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Oct 28, 2021
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Mixing antidepressants and psychedelics: 5 Questions for psychopharmacologist Kelan Thomas
Thomas discusses what we know — and don’t know — about potential interactions between psychedelics and SSRIs.
Jun 5, 2023
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Dec 20, 2023
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What do people see when they’re tripping?: 5 Questions for neuroscientist Sean Noah
Noah discusses what analyzing Erowid's trip reports can tell us about psychedelics and human vision.
Feb 24
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What do people see when they’re tripping?: 5 Questions for neuroscientist Sean Noah
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MDMA for narcissism? 5 Questions for psychoanalyst and psychiatrist Alexa Albert
Albert discusses why MDMA might help people with narcissism, and the details of a pilot study that aims to explore that.
Jun 9
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MDMA for narcissism? 5 Questions for psychoanalyst and psychiatrist Alexa Albert
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Meta suspends numerous psychedelics-related accounts; California psilocybin pilot program bill dies; and Preliminary results from…
Plus: Psychedelic luminary Amanda Feilding dies and legal risks to providers talking about psychedelics
May 30
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Meta suspends numerous psychedelics-related accounts; California psilocybin pilot program bill dies; and Preliminary results from Gilgamesh’s phase 2 clinical trial
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“You can be humbled by a trip”: 5 Questions for Zen Buddhist priest Kokyo Henkel
Henkel explains what how he thinks Buddhist practice might benefit psychonauts and how psychedelic practice might benefit Buddhists.
Mar 10
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“You can be humbled by a trip”: 5 Questions for Zen Buddhist priest Kokyo Henkel
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RFK Jr.’s first acid trip, and federal health leaders appear to be keen on psychedelics; The rise of ketamine use disorder
Plus: The State of Psychedelics, and how moments of “insight” contribute to psychedelics’ therapeutic effects
May 2
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RFK Jr.’s first acid trip, and federal health leaders appear to be keen on psychedelics; The rise of ketamine use disorder
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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.
Jan 6
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The risks of mixing ayahuasca and SSRIs: 5 Questions for UCLA psychiatry professor Charles Grob
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FDA commissioner says psychedelics are a “top priority,” and Connecticut legislators just barely pass decrim bill
Plus: DEA grants right to use ayahuasca to Spokane, WA church, and New EU funding for psychedelics research
May 23
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FDA commissioner says psychedelics are a “top priority,” and Connecticut legislators just barely pass decrim bill
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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.
Jan 27
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Sex & Psychedelics: 5 Questions for magazine founder Sura Hertzberg
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Not everything’s bigger in Texas
I went to SXSW and learned about “the mullet” approach to psychedelics
Mar 12
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