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June 2026

Do psychedelics create false memories? 5 Questions with psychologist Samuli Kangaslampi
Kangaslampi discusses the need to study autobiographical memories that may emerge during trips.
 • Shayla Love
Definium releases LSD for depression Phase 3 results and Colorado activists fight recent bill’s amendments to sharing psychedelics
Plus: Survey suggests most veterans support VA-funded psychedelic-assisted therapy, and psychedelic research funding bills and a move towards psilocybin…
 • jane c. hu
Is the boom in toad-derived 5-MeO-DMT built on a false history? Colorado’s new law lays groundwork for ibogaine access
Plus: Study finds personality traits may shape the intensity of psychedelic sensory experiences
 • Robin Berghaus
The poster child for psychedelic mushrooms is named after a country that doesn’t use it
On the history of Psilocybe cubensis and Cuba
 • Whitney Bauck
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
 • Anna Marie Yanny
Dispatch from The Netherlands Part 2
Reporting from the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research
 • Shayla Love
Dispatch from The Netherlands
Reporting from the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research
 • Shayla Love
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…
 • Whitney Bauck

May 2026

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