How psychedelic clinical trials are being affected by coronavirus
April 8, 2020
Almost all clinical psychedelic drug research is being affected in some way or another by COVID-19. But, response measures vary from one organization to the next.
Ayahuasca Healings’ Trinity de Guzman calls coronavirus “a necessary purge”
March 25, 2020
“The Corona Virus is a necessary purge of what is no longer in resonance,” Trinity de Guzman wrote in a recent email to his followers.
Native American Churches Request that Peyote Not Be Included in Decriminalization Initiatives
March 16, 2020
A long-fought battle for access to peyote, and a dwindling population in the United States has led Native American Church members and peyote conservationists to request that peyote be left out of decriminalization efforts.
A Statement Regarding “The Emergence of a New Market: Psychedelic Science Conferences”
March 3, 2020
Our statement on a recent Chacruna article by Dr. Bia Labate.
Eleusis Benefit Corp: Taking the “Psychedelic” Out of Psychedelics
February 11, 2020
Shlomi Raz, CEO of Eleusis Benefit Corporation, made false claims about psychedelics. We asked multiple ethnobotanists, a medical anthropologist, and a chemist if they could help us set the record straight.
Could wearable microdosing technology be a thing one day?
February 5, 2020
Could a liquid-delivery system meant to help maintain a personalized “scent bubble” quietly usher in the creation of wearable psychedelic microdosing technology? A U.S. patent for this system is just one among an increasing list of psychedelic-inspired intellectual properties.
Lucy In The Sky With Nazis: Psychedelics and the Right Wing
February 3, 2020
Psychedelic advocates have long asserted that broader psychedelic use will lead to a more open, progressive society, but there are too many instances of right-wingers who have taken them for that to be true.
BBC Duped into Promoting Marketing Scheme for Microdosing Psychedelics
January 15, 2020
A recent BBC story entitled “The ‘psychedelics coach’ with drug-fuelled career advice,” offers an opportunity to examine what happens when sloppy journalism and self-promotional psychedelic marketers collide.
LSD Chemist William Leonard Pickard Has Been Released From Prison
July 24, 2020
LSD chemist and longtime drug war prisoner, William Leonard Pickard, was officially released from prison on July 27, 2020. Pickard had been locked down since 2000 and was slated to serve two life sentences without the possibility of parole.
Forget Plant-Based Medicine, MDMA is Now Made From Crude Oil
August 4, 2020
MAPS claims the most sustainable way to produce commercial MDMA is through the use of petrochemical feedstocks.