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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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Mixing antidepressants and psychedelics: 5 Questions for psychopharmacologist Kelan Thomas
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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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“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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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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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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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
Mar 21 • 
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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 bill bonanza continues
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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 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.
Mar 24 • 
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The power of “know-cebo”: 5 Questions for data scientist Balázs Szigeti
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Breaking News: F.D.A. Panel Votes Against MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD
On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration’s Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted overwhelmingly to reject MDMA-assisted therapy in the…
Jun 5, 2024 • 
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Breaking News: F.D.A. Panel Votes Against MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD
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