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After publishing a new study investigating synthetic analogs for iboga molecules, scientist and co-founder of Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals, Dalibor Sames, decided to take the compound he has described as an intelligent molecular machine.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has announced $50 million in awards to a collective of public universities across the state to establish the Texas Ibogaine Research Consortium.
For millennia, Himalayan tribes have scaled cliffs to obtain psychoactive honey for its medicinal properties. However, in recent years, their sacred gift has been appropriated by thrill-seekers influenced by “podcast bros”, creating health and ecological complications.
New Mexico health officials announced plans to launch the state’s medical psilocybin therapy program by the end of December 2026 – a full year ahead of the legislative deadline.
Supporters of the Freedom To Heal Act met with members of Congress and their staff this week seeking backing for legislation that would allow DEA-regulated medical use of Schedule I substances for patients with life-threatening conditions.
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.
Fifty-five therapists join a fleet of international practitioners to train in MDMA-assisted therapy and advance MAPS’ international goals for conflict zones.
Has the psilocybin therapy industry peaked already in Oregon? Growth is slow, and uncertainty reigns, but safeguards seem to be working.
Entrepreneurs Nick Janicki of the float tank company True REST and Robin Arnott of the “digital psychedelic” company SoundSelf are teaming up to create centers that they say will offer clinical ketamine treatment together with prep and integration services including float tanks, music, and light technologies.
