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Thanks to organizing from local advocacy organizations, Minnesota has quietly become a hotbed of reform launching a psychedelic task force and deprioritized arrests related to entheogenic plants and fungi.
The future of ibogaine therapy was a central topic at the 2025 Psychedelic Science conference, where it was endorsed by former Texas governor Rick Perry and others. Other states are following suit, but some advocates worry about possible exploitation of the plant medicine.
The final day of PS2025 on June 20 offered a declaration from Indigenous activists, a Q&A about psychedelic parenthood, a conversation with Hamilton Morris about ketamine, an introduction into the benefits of nature therapy, plus videos from the closing ceremony.
Psychedelic Science 2025 featured presentations about state policy initiatives for psychedelic therapies, including the Texas Ibogaine Initiative, bipartisan support for psychedelic legal reform in Nevada, and advocacy by the new Center for Psychedelic Policy.
During the second day of Psychedelic Science 2025, psychologist Carl Hart spoke about “psychedelic exceptionalism,” writer Jamie Wheal questioned the direction of the psychedelic movement, and results from a long-awaited clergy study were announced – plus videos about breathwork, and interviews with Pete Sessa of Cannadelic and boxer Mark Irwin.
The second day of the 2025 Psychedelic Science conference centered Black voices, featuring a celebration of Juneteenth, and talks on the Black psychedelic revolution, support systems for houseless people, and a psychedelic library turned bookmobile.
In our continuation of coverage from the first day of the 2025 Psychedelic Science conference, we report on therapists discussing trauma, lessons from criminal legal reform, psychedelics in athletics, DOI and DOC, PAT for veterans, and the pardons CO governor Polis made on the opening day of the conference.
The first day of talks at the 2025 Psychedelic Science conference in Denver, Colorado featured presentations about psychedelic churches, religious use, and how psychedelics can help address questions around the climate crisis.
The 2025 Psychedelic Science conference kicked off on Wednesday, June 18 with a plenary talk at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.
A new annual holiday, Tram Day, has been created to honor Susi Ramstein, the first woman to take LSD and Dr. Albert Hofmann’s laboratory assistant who accompanied him on his famous bicycle ride.
