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Sex & Psychedelics: 5 Questions for magazine founder Sura Hertzberg
Hertzberg discusses her vision for her magazine and how it came together.
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FDA expands Spravato approval, and the Future of RFK Jr. and federal agencies' approach to psychedelics in limbo
Plus: Colorado synthetic psilocybin bill passes house and Massachusetts introduces flurry of psychedelics legislation; Living systematic reviews; and…
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Lykos board shake-up; Colorado’s Natural Medicine program weighs new at-home facilitation rules; LSD for mind control
Plus: Psilocybin bans expire in 14 Oregon municipalities, and the State of Psychedelics
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Ayahuasca in China, Peru, and Australia: 5 Questions for anthropologist Alex Gearin
Gearin discusses what he’s learned through his research and the differences and similarities in how people across these three contexts approached…
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Billionaire proposes plan to take control of Lykos; Colorado’s Natural Medicine Program launches; Could Minnesota be next?; Mail-order…
Plus: New year, new legislation; Probing cognitive consequences of HPPD
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The risks of mixing ayahuasca and SSRIs: 5 Questions for UCLA psychiatry professor Charles Grob
Grob discusses ayahuasca's risks, his research on the substance, and the growing need for new ayahuasca studies.
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What is one psychedelics story you will be following in 2025?
To kick off the new year, we at The Microdose asked a handful of journalists who closely follow and regularly report on the psychedelics beat to answer…

December 2024

MindMed launches first Phase III LSD trial; A new psychedelic mushroom species?; No tripping outdoors in Denver
Plus: Can psilocybin increase empathy in depressed people? and Naropa spins out psychedelic training program
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India, Hinduism, and psychedelics: 5 Questions for scholar Swayam Bagaria
Bagaria discusses the role Hinduism has played in the modern psychedelics resurgence and how culture shapes the psychedelic sciences.
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Psilocybin for frontline workers; Ketamine lost in transit; What do we know about Luigi Mangione’s interest in psychedelics?
Plus: Illinois lawmakers hold psilocybin hearing and Psychedelic therapy curricula in academia
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The future of MDMA research: 5 Questions for Australian psychologist Gill Bedi
Bedi discusses her MDMA research, and changing trends in the field over the last two decades as well as the psychedelics scene in Australia.
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VA funds first psychedelics study since the 1960s; Colorado municipalities pass ordinances to restrict psilocybin businesses; What would…
Plus: Permanent psilocybin bans in Oregon, and should people with schizophrenia be excluded from psychedelics studies?
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