Despite its vast potential, LSD has been mostly off-limits to scientists for half a century, declared highly dangerous, even in small doses. But a landmark placebo-controlled clinical trial found microdoses of LSD are physically safe, easing the drug’s path forward as a medicine. Researchers in London with Eleusis, a private life-sciences company, asked 48 healthy, older adults without significant […]
The world is wondering what to do with psilocybin, one of the most promising drugs in the world. Three cities — Denver, Oakland, and Santa Cruz — now allow citizens to grow and use psilocybin mushrooms without fear of city cops. Meanwhile, a handful of ambitious startups are quickly forming to study, package, and deliver […]
By Michelle Janikian Like many teens in the mid-2000s, I took a bong rip of Salvia divinorum extract in a group of laughing friends, and didn’t feel the need to touch the plant again. The 5 to 10-minute trip completely took me out of my mind, body, and surroundings in what I’d still, to this day, categorize […]
We talked to a 79-year-old underground MDMA psychotherapist. Remaining anonymous, due to the illegality of this work, he shares some of his greatest insights from his many years of experience helping people with psychedelic therapy. Succeeding a twenty-year hiatus from MDMA therapy, he continues to provide this healing psychedelic work to individuals today. The following […]