psilocybin
Psychedelics Rejected for Therapeutic Use in Australia
The country’s medical regulator has rejected an application to have MDMA and psilocybin legalised for clinical use, citing a lack of evidence.
New Filing Challenges Compass Pathways’ Infamous Patent on Synthetic Psilocybin
The non-profit Freedom to Operate used research from chemists and crystallographers to argue in a legal filing that Compass’ form of synthetic psilocybin is not a new invention.
Australian Therapists to Be Given Psilocybin to Better Understand Their Patients
For the first time, researchers have been given ethics approval to study whether the psychedelic can be used to treat a primary anxiety disorder.
The False Promise of Psychedelic Utopia
Some advocates claim that widespread psychedelic use will change the world for the better. But it’s not so simple.
Psychedelics Are a Billion-Dollar Business, and No One Can Agree Who Should Control It
For-profit companies want psychedelics to be treated as medicine; others want them to just be legal. They'll have to learn to get along.
Magic Mushroom Stores Are Open in Canada — But They're Still Illegal
Canada and some U.S. jurisdictions are loosening their laws around psilocybin as black market dispensaries crop up.
The Next Step for Legal Mushrooms—Losing the Trip
Bob Marley’s family and others are getting in on the non-psychedelic, CBD version of magic mushrooms.
Harvard Lawyers Will Study the Legal Questions Around Psychedelic Treatment
Funded in part by Tim Ferriss, the Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation will tackle the many unanswered legal questions facing psychedelic-assisted therapy.
Psychedelics Patent Claim Raises Questions From Researchers Who Say They Did It First
A recent application from CB Therapeutics on biosynthetic psilocybin is emblematic of the IP concerns around novelty and obviousness the psychedelic field will face.
Benefits From Microdosing Psychedelics May Be a Placebo, Says Study
It found no significant difference in the psychological wellbeing of participants who took LSD or psilocybin mushrooms, and those who took a placebo capsule.
10 Questions You Always Wanted to Ask a Psychedelic Lawyer
An attorney who specialises in psychedelic law tells us why we need to legalise psychedelics, how those caught with magic mushrooms have gotten away, and getting high for research.