Psychedelics in the press

The psychedelics industry received a boost in confidence this week by way of a new market report from banking giant Morgan Stanley. By Bryan Mc Govern – 8/3/2022 Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) has shared its first official commentary on the psychedelics industry. The concept of investing in psychedelic medicine received a legitimate vote of confidence of […]

Ellen Meyers has lived with the consuming grief of losing her only child for more than a decade. Ketamine therapy is helping her find some peace at last. By Ellen Meyers – 11/2/2022 My doctor tells me to close my eyes and asks me what I am feeling in my body. I tell her my

Psychiatrists express concern about the safety of taking the mind-altering anesthetic at home. By Brianna Abbott and Daniela Hernandez – 10/30/2022 Startups are prescribing ketamine online to treat serious mental-health conditions, raising concern among psychiatrists about the safety of taking the mind-altering anesthetic without medical supervision, sometimes at high doses that raise risks of side

By CARLA K. JOHNSON – 8/24/2022 The compound in psychedelic mushrooms helped heavy drinkers cut back or quit entirely in the most rigorous test of psilocybin for alcoholism. More research is needed to see if the effect lasts and whether it works in a larger study. Many who took a dummy drug instead of psilocybin

Ketamine was originally approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an anesthetic, but is increasingly being used to treat mood disorders, such as treatment-resistant depression, anxiety disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).1,2 Several studies have also found it to be effective for treating suicidal ideation.3,4 “Ketamine can play an important role in the treatment

By Sonya Collins Medically Reviewed by Dan Brennan, MD on May 04, 2022 Jeff Winograd didn’t know an adult life without depression. Since he was 20 years old, he had tried virtually every antidepressant on the market. But he says, “The depression was just a constant.” By the time he was 45 years old, by

By Max Savage Levenson, 9/7/2022 Last night, Sept. 6, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors gave unanimous approval to a resolution that effectively decriminalizes entheogens and their compounds for adult use. The resolution defines entheogens as the “full spectrum of plants, fungi, and natural materials that can inspire personal and spiritual well-being.” That list includes

The medical benefits of psychedelic drugs have gone from Age of Aquarius punchline to solid science, but the startups racing to market might still be getting ahead of themselves. ByKristen V Brown and Drake Bennett – 8/22/2022 Under the pale light of a laboratory flow hood, clad in a cleanroom suit, hat, and booties, Sarah

by Bob Yirka, Medical Xpress – 7/28/2022   A team of researchers at the University of Geneva has found that ketamine is unlikely to be addictive to people who use it for extended periods of time. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes their study of the impact of the synthetic compound

Psilocybin, the ingredient in magic mushrooms, along with talk therapy, showed significant benefit in the largest clinical trial of its kind. By Kaitlin Sullivan, Akshay Syal, M.D., Kori Lynch and Harry Smith Two doses of psilocybin pills, along with psychotherapy, helped people with alcohol use disorder reduce drinking for at least eight months after their

PAST 12-MONTH LSD USE RATE INCREASED FROM 0.9 PERCENT IN 2002 TO 4 PERCENT IN 2019 Hallucinogen use has increased since 2015, overall and particularly among adults 26 and older, while use decreased in adolescents aged 12–17 years according to a new study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Irving

By Black Swan, MD – 7/3/2021 I’m on a plane in a viral pandemic headed for Rythmia, a life advancement center in Costa Rica, to drink the plants. I’m a physician, a specialist in infectious disease (ID), who practices evidenced based medicine and this voyage is therefore wildly atypical. If, as a resident, I proposed