psychedelics
It’s Time to Start Studying the Downside of Psychedelics
Before psychedelic therapy and services becomes widely available, there needs to be a better understanding of all the ways these experiences can go wrong.
Love & Other Drugs: The Couples Using Psychedelics as a Way To Get Closer
“We’ve had some very bad fights in our relationship but facing these issues and talking about them after tripping together made us realise how grateful we are for each other.”
The Insights Psychedelics Give You Aren’t Always True
The study of false—sober—insights teaches us to be wary of accepting every realization from psychedelic trips without critical thinking.
What It's Like to Trip on DMT
Everything to know about the hallucinogenic “spirit molecule”—common side effects include seeing aliens and finally connecting with the universe.
The Future of Psychedelic Medicine Will Be Drugs You’ve Never Heard Of
Scientists are designing new psychedelic-inspired drugs that don’t yet exist, which might have effects no one can yet describe.
The Battle Over Psychedelic Therapy's Future
In a new documentary, VICE News explores what legal psychedelic therapy and access will be like in the US, and if it will be accessible.
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.
Psychedelic Telemedicine Has Arrived. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Long wait times, minimal therapy, and wrong dosing are some of the bad experiences clients say they’ve had with Mindbloom, a ketamine company. It and other psychedelic tech startups are raising questions about the limits of telemedicine in this field.
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.
My Bipolar Mother's Quest For Relief With Magic Mushrooms
French photographer Mathias de Lattre's project "Mother's Therapy" examines the relationship between mental illness and psychedelic therapies.