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Trump’s psychedelics executive order and how Texas inspired (and may benefit from) it
Editor’s Note: Join me in welcoming Robin Berghaus, an Austin, Texas based freelance journalist, audio and documentary producer whose work has appeared…
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Can an LLM get high? 5 Questions with clinical neuroscientist Ziv Ben-Zion
Ben-Zion discusses how artificial intelligence mimics the psychedelic experience.
Apr 20
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Scientists test if ketamine has antidepressant effects under anesthesia; France is the first to approve IV ketamine for severe suicidal…
Plus: New research on the role of trip sitters; Various state bills move to expand psychedelics research and access
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Can you kill a bad trip?: 5 Questions for emergency physician Gregory Yates
Yates discusses experimental attempts to end a psychedelic trip early.
Apr 13
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Scientists engineered plants to produce five psychedelics at once; ‘Mega-analysis’ shows brain responses to five psychedelics share a…
Plus: Texas moves forward with ibogaine trials without a drug company partner; Scientists flag risks associated with psychiatric hospitalization…
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Carne de Dios
An excerpt of a novel by the Mexican writer Homero Aridjis
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Two psilocybin bills progress in Massachusetts and Washington’s King County passes deprioritization proposal; New Mexico psilocybin program…
Plus: AbbVie-acquired psychedelics company raises $60 million; Tracking psychoactive use via European wastewater; and selection bias in psychedelic…
Mar 27
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Project Mind Control: 5 Questions with historian John Lisle
Lisle discusses what recently-discovered documents reveal about the CIA’s top-secret project.
Mar 23
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New analysis: Psychedelics may be no better than SSRIs in treating depression, Kentucky ibogaine bill and New Mexico psilocybin equity fund
Plus: Bretisilocin becomes first psychedelic to receive EU priority medicines, Psychedelic Medicine Association's accreditation program and Oregon…
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Dolphins, LSD, and floating tanks : 5 Questions for filmmaker Courtney Stephens
Stephens discusses her documentary on the controversial scientist John C. Lilly.
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