Taking the drug out of the trip: 5 Questions for Stanford anesthesiologist and neuroscientist Boris Heifets
Heifets discusses what his work might suggest about how psychedelics work, and what role placebo and expectation play in outcomes of psychedelic…
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New Mexico becomes third state to establish a state psilocybin program; Federal bill to improve veteran access to psychedelics; DOGE…
Plus: Reducing bias in psychedelics studies and Illicit European MDMA production
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Colorado’s first licensed healing center: 5 Questions for The Center Origin co-founder and clinical director Mikki Vogt
Vogt discusses the genesis of The Center Origin and the process of getting licensed.
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Veterans Affairs Secretary vows to “get to the yes” on psychedelics; Colorado licenses first psilocybin healing center; Perceived effects of…
Plus: The State of Psychedelics, and volatile psychedelics stocks
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Psilocybin for anorexia: 5 Questions for researcher Marissa Raymond-Flesch
Raymond-Flesch discusses a new study using psilocybin-assisted therapy to treat people with anorexia, and why psychedelics could potentially help…
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Minnesota introduces psilocybin decriminalization bill, and wide-ranging Florida bill would ban psilocybin mushroom spores and mycelia; One…
Plus: Veterans’ attitudes about psychedelics, and the future of psychedelic therapy access in Europe
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The power of “know-cebo”: 5 Questions for data scientist Balázs Szigeti
Szigeti discusses expectancy effects, unblinding, and how researchers might design better studies on psychedelics.
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New Mexico poised to become third state with a regulated psilocybin program; Low doses of LSD for ADHD no more effective than placebo; State…
Plus: Ukraine Ministry of Health proposes rescheduling psychedelics; and clinician survey highlights barriers to psychedelic-assisted therapies
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Taking ayahuasca with mom: 5 Questions for NFL safety Jordan Poyer
Poyer discusses the interfamilial psychedelics experience and how the substances have affected his worldview and career.
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