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# Lucid News

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- [Approval Is Not Access: A Postcard From Psychedelic Europe](https://www.lucid.news/approval-is-not-access-a-postcard-from-psychedelic-europe/) - At ICPR 2026 at the historic city ofin Haarlem in the Netherlands, the companies racing to turn psychedelics into approved medicines were nowhere to be found, leaving a hall full of researchers, clinicians, and one reimbursement-obsessed reporter to sit with the unglamorous question of how these treatments will ever actually reach a patient.
- [Football Player Jordan Poyer Leads the Breath of Life Tour](https://www.lucid.news/football-player-jordan-poyer-leads-the-breath-of-life-tour/) - Football player Jordan Poyer found healing with ayahuasca and is bringing his awareness of psychedelic medicines and breathwork to his Breath of Life tour.
- [PsyCon Denver 2026: Modern Psychedelia Braces for What Comes Next](https://www.lucid.news/psycon-denver-2026-modern-psychedelia-braces-for-what-comes-next/) - AI, alternative wellness, and gray market products galore dominate the discourse at the PsyCon Denver conference.
- [Protests Highlighting Conflict in Gaza Disrupt Psychedelic Culture Conference](https://www.lucid.news/protests-highlighting-conflict-in-gaza-disrupt-psychedelic-culture-conference/) - Pointed conversations between protesters and MAPS founder Rick Doblin at the Psychedelic Culture Conference in San Francisco amplified disagreements and shared perspectives about the conflict in Gaza.
- [Learning to Die Well: Inside a Psychedelic End‑of‑Life Retreat](https://www.lucid.news/learning-to-die-well-inside-a-psychedelic-end-of-life-retreat/) - What if learning how to die well is also how we learn to live? Inside a psychedelic end‑of‑life retreat rooted in the teachings of Ram Dass and a growing movement toward conscious dying.
- [Activists March for Cognitive Liberty in NYC and Advocate in San Francisco](https://www.lucid.news/activists-march-for-cognitive-liberty-in-nyc-and-advocate-in-san-francisco/) - Psychedelic advocates organized by the Psychedelic Assembly marched through the streets of Manhattan to support cognitive liberty which was also championed on stage at the Psychedelic Culture conference in San Francisco.
- [Trump Signs Executive Order To Fast-Track Psychedelic Research](https://www.lucid.news/trump-signs-executive-order-designed-to-fast-track-psychedelic-research/) - President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at accelerating clinical research and federal approval for psychedelic therapies especially ibogaine as mental health therapy for veterans.
- [Evaluating the Pros and Cons of State Psychedelic Task Forces](https://www.lucid.news/evaluating-the-pros-and-cons-of-state-psychedelic-task-forces/) - While state legislatures across the U.S. are creating task forces to evaluate proposed legislation to regulate psychedelic-assisted therapies, there remains a disconnect between what advocates want and what legislators are willing to pass without a clear ask, incremental steps, and effective bill language.
- [Beyond FDA Approval: Psychedelics as Catalysts For Creativity and Innovation ](https://www.lucid.news/beyond-fda-approval-psychedelics-as-catalysts-for-creativity-and-innovation/) - While psychedelics have a history of sparking creativity, the first modern study to investigate the potential of psilocybin to enhance the brain’s ability to unlock creativity and problem solving is underway at the University of Texas, Austin and groups like Center for MINDS is exploring this connection.
- [Federal Support for U.S. Psychedelic Research Accelerates 5-MeO-DMT Clinical Trials](https://www.lucid.news/federal-support-for-u-s-psychedelic-research-accelerates-5-meo-dmt-clinical-trials/) - The rescheduling of cannabis by executive order and the FDA's acceleration of research into potential 5-MeO-DMT therapies reflects expanded federal support for clinical investigations into psychedelic-assisted treatments in the U.S.
- [New Federal Bill Aims to Establish VA Office of Novel Therapeutics](https://www.lucid.news/new-federal-bill-aims-to-establish-va-office-of-novel-therapeutics/) - The Veterans Health Administration Novel Therapeutics Preparedness Act is the fourth psychedelics-related bill filed in Congress this term as related legislation gains momentum.
- [New Orleans Hosts Psychedelic Research Conference Double-Header](https://www.lucid.news/new-orleans-hosts-psychedelic-research-conference-double-header/) - Over the last week in February, more than 200 people from psychedelic drug development companies, clinical researchers, regulators, and investors gathered in New Orleans to attend the 6th Annual Psychedelic Therapeutics and Drug Development Conference (PTDD) and the 3rd meeting of the International Society for Psychedelic Research (ISRP).
- [Turning On The Culture](https://www.lucid.news/turning-on-the-culture/) - Author and therapist Charles Wininger asks what would happen if millions of people across the political spectrum arose tomorrow and said ENOUGH of vitriol and demonization, suspicion and media-induced bitterness and hatred and instead received information from their higher selves rather than from divisive devices and screaming screens? 
- [Oregon's Psilocybin Program: Industry Insiders Weigh In On Closures and the Future](https://www.lucid.news/oregons-psilocybin-program-industry-insiders-weigh-in-on-closures-and-the-future/) - Industry insiders weigh in on the growing pains of Oregon's regulated psilocybin program which has seen concerns raised about licensing fees and some service centers close.
- [Legislation, Industry, and the Future of Psilocybin for PTSD ](https://www.lucid.news/legislation-industry-and-the-future-of-psilocybin-for-ptsd/) - The FDA acceptance of Compass Pathway’s Investigational New Drug Application for their COMP360 compound as a possible therapy for PTSD introduces a new area of possible therapies using psilocybin.
- [NJ Psilocybin Legislation Exposes Conflicts Between Advocates for Different Therapeutic  Models](https://www.lucid.news/nj-psilocybin-legislation-exposes-conflicts-between-advocates-for-different-therapeutic-models/) - The passage of New Jersey Assembly Bill 3852, which creates a psilocybin therapy pilot program, exposed deep rifts between advocates seeking a medicalized pharmaceutical-led model and those supporting a community-based framework to regulate less costly psilocybin mushrooms.
- [Varying Approaches to Psychedelic Policy Reform in Washington State](https://www.lucid.news/varying-approaches-to-psychedelic-policy-reform-in-washington-state/) - Lawmakers in Washington state have been debating two distinct and often conflicting visions for the regulation of psychedelics that reflects national tensions about the future of psychedelic therapies.
- [New Theories and Findings From The Frontier of Ibogaine Research ](https://www.lucid.news/new-theories-and-findings-from-the-frontier-of-ibogaine-research/) - 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.
- [Authors of Largest Microdosing Study Suggest Benefits Limited To Dosing Day](https://www.lucid.news/authors-of-largest-microdosing-study-suggest-benefits-limited-to-dosing-day/) - Recent research surveying 1,435 microdosers suggests that microdosing’s duration of effect might be more like that of drinking a coffee, with benefits that come and go by day’s end.
- [New RAND Report Shows Therapeutic Use Driving U.S. Views Towards Psychedelics](https://www.lucid.news/rand-report-therapeutic-use-us-views-psychedelics/) - A new report from the RAND Corporation shows that nearly one-quarter of U.S. adults now support the legal use of psilocybin with public support driven by approval for therapeutic not personal access or recreational use.
- [What to Watch Out For in the Psychedelic Sector in 2026](https://www.lucid.news/watch-psychedelic-sector-2026/) - Ismail Lourido Ali, JD, Co-Executive Director of The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), offers thoughts on what to watch out for in the psychedelic sector in 2026.
- [Partners Announced for Texas Ibogaine Research Consortium Funding](https://www.lucid.news/partners-announced-for-texas-ibogaine-research-consortium-funding/) - 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.
- [From Nepal to Podcasts: The Viral Rise of Hallucinogenic "Mad Honey"](https://www.lucid.news/nepal-podcasts-viral-rise-hallucinogenic-mad-honey/) - 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.
- [Revealing Statistics Question If Psychedelics Truly Impact Religious Beliefs](https://www.lucid.news/revealing-statistics-question-if-psychedelics-truly-impact-religious-beliefs/) - Journalist Don Lattin writes that a new study examining the impact of psychedelic use on religious experiences supports his view that much of psychedelic research and journalism takes place in an echo chamber of self-reinforcing beliefs.
- [Freedom To Heal Act Gathers Support](https://www.lucid.news/freedom-to-heal-act-gathers-support/) - 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.
- [Latinas in Psychedelics: Building Community, Honoring Heritage, and Shaping the Future](https://www.lucid.news/latinas-in-psychedelics-building-community-honoring-heritage-and-shaping-the-future/) - As psychedelics gain mainstream acceptance in medicine and wellness, Latina voices are stepping forward to ensure these movements respect cultural lineage, increase representation, and create pathways for responsible participation.
- [An Open Letter to Psychedelic Journalists](https://www.lucid.news/an-open-letter-to-psychedelic-journalists/) - Essayist Jim Tate warns psychedelic journalists who become high-profile influencers that drifting from rigorous, evidence-based reporting can impact the safety of people who seek experiences with substances that can affect their mental health.
- [The High Stakes of Low Tolerance: Jeremy O. Harris’ Arrest, Detention, and Release in Japan](https://www.lucid.news/the-high-stakes-of-low-tolerance-jeremy-o-harris-arrest-detention-and-release-in-japan/) - The arrest of Jeremy O. Harris at a Japanese airport for allegedly possessing a small quantity of MDMA in his luggage highlights the country's stringent drug laws and ongoing uncertainty about whether the playwright will still be indicted on drug charges after his release.
- [How Psilocybin Helped Reconnect A Doctor With Her Intuition](https://www.lucid.news/how-mushrooms-helped-me-doctor/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, Julia Mirer shares how a seemingly uneventful psilocybin experience helped her release an inherited dream of practicing western medicine.
- [Syndelic Saga: The Fight for Psychedelic Product Integrity ](https://www.lucid.news/syndelic-saga-the-fight-for-psychedelic-product-integrity/) - Consumer products marketed as containing psilocybin or other psychedelics are often mislabeled, and may instead contain potentially harmful synthetic compounds that evade fragmented regulatory frameworks.
- [New Mexico to Accelerate Its Launch of Therapeutic Psilocybin Access](https://www.lucid.news/new-mexico-to-accelerate-its-launch-of-therapeutic-psilocybin-access/) - 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.
- [Escalating the Drug War: Trump’s Attacks On Civilian Boats ](https://www.lucid.news/escalating-the-drug-war-trumps-attacks-on-civilian-boats/) - The U.S. military attacks on alleged drug boats do nothing to address the dangers posed by illegal drugs and are instead being used as a pretext for possible land invasions and the further erosion of civil liberties that could target drug users in the U.S.
- [Demons and Christians: Why Conservatives Are Rethinking Psychedelics](https://www.lucid.news/why-conservative-christians-are-rethinking-psychedelics/) - Author Erik Davis argues that some Christians resist demonizing psychedelics and are reaching across the ideological divide to acknowledge that these substances can spark sacred encounters and ease suffering.
- [Exploring the Boundary Between Genius and Delusion in Terence McKenna’s Life](https://www.lucid.news/boundary-between-genius-delusion-terence-mckennas-life/) - A new book by Graham St John honors Terence McKenna’s complexity without collapsing into myth.
- [The Attorney Leading the Fight to Bring Psychedelics to the Dying](https://www.lucid.news/attorney-bring-psychedelics-to-dying/) - After decades shaping end-of-life law, attorney Kathryn Tucker is taking on federal bureaucracy to make psilocybin a legal medicine for those with no time to wait.
- [Microdosing Psilocybin Edibles: A User's Experience ](https://www.lucid.news/microdosing-psilocybin-mushrooms-users-experience/) - In this first installment of our new column "The Doseier," where psychonauts review psychedelic products, our intrepid columnist Ethan Parker samples several psilocybin edibles and evaluates their usefulness for microdosing.
- [The Gathering of the Pearl: Psychedelics in the South](https://www.lucid.news/the-gathering-of-the-pearl-psychedelics-in-the-south/) - A gathering to support the Pearl Institute in Asheville, North Carolina, highlights the potential for southern-style psychedelic healing and unity in a fractured age.
- [The Collapse and Restructuring of Field Trip Health](https://www.lucid.news/the-collapse-of-field-trip-health/) - Once a big player in the ketamine clinic business, the implosion of Field Trip Health illustrates the perils encountered by some companies who entered the psychedelic space early.
- [Talking Music and Culture-Making with East Forest](https://www.lucid.news/talking-music-culture-making-east-forest/) - The musician, whose compositions have become an integral part of both spiritual ceremonies and psychedelic clinical trials, reflects on the unique musical frontier he inhabits.
- [How (Not) To Win A Campaign: Lessons From Question 4](https://www.lucid.news/how-not-to-win-a-campaign-lessons-from-question-4/) - As new psychedelic reform bills and ballot initiatives sweep the nation, the failure of the Question 4 ballot initiative in Massachusetts last year offers an instructive case study.
- [Psychedelic Renaissance Reaches Puerto Rico ](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-renaissance-reaches-puerto-rico/) - On Sept. 27th, Puerto Rico hosted its inaugural Puerto Rico Psychedelic Summit (PSPR25) to explore the role of psychedelic medicines in mental health and discuss access, policy and cultural frameworks in Puerto Rico and beyond.
- [Women's Visionary Council Hosts A Day of Remembering](https://www.lucid.news/womens-visionary-council-day-of-remembering/) - The first nonprofit organization for psychedelic women is hosting a Day of Remembering in Berkeley, CA on November 1 to honor elders, ancestors and those who shaped psychedelic history.
- [New York Assembly Considers Psilocybin Bill](https://www.lucid.news/new-york-assembly-considers-psilocybin-bill/) - A proposed bill now being considered by the New York State Assembly would reform criminal penalties against psilocybin under state law and create a regulated public-health framework for dispensing psilocybin to adults by licensed providers for medical use.
- [MAPS Moves Forward With New Leadership Model](https://www.lucid.news/maps-moves-forward-with-new-leadership-model/) - After a challenging year in the wake of the FDA decision on MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD, the MAPS Board of Directors has embraced a new model of leadership, naming Betty Aldworth and Ismail Lourido Ali as co-executive directors.
- [Legislators Revive Policy Reform in Massachusetts](https://www.lucid.news/legislators-revive-policy-reform-massachusetts/) - After the failure of Question 4 in Massachusetts in 2024 there has been a resurgence of other more focused proposed legislation targeting reform of state laws regulating the use of psychedelics.
- [Rewilding the Imagination: Psychedelic Art, Ecological Medicine, and the Practice of Peace](https://www.lucid.news/rewilding-the-imagination-psychedelic-art/) - In this age of climate disruption and cultural fragmentation, multi-modal digital artist Ken Adams believes that art is a survival tool to rewild the imagination and offer awe and reconnection not to escape Earth, but to enchant it anew.
- [Michigan Psychedelic Community Celebrates Entheogens and Activism](https://www.lucid.news/michigan-psychedelic-community-entheogens-and-activism/) - The Michigan Psychedelic Society (MPS) and the Detroit Psychedelic Society (DPS) presented the Entheo Cup and Community Steward Awards last month to support and recognize local psychedelic community, advocacy work and products.
- [The Czech Republic on Psychedelics](https://www.lucid.news/the-czech-republic-on-psychedelics/) - After an extensive history of psychedelic research in the 1960s and '70s, scientists in the Czech Republic are now investigating a range of different psychedelics and their therapeutic applications supported by new legislation legalizing the medical use of psilocybin.
- [Minnesota Psychedelic Medicine Task Force Makes Recommendations](https://www.lucid.news/minnesota-psychedelic-medicine-task-force-makes-recommendations/) - 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 Booming Market For Psychedelic Consumer Packaged Goods ](https://www.lucid.news/booming-market-for-psychedelic-consumer-packaged-goods/) - From DMT vapes to MDMA gummies, psilocybin mushroom chocolate bars, and LSD microdots, an expanding range of psychedelic Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) products is becoming increasingly available in the U.S. and Europe.
- [Local Victories and Legal Battles: Michigan’s Psychedelic Advocates Persist](https://www.lucid.news/michigans-psychedelic-advocates-persist/) - Michigan psychedelic advocates have scored local victories amidst battles to pass legislation for wider access to entheogenic plants.
- [2025: The Year of Ibogaine Therapy](https://www.lucid.news/2025-the-year-of-ibogaine/) - 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.
- [Details of Alleged MA Initiative Campaign Finance Violations In New OCPF Complaints](https://www.lucid.news/details-alleged-ma-initiative-campaign-finance-violations-ocpf-complaints/) - In part 2 of our series on campaign finance, new complaints filed by former staffers of the Massachusetts Yes on 4 psychedelics initiative to the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance appear to contradict assertions from a senior campaign advisor that payments were done in accordance with state law.
- [Arizona Allocates $10 Million for Ibogaine Research](https://www.lucid.news/arizona-allocates-10-million-for-ibogaine-research/) - The state of Arizona has allocated $10 million in funding for ibogaine research as part of the 2026 fiscal year budget.
- [Whistleblowers Claim 2024 MA Psychedelics Ballot Initiative Violated Campaign Finance Laws](https://www.lucid.news/whistleblowers-claim-2024-ma-psychedelics-ballot-initiative-violated-campaign-finance-laws/) - Two former campaign staffers of the failed Yes on 4 ballot initiative in Massachusetts have filed complaints with the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance alleging violations of campaign finance law.
- [PS2025's Policy Track Featured Texas, Nevada, and Lessons From Oregon](https://www.lucid.news/ps2025-policy-track-texas-nevada-oregon/) - 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.
- [Psychedelic Science 2025 Closes with Talks From Indigenous Activists, Psychedelic Parents, and Hamilton Morris](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-science-2025-final-day/) - 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 Opens With Pardons, and Talks Including NFL Players, Legal Reform, and Trauma Experts](https://www.lucid.news/ps2025-pardons-by-govenor-polis/) - 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.
- [Speakers at PS2025 Challenge the Psychedelic Movement, Announce a Clergy Study, and Explore Psychedelics For Brain Injury](https://www.lucid.news/ps2025-challenge-psychedelic-movement-clergy-study-brain-injury/) - During the second day of Psychedelic Science 2025, Carl Hart spoke about "psychedelic exceptionalism," Jamie Wheal questioned the psychedelic movement, and results from a 15-year clergy study were announced, plus videos with Pete Sessa, Mark Iriwn, and Leland Holgate.
- [Psychedelic Science 2025 Featured Talks About Juneteenth, Black Liberation, Healing the Streets and a Psychedelic Bookmobile](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-science-2025-juneteenth-black-liberation-healing-streets-bookmobile/) - The second day of the PS2025 conference centered Black voices, featuring a celebration of Juneteenth and talks on the Black psychedelic revolution, support systems for houseless people, and a psychedelic bookmobile.
- [Psychedelic Science 2025 Examines Religious Use, the Climate Crisis, Fungal Medicine, and the Shulgin Legacy](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-science-2025-religious-use-climate-crisis-stamets-shulgin/) - 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.
- [MAPS Brings MDMA-Assisted Therapy to the War in Ukraine](https://www.lucid.news/maps-mdma-assisted-therapy-ukraine-war/) - Fifty-five therapists join a fleet of international practitioners to train in MDMA-assisted therapy and advance MAPS’ goals for conflict zones.
- [Opening Plenary of Psychedelic Science 2025 Reflects on Challenges](https://www.lucid.news/opening-of-psychedelic-science-2025/) - The 2025 Psychedelic Science conference kicked off on Wednesday, June 18 with a plenary talk at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.
- [Psychedelic Science Gathers Community to Integrate the Field’s New Realities](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-science-gathers-community-to-integrate/) - Featuring hundreds of speakers and immersive community events, Psychedelic Science 2025 emphasizes integration across disciplines to chart a grounded path forward for the psychedelic ecosystem.
- [Rethinking Psychedelic Risk](https://www.lucid.news/rethinking-psychedelic-risk/) - Bia Labate of the Chacruna Institute believes that it's time to rethink psychedelic risk and end the prohibitionist mindset.
- [Legal Psilocybin Services in Oregon Mixed For Providers](https://www.lucid.news/legal-psilocybin-services-in-oregon-mixed-for-providers/) - Providers remain frustrated by the high cost of regulated psilocybin services in Oregon and the difficulty in marketing them to people who could benefit.
- [LSD Pioneer Susi Ramstein Honored by Tram Day Event](https://www.lucid.news/lsd-susi-ramstein-tram-day/) - 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.
- [True REST and SoundSelf Layer Ketamine Therapy, Float Tanks and Tech](https://www.lucid.news/true-rest-and-soundself-layer-ketamine-therapy-float-tanks-and-tech/) - 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.
- [Attention is A Martial Art](https://www.lucid.news/attention-is-a-martial-art/) - The writer Erik Davis offers tactics for how to keep it together, navigate the weirdness, access creative capacity and respond to what the moment demands without losing our minds.
- [Oregon’s Legal Psilocybin Industry: Growing Pains, Healing Gains](https://www.lucid.news/oregons-legal-psilocybin-industry-growing-pains-healing-gains/) - Has the psilocybin therapy industry peaked already in Oregon? Growth is slow, and uncertainty reigns, but safeguards seem to be working.
- [Psychedelic State(s) of America Puts A Spotlight On Texas](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-states-of-america-puts-a-spotlight-on-texas/) - When it comes to voting on psychedelics, there’s no messing with Texas. In this first column in the new series “The Psychedelic State(s) of America," Noah Daly and Jack Gorsline explore the roots of Texas' fast-moving psychedelic policy reform efforts, what the Texas Ibogaine Initiative aims to accomplish, and the future of psychedelic access in Texas beyond the scope of the state legislature.
- [Collective Resistance and Resilience at Psychedelic Culture Conference](https://www.lucid.news/collective-resistance-and-resilience-at-psychedelic-culture-conference/) - Speakers at the 2025 Psychedelic Culture conference focused on the collective resilience of international plant medicine communities while noting that two presenters were not permitted to enter the U.S. and others were denied visas.
- [Irish Pilgrimage](https://www.lucid.news/irish-pilgrimage/) - Paul Ryder returns to his ancestral homelands in the British Isles to connect with the spirits of the land and his warrior heritage.
- [Disconnection Meets Dialogue at Breaking Convention 2025](https://www.lucid.news/disconnection-meets-dialogue-at-breaking-convention-2025/) - The 2025 Breaking Convention conference in Exeter, England was a reflection of the fragmented global political landscape and a testament to the power of psychedelics to bridge cultural divides.
- [MS Patients Turn to Ibogaine But Research Has Only Just Begun](https://www.lucid.news/ms-patients-turn-to-ibogaine-but-research-has-only-just-begun/) - A case report on two patients with multiple sclerosis has sparked hope, caution, and calls to expand the limited research data on ibogaine as a possible treatment for MS.
- [My Miracle in a Molecule](https://www.lucid.news/my-miracle-in-a-molecule/) - Back to Beond, to Excavate the Sub-Basement of My Subconscious
- [Researchers and Advocates of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies Meet in Iceland](https://www.lucid.news/researchers-and-advocates-of-psychedelic-assisted-therapies-meet-in-iceland/) - The second annual Psychedelics as Medicine Conference will gather influential researchers and policy makers in Reykjavik, Iceland for a two-day conference.
- [Integrating The News](https://www.lucid.news/integrating-the-news/) - A Psychonaut's Guide To Staying Sane and Empowered
- [Why Psychedelics Don't Fit The "Drug" Paradigm](https://www.lucid.news/why-psychedelics-dont-fit-the-drug-paradigm/) - A PhD candidate in clinical psychology, Josh Lipson, reflects on the perception of psychedelics after the FDA decision, their role in meaning-making and enchantment, and the importance of the sacred frame.
- [Five Psychedelic Nonprofits to Support this Giving Season](https://www.lucid.news/five-psychedelic-nonprofits-to-support-this-giving-season/) - As we approach the end of a year where funding has been tight, consider donating to a nonprofit organization that supports psychedelic healing, education and culture.
- [Musings on Shadows](https://www.lucid.news/musings-on-shadows/) - Lucid News is proud to amplify Sex & Psychedelics, a bi-annual magazine that brings two provocative themes together in a single, dynamic forum. Through arts, essay, and research-based curation and global events, Sex & Psychedelics showcases stories, artwork, rituals, and teachings from a diverse and eclectic community of visionaries. They create spaces for deep exploration,
- [A Skeptical Journalist Takes Ayahuasca: A Conversation with Ernesto Londoño](https://www.lucid.news/a-skeptical-journalist-takes-ayahuasca-a-conversation-with-ernesto-londono/) - Unlike many ayahuasca conversion memoirs, “Trippy: The Perils and Promises of Medicinal Psychedelics” provides an outsider’s perspective, frequently juxtaposing journalistic skepticism and ecstatic enthusiasm
- [A Massachusetts Voter Reflects on the Failure of Psychedelics Ballot Question 4 ](https://www.lucid.news/a-massachusetts-voter-reflects-on-the-failure-of-psychedelics-ballot-question-4/) - Massachusetts voter Scott Edward Anderson reflects on why Ballot Question 4, the Legalization and Regulation of Psychedelic Substances Initiative, failed to pass -- and what's next.
- [NYC Memorial Planned for Lucid News Co-Founder Ken Jordan](https://www.lucid.news/nyc-memorial-planned-for-lucid-news-co-founder-ken-jordan/) - The friends and family of Lucid News co-founder and editorial director Ken Jordan are gathering in New York City to remember a trailblazing leader of psychedelic culture.
- [The Case for Religious Use of Psychedelics: Beyond the Medical Model](https://www.lucid.news/the-case-for-religious-use-of-psychedelics-beyond-the-medical-model/) - A minister explores the spiritual and communal dimensions of psychedelics as sacred sacraments, offering a transformative alternative to clinical frameworks.
- [Election Results Bring Setbacks for Psychedelic Access](https://www.lucid.news/election-results-bring-setbacks-for-psychedelic-access/) - The defeat of Question 4 in Massachusetts and the right wing mandate carried forward by voters increases uncertainty for policies that support access to psychedelics.
- [A Psychonaut's Response To The Election](https://www.lucid.news/a-psychonauts-response-to-the-election/) - Therapist Charles Wininger offers an elder's perspective on how to approach the election and its aftermath from a psychedelic point of view.
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- [Critical Dialogues About Psychedelics Between the Global North and South](https://www.lucid.news/critical-dialogues-about-psychedelics-between-the-global-north-and-south/) - Beatriz Labate, Ph.D and Henrique Antunes, Ph.D. offer insights into critical dialogues about psychedelics between the Global North and Global South and diverging perspectives on the "Psychedelic Renaissance."
- [Addiction Expert Dr. Howard Kornfeld Talks About Ketamine Dependency](https://www.lucid.news/addiction-expert-dr-howard-kornfeld-talks-about-ketamine-dependency/) - In the second part of our two-part interview with Dr. Howard Kornfeld, Ann Harrison asks the addiction treatment expert about ketamine dependency.
- [Psychedelics on the Ballot in Massachusetts](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelics-on-the-ballot-in-massachusetts/) - Massachusetts voters consider The Natural Psychedelic Substances Act which would legalize the possession and cultivation of certain psychedelics.
- [Massachusetts Voter Endorses Ballot Measure #4](https://www.lucid.news/massachusetts-voter-endorses-ballot-measure-4/) - Bay State author and psychedelic-assisted therapy advocate Scott Edward Anderson argues that Ballot Measure 4 establishes new models that prioritize healing, innovation, and compassion.
- [Seeking The Toad Transmission](https://www.lucid.news/seeking-the-toad-transmission/) - Historian Erik Davis explores the sonic imprint of 5-MeO-DMT to discover the defining characteristics of psychedelic music.
- [Dr. Howard Kornfeld on the Future of MDMA-Assisted Therapy](https://www.lucid.news/dr-howard-kornfeld-on-the-future-of-mdma-assisted-therapy/) - In the first part of a two-part series, Ann Harrison interviews addiction treatment expert Dr. Howard Kornfeld about the FDA decision to reject the Lykos Therapeutics proposal for MDMA-assisted therapy.
- [Psychedelic Conference at Hogwarts](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-conference-at-hogwarts/) - Breaking Convention in Exeter is the indie label equivalent to the corporadelic mega conventions taking over across the psychedelic realm, with equal emphasis on the humanities and science.
- [Tram Day Celebrates Female LSD Pioneer Susi Ramstein](https://www.lucid.news/tram-day-celebrates-female-lsd-pioneer-susi-ramstein/) - Women’s Visionary Council inaugurates new psychedelic holiday.
- [An Ambitious Vision Drives Kentucky's Ibogaine Plan to Treat Opioid Dependency](https://www.lucid.news/an-ambitious-vision-drives-kentuckys-ibogaine-plan-to-treat-opioid-dependency/) - A Kentucky commission will soon vote on whether to commit $42 million toward a psychedelic-assisted therapy moonshot that could transform treatment for opioid use disorder nationally.
- [After Amendments California Legislature Passes Psychedelic Decrim](https://www.lucid.news/california-passes-psychedelic-decrim-following-some-amendments/) - The bill, SB 58, includes a workgroup to propose facilitated use and now goes to Governor Newsom's desk for signature.
- [Offshore Ibogaine Clinics In Mexico, Portugal, and Brazil](https://www.lucid.news/offshore-ibogaine-clinics-in-mexico-portugal-and-brazil/) - In part one of a series of articles on ibogaine clinics, researcher Leonard Pickard looks at the history and treatment protocols of clinics in Mexico, Brazil and Portugal.
- [Psychedelic Changemakers Gather in NYC](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-changemakers-gather-in-nyc/) - Leaders in policy, investment, community care, and media will discuss the future of psychedelics in society during a discussion entitled "Psychedelics: Agents of Change" at NeueHouse Madison Square in New York City.
- [Zendo Project Expands Offering Its Peer Support Model To Mainstream Communities](https://www.lucid.news/zendo-project-expands-and-offers-its-peer-support-model-to-mainstream-communities/) - The Zendo Project psychedelic peer support service is refocusing to provide harm reduction education to mainstream festivals and community mental health services.
- [DEA Calls To Increase Production of Psychedelics For Clinical Research](https://www.lucid.news/dea-calls-to-increase-production-of-psychedelics-for-clinical-research/) - The Drug Enforcement Administration has released two notices in the Federal Register declaring plans over the next year to expand the production of psilocybin, psilocin, and ibogaine for use in new research and clinical trials.
- [Colorado's Approach to Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy: An Evolution in Mental Health Care](https://www.lucid.news/colorados-approach-to-psychedelic-assisted-therapy-an-evolution-in-mental-health-care/) - Elizabeth Nielson, co-founder of Fluence, offers thoughts on the roll out of the 2025 psychedelic therapy program in Colorado and the opportunities it offers for mental health professionals.
- [Mindstate Uses AI to Design "Next-Gen" Psychedelics Combined With 5-MeO-MiPT ](https://www.lucid.news/mindstate-uses-ai-to-design-next-gen-psychedelics-combined-with-5-meo-mipt/) - Mindstate Design Labs has received approval for a Phase 1 clinical trial to investigate the use of its formulation of 5-MeO-MiPT which it hopes to combine with other drugs to target precise serotonin receptors and create future psychotropic therapies.
- [The Promising Future of Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy ](https://www.lucid.news/the-promising-future-of-ketamine-assisted-psychotherapy/) - In the wake of the FDA's rejection of Lykos Therapeutics’ proposal for MDMA-Assisted therapy for PTSD, a therapist advocates for wider access to ketamine-assisted psychotherapy.
- [Prepare Your Prayer](https://www.lucid.news/prepare-your-prayer/) - A multidimensional poet and performer provides some psychedelic poetry as an offering for the autumn equinox.
- [Psychedelic Community Offers Fresh Approach to Climate Activism](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-community-offers-fresh-approach-to-climate-activism/) - Psychedelics for Climate Action (PSYCA) Establishes Week of Eco-Psychedelic Activism.
- [Ketamine Therapy May Offer Hope For Healing Phantom Limb Syndrome](https://www.lucid.news/ketamine-therapy-offers-hope-for-healing-phantom-limb-syndrome/) - A trauma survivor’s experience with ketamine may offer new avenues for understanding the complex relationship between physical pain and mental health.
- [Lykos CEO Steps Down In Management Shakeup](https://www.lucid.news/lykos-ceo-steps-down-in-management-shakeup/) - Lykos Therapeutics CEO Amy Emerson is being replaced by interim CEO Michael Mullette in a company restructuring that began after the FDA's rejection of Lykos' application for MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD.
- [Thomas Hartle Leaves A Legacy of Hope](https://www.lucid.news/thomas-hartle-leaves-a-legacy-of-hope/) - Remembering Thomas Hartle, a Canadian patient advocate who sued the government to grant the terminally ill medical access to psilocybin.
- [A Community Harvest of Visionary Art](https://www.lucid.news/a-community-harvest-of-visionary-art/) - Bay Area artist and curator Krisztina Lazar seeks to create more expansive and inclusive approaches to visionary art through community building and exhibits.
- [Barn Raising For Shulgin Farm](https://www.lucid.news/barn-raising-for-shulgin-farm/) - New stewards seek to preserve the psychedelic heritage site where MDMA was rediscovered and novel approaches to psychedelic chemistry and therapy were developed within a far-reaching community.
- [Recovering the Psychedelic Players from the Margins of History](https://www.lucid.news/recovering-the-psychedelic-players-from-the-margins-of-history/) - Rob Dickins, whose new book Cobweb of Trips provides an alternative history of psychedelia, discusses British psychedelic culture, Aldous Huxley’s view on “bad trips,” the role of the sublime when journeying, and more.
- [The Hard Lessons of Matthew Perry's Death](https://www.lucid.news/the-hard-lessons-of-matthew-perrys-death/) - The death of Matthew Perry shows that the standard of care for clinical practice with ketamine should not include reintroducing those with a prior history of dependence and addiction to resumption of ketamine use.
- [Republican Congressman Jack Bergman Rallies Support For Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies](https://www.lucid.news/republican-congressman-jack-bergman-rallies-support-for-psychedelic-assisted-therapies/) - Prior to last week's FDA decision to reject Lykos Therapeutics' proposed MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD, Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI) reflected on the urgent need for better PTSD treatments to reduce veteran suicides and the game plan for lawmakers to keep support for psychedelic-assisted therapies moving forward.
- [Lykos, MAPS Cut Staff As New Leadership Takes Charge of MDMA-AT Research](https://www.lucid.news/lykos-maps-cut-staff-as-new-leadership-takes-charge-of-mdma-at-research/) - In the wake of the FDA's rejection of its proposed MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD, Lykos Therapeutics laid off approximately 100 employees and appointed new leadership while the MAPS nonprofit cut 33% of its workforce.
- [Funding, High-Quality Science, are Essential to the Future of Psychedelic Therapies](https://www.lucid.news/funding-high-quality-science-are-essential-to-the-future-of-psychedelic-therapies/) - As research on psychedelics faces a stifling regulatory environment, limited funding and methodological challenges, we need foundations and other entities to accelerate high-quality science and policy evolution to advance our understanding of psychedelic substances and the potential for scalable therapeutics.
- [FDA Denies the Lykos Therapeutics Application for MDMA-Assisted Therapy](https://www.lucid.news/fda-denies-the-lykos-therapeutics-application-for-mdma-at-for-ptsd/) - The FDA has rejected Lykos Therapeutics’ New Drug Application for MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD and requested an additional Phase 3 study.
- [Lawmakers Express Bipartisan Support for MDMA-Assisted Therapy to Treat PTSD](https://www.lucid.news/lawmakers-express-bipartisan-support-for-mdma-assisted-therapy-to-treat-ptsd/) - 80 members of Congress sign letters of support for MDMA-AT, including those from states with psychedelic access on the ballot.
- [The State of the Art in Psychedelic Trial Design](https://www.lucid.news/the-state-of-the-art-in-psychedelic-trial-design/) - Researchers are considering more complex designs for clinical trials of psychedelic- assisted therapies that can better address concerns about the impact of placebo in blinded studies.
- [MAPS Responds to FDA Advisors and Sets Future Goals](https://www.lucid.news/maps-responds-to-fda-advisors-and-sets-future-goals/) - On July 16, the MAPS nonprofit responded to recommendations by FDA advisors against approval of MDMA-assisted therapy and put forward their goals for the future of the organization.
- [Lykos Offers New Measures for Additional Oversight if MDMA-AT Is Approved](https://www.lucid.news/lykos-offers-new-measures-for-additional-oversight-if-mdma-at-is-approved/) - As Lykos Therapeutics awaits an FDA decision this week on its proposed MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD, the company has announced new initiatives and measures for additional oversight if the therapy is approved.
- [Addiction Doctor Endorses MDMA-AT for Treatment of PTSD ](https://www.lucid.news/addiction-doctor-endorses-mdma-at-for-treatment-of-ptsd/) - Howard Kornfeld, MD, a Distinguished Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), and an addiction medicine and pain specialist practicing for over thirty years, addresses concerns about MDMA-assisted therapy ahead of the FDA decision.
- [Dying is a Trip](https://www.lucid.news/dying-is-a-trip/) - A family physician examines how psychedelics can offer a better approach to dying.
- [How the FDA MDMA Decision Affects Therapists and Trainers](https://www.lucid.news/how-the-fda-mdma-decision-affects-therapists-and-trainers/) - Conversations about the pending FDA decision on MDMA-assisted therapy has brought to light misconceptions about training and standards for therapists involved in psychedelic therapies.
- [Stakeholders Address Alleged Research Bias As Veterans Endorse MDMA-AT](https://www.lucid.news/stakeholders-address-alleged-research-bias-as-veterans-endorse-mdma-at/) - In part two of our special report on the pending FDA decision on MDMA-Assisted Therapy we look at comments from stakeholders with PTSD and also veterans groups about the benefits of the treatment and possible bias by researchers and managers at Lykos Therapeutics.
- [Can Lykos Therapeutics Address MDMA-AT Safety Concerns Ahead of FDA Decision?](https://www.lucid.news/can-lykos-therapeutics-address-mdma-at-safety-concerns-ahead-of-fda-decision/) - As Lykos Therapeutics considers a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy for MDMA-assisted therapy, both supporters and detractors of MDMA-AT make their case for whether the treatment is safe for patients.
- [A Therapist Responds to the MDMA Imbroglio](https://www.lucid.news/a-therapist-responds-to-the-mdma-imbroglio/) - As MDMA/s potential FDA rescheduling approaches, there has been a sudden hullabaloo of negativity, false claims of risks, and undeserved criticism of the studies by MAPS, MAPS PBC, and Lykos Therapeutics.
- [Real-World Challenges of Psychedelic Therapies](https://www.lucid.news/real-world-challenges-of-psychedelic-therapies/) - Can post-market surveillance ensure the safety of psychedelic therapies?
- [Lykos Responds to Opposition by FDA Advisors to MDMA-Assisted Therapy](https://www.lucid.news/lykos-responds-fda-mdma-therapy/) - Lykos Therapeutics addresses concerns from FDA Advisors about MDMA-assisted therapy and presents a forward looking plan.
- [Lykos Confident That Working With FDA Will Merit MDMA-AT Approval ](https://www.lucid.news/lykos-confident-working-with-fda-mdma-approval/) - Lykos Therapeutics details how it is addressing questions raised by FDA advisors during a June 4 advisory meeting and how it will apply these insights to its Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy.
- [Psychedelics for Climate Action - Let's Mushroom this Movement](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelics-for-climate-action-lets-mushroom-this-movement/) - The group Psychedelics for Climate Action is tracking eco-psychedelic opportunities for creative solutions and supporting leaders to mushroom a movement.
- [Lucid News Salutes Our Friend Ken Jordan](https://www.lucid.news/lucid-news-salutes-our-friend-ken-jordan/) - Lucid News Co-Founder and psychedelic pioneer Ken Jordan dies leaving lasting legacy.
- [About Ketamine: The Full Story – A Public Discourse](https://www.lucid.news/about-ketamine-the-full-story-a-public-discourse/) - Providers of ketamine assisted therapy express their concerns about the rising misuse of ketamine and the harm of ketamine dependency.
- [I Arrived for My Ibogaine Journey Ready to Die; Now My Inner Child Is Free](https://www.lucid.news/i-arrived-for-my-ibogaine-journey-ready-to-die-now-my-inner-child-is-free/) - The founder of Fireside Project takes a 10-day ibogaine voyage.
- [Psychedelic Underground Celebrated in San Francisco on Bicycle Day Weekend](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-underground-celebrated-in-san-francisco-on-bicycle-day-weekend/) - With so many psychedelic conferences happening, how Discovery Sessions manages to stand out from the crowd must be witnessed to be properly appreciated.
- [The First Wave of Blotter Acid Inspired Trippy Psychedelic Art](https://www.lucid.news/the-first-wave-of-blotter-acid-inspired-trippy-psychedelic-art/) - Like rock posters, album art, and comix, blotter art played a crucial role in shaping the counterculture experience.
- [Downloads from the Modern Dawn of Psychedelics](https://www.lucid.news/downloads-from-the-modern-dawn-of-psychedelics/) - Humanity may be on the brink of a “fourth path for psychedelics,” to amp up our nerdiest states for creative breakthroughs in science, technology, design, and leadership.
- [A Psychedelic Journey to the Origin of Life](https://www.lucid.news/a-psychedelic-journey-to-the-origin-of-life/) - A widely cited hypothesis about how life on Earth began came from the author's ceremonial use of ayahuasca interwoven with other practices.
- [Behold the Ascendant Psychedelic Vape](https://www.lucid.news/behold-the-ascendant-psychedelic-vape/) - The growing market for vaporizers that offers portable, disposable and convenient delivery systems for DMT, psilocybin, 2C-B and other psychedelic substances.
- [Will Increased Psychedelic Use Lead to More Hospitalizations and ER Visits?](https://www.lucid.news/will-increased-psychedelic-use-lead-to-more-hospitalizations-and-er-visits/) - A new report shows ER visits and hospitalizations associated with psychedelic use in California are up, but the reasons are unclear.
- [Leo Zeff and the Non-Directive Style of Being a Psychedelic Guide](https://www.lucid.news/leo-zeff-and-the-non-directive-style-of-being-a-psychedelic-guide/) - Zeff, the grandfather of today's guides, was adamant that traditional psychotherapeutic techniques do not work in a psychedelic session.
- [APPA's Stephen Xenakis Discusses the Future of Psychedelic Therapy](https://www.lucid.news/appas-stephen-xenakis-discusses-the-future-of-psychedelic-therapy/) - The executive director of the American Psychedelic Practitioners Association shares his vision for the professionalization of psychedelic-assisted therapy, as FDA approval seems likely this year.
- [How MAPS PBC Became Lykos Therapeutics and Raised $100M](https://www.lucid.news/how-maps-pbc-became-lykos-therapeutics-and-raised-100m/) - The MAPS nonprofit remains the largest shareholder, but gives up controlling interest in MAPS PBC, as the for-profit company that seeks to commercialize MDMA therapy successfully attracts investors.
- [MAPS PBC Filing of New Drug Application to FDA Seen as Milestone](https://www.lucid.news/maps-pbc-filing-of-new-drug-application-to-fda-seen-as-milestone/) - Three decades in the making, MAPS Public Benefit Corporation's NDA for MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD is the first for a psychedelic-assisted therapy.
- [On the Toad Road](https://www.lucid.news/on-the-toad-road/) - The author visits the Sonoran Desert to investigate the sustainability and collection of Bufo alvarius toads by Mexico’s indigenous Seri people for the harvesting of 5-MeO-DMT.
- [On the Toad Road (Part 2)](https://www.lucid.news/on-the-toad-road-part-2/) - The author continues his investigation of the sustainability and collection of Bufo alvarius toads by Mexico’s indigenous Seri people for the harvesting of 5-MeO-DMT.
- [California Initiative Proposes Regulation of Psychedelics for Medicinal Use](https://www.lucid.news/california-initiative-proposes-regulation-of-psychedelics-for-medicinal-use/) - Final revisions to the proposed Psychedelic Wellness & Healing Initiative submitted yesterday would allow the sale, possession and use of psychedelics for medicinal and therapeutic purposes.
- [The Cognitive Dissonance of Drug Censorship on Social Media](https://www.lucid.news/the-cognitive-dissonance-of-drug-censorship-on-social-media/) - The author's popular Instagram account was permanently deplatformed, presumably for sharing information about psychedelics.
- [Bringing Psychedelic Healing to Queer and Trans Communities](https://www.lucid.news/bringing-psychedelic-healing-to-queer-and-trans-communities/) - Despite the victories of the LGBTQIA+ community in recent decades, the need for trauma-informed healing is increasingly urgent, as people grapple with internalized stigma, chronic oppression, homophobia, and rejection.
- [Looking Beyond the Psychedelic Renaissance](https://www.lucid.news/looking-beyond-the-psychedelic-renaissance/) - A new psychedelic salon in Berkeley seeks to establish a collegial, non-commercial, intergenerational community that harkens back to old-school psychedelic community discussions.
- [What the Beckley Waves Acquisition of Nue Life Means for the Psychedelics Industry](https://www.lucid.news/what-the-beckley-waves-acquisition-of-nue-life-means-for-the-psychedelics-industry/) - Dan Love, co-founder of Beckley Waves, talks about the at-home ketamine business, the value of technical infrastructure, and the psychedelic field’s current consolidation.
- [reMind Puts the Focus on Psychedelic Small Businesses and Nonprofits](https://www.lucid.news/remind-psychedelic-small-businesses-nonprofits/) - The reMind Psychedelics Business Forum in Las Vegas is for those who want to make a career in psychedelics.
- [Psychedelic Industry and Legacy Meet at Wonderland](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-industry-and-legacy-meet-at-wonderland/) - This year's Wonderland Conference in Miami provided inspiring and sometimes hilarious insights into the integration process of psychedelics entering mainstream society.
- [After 260 Killed at Psychedelic-Trance Festival in Israel, Trauma Healing for Survivors Underway](https://www.lucid.news/after-260-killed-at-psychedelic-trance-festival-in-israel-trauma-healing-for-survivors-underway/) - An all-volunteer corps of over 400 medical professionals organized to help the Tribe of Nova festival survivors begin to heal, with an emphasis on rapid response.
- [Reforming Psychedelic Policy for 450 Million Europeans](https://www.lucid.news/reforming-psychedelic-policy-for-450-million-europeans/) - The Secretary General of PsychedelicsEUROPE discusses the founding of the initiative, policy changes in Europe, and how to get action inside a Byzantine system.
- [Quality Brands Emerge in the Legacy Mushroom Market](https://www.lucid.news/quality-brands-emerge-in-the-legacy-mushroom-market/) - In the spirit of harm reduction and education, our reviewer discusses three of the many branded products now available.
- [New Clergy Study Echoes Roland Griffith's Early Research](https://www.lucid.news/new-clergy-study-echoes-roland-griffiths-early-research/) - A forthcoming study that examines the impact of psychedelics on religious clergy appears to support earlier findings about the nature and persistence of mystical experiences.
- [Roland Griffiths Reflects on Scientific Investigations of Psychedelic Awakening](https://www.lucid.news/roland-griffiths-reflects-on-scientific-investigations-of-psychedelic-awakening/) - A conversation with the eminent scientist Roland Griffiths about the importance of studying psychedelics and transformative experiences.
- [Gratefully Remembering Microdot LSD in the Seventies](https://www.lucid.news/gratefully-remembering-microdot-lsd-in-the-seventies/) - Andy Roberts' biography of the iconic Smiles recreates a period when the UK was awash in LSD.
- [The Evolving Landscape of Digital Psychedelic Therapeutics](https://www.lucid.news/evolving-landscape-of-digital-psychedelic-therapeutics/) - How are new technologies affecting ketamine-assisted therapy, and what new tech is on the horizon?
- [Study Examines Fireside Hotline Services](https://www.lucid.news/study-examines-fireside-hotline-services/) - A research partnership between the University of California San Francisco and the Fireside Project peer-support hotline reveals insights into psychedelic harm reduction.
- [What Led to the Decrim Executive Order in Minneapolis? ](https://www.lucid.news/what-led-to-the-decrim-executive-order-in-minneapolis/) - Community organizers spent years laying the groundwork for decriminalization, and when they met with Mayor Frey to propose an executive order, they came prepared.
- [Could I Become a Psychedelic-Assisted Therapist?](https://www.lucid.news/become-a-psychedelic-therapist/) - Many opportunities are arising for caregivers to provide psychedelic therapy and related services within their existing scope of practice.
- [Freedom Biosciences Develops Ketamine Combination Therapies](https://www.lucid.news/freedom-biosciences-develops-ketamine-combination-therapies/) - A startup co-founded by a pioneering scientist is developing drug combination therapies which it says will make ketamine treatment more effective and accessible.
- [Dear Psychedelic Community: We Need Healthy Debate](https://www.lucid.news/dear-psychedelic-community-we-need-healthy-debate/) - If we don’t create conditions suitable for healthy debate, bitter public feuds among psychedelic stakeholders will continue to spiral out on social and mainstream media.
- [Can I Travel With Controlled Substances?](https://www.lucid.news/can-i-travel-with-controlled-substances/) - This month, Auntie considers whether it is safe to travel with controlled substances, whether microdosing can help improve athletic performance, and whether different strains of magic mushrooms have different effects.
- [If the Ayahuasca Honeymoon Is Over, What Comes Next?](https://www.lucid.news/if-the-ayahuasca-honeymoon-is-over-what-comes-next/) - As time passes, some people fall out of love with ayahuasca, but that doesn't negate its transformational potential.
- [CA Decrim Bill Amended To Require Framework For Therapeutic Use](https://www.lucid.news/ca-decrim-bill-amended-therapeutic-use/) - Amendments to SB-58 would delay therapeutic and facilitated use of psychedelics in California until a regulatory framework similar to those in Oregon and Colorado is developed.
- [Psychedelic U (Beta) Has Arrived](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-u-beta-has-arrived/) - The new site from Lucid News is intended to serve as a go-to resource for all you want to know about mind-manifesting substances.
- [“What Just Happened?” Processing the Closing Protest at Psychedelic Science](https://www.lucid.news/processing-closing-protest-at-psychedelic-science/) - Two members of the Psychedelic Bar Association, Ariel Clark and Roman Haferd, believe that the protest at the closing of the Psychedelic Science conference is an opportunity to help build deeper empathy and trust.
- [Filament Leads Market for Psychedelic Botanicals ](https://www.lucid.news/filament-leads-market-for-psychedelic-botanicals/) - Filament Health produces botanical extracts used in the development of psychedelic drugs and therapies while complying with the Nagoya Protocol.
- [First Study to Look at Candy Flipping Suggests Potential for Psychedelic Therapy](https://www.lucid.news/study-candy-flipping-psychedelic-therapy/) - MDMA and LSD may be a beneficial combination for patients who have never taken psychedelics and are frightened, suggests one researcher.
- [Sometimes When the Acid Hits, You Just Have to Work With It](https://www.lucid.news/sometimes-when-the-acid-hits-you-just-have-to-work-with-it/) - Our reviewer considers Kesha's "Eat the Acid" music video, McKenzie Wark's book "Raving," Katy Bohincs' video series "Scorpio Poems," and Rosemary Carroll.
- [Psychedelic Designers Dress Post-Pandemic World](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-designers-dress-post-pandemic-world/) - Bold designs from Covid cohort fashion designers Laura Lambert, Gina Ayala and Amber Kuia bet on a coming boom in psychedelic fashion.
- [The Rise of Community Microdosing](https://www.lucid.news/the-rise-of-community-microdosing/) - The broader acceptance of psilocybin has sparked the creation of community groups in the San Francisco Bay Area that microdose together.
- [My Delirious Flow State at History’s Largest Psychedelic Conference](https://www.lucid.news/flow-state-at-historys-largest-psychedelic-conference/) - A satirical wrap account of Psychedelic Science 2023, a massive psychedelic conference that brought together industries, researchers, and psychonauts, and surfaced issues around Indigenous concerns, funding questions, and more.
- [Integrating MAPS' Psychedelic Science](https://www.lucid.news/integrating-maps-psychedelic-science/) - The Psychedelic Science conference can be seen as an expression of how much MAPS has accomplished, as well as the contradictions at the heart of the enterprise.
- [Ukraine Military and Citizens Seek Psychedelic Therapy for War Trauma](https://www.lucid.news/ukraine-military-citizens-psychedelic-therapy-war-trauma/) - Underground psychedelic-assisted therapy in Ukraine could help treat PTSD from the war, as advocates work to broaden access by rescheduling substances like psilocybin and MDMA.
- [Psychedelics May Reopen Locked Learning Opportunities](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelics-may-reopen-locked-learning-opportunities/) - A new study suggests that psychedelics may have the ability to unlock limited time spans of learning called "critical periods," which are the only chance to learn certain behaviors.
- [Report: Day 1 of MAPS’s Psychedelic Science 2023](https://www.lucid.news/report-day-1-of-mapss-psychedelic-science-2023/) - The world’s largest psychedelic conference kicked off with workshops and a dive into Burning Man-esque Deep Space.
- [Report: Day 2 of MAPS’s Psychedelic Science 2023](https://www.lucid.news/report-day-2-of-mapss-psychedelic-science-2023/) - Psychedelic Science 2023 continues with panel discussions on MDMA commercialization, the underground roots of today’s psychedelic movement, psychedelics for Covid-traumatized clinicians, and more.
- [Report: Day 3 of MAPS’s Psychedelic Science 2023](https://www.lucid.news/report-day-3-of-mapss-psychedelic-science-2023/) - Psychedelic Science 2023 continues with MAPS’s funding announcement, Roland Griffith’s emotional lecture, and panel discussions on Buddhism, ketamine, and more.
- [Kentucky Plans to Put $42 Million Towards Ibogaine Research](https://www.lucid.news/kentucky-42-million-ibogaine-research/) - A statewide proposal, if passed, will allocate settlement funds from lawsuits against corporations involved in the opioid crisis towards research into ibogaine, which has demonstrated potential to treat opioid use disorder.
- [Report: Final Round-up from MAPS Psychedelic Science 2023](https://www.lucid.news/report-final-round-up-from-mapss-psychedelic-science-2023/) - Psychedelic Science 2023 wrapped up with lessons from drug policy activism, psychedelics and sex, wisdom from elders, and protestors speaking out against the marginalization of Indigenous voices.
- [MAPS’ Psychedelic Science 2023 Will Be Massive and Mind-Blowing](https://www.lucid.news/maps-psychedelic-science-2023-mind-blowing/) - At June's landmark event, attendees can expect panels from a wide range of speakers - including Indigenous leaders, legislators and researchers - an immersive festival-like art space, sound meditations and ecstatic dance, and more.
- [TEDx for the Psychedelic Mainstream](https://www.lucid.news/tedx-for-the-psychedelic-mainstream/) - A TEDx in California addresses the growing appetite for information about the history of psychedelics, the promise of psychedelic-assisted therapies, and the laws and policy issues surrounding these compounds.
- [Powerful D.C. Republicans Drive Psychedelic Research Efforts](https://www.lucid.news/dc-republicans-drive-psychedelic-research/) - The Psychedelic Medicine Coalition has partnered with prominent conservative lobbyists and consultants to bring federal funding to psychedelic research.
- [Rastafari and Psychedelic Medicines](https://www.lucid.news/rastafari-and-psychedelic-medicines/) - The co-founder of Rastafari Indigenous Village, Firstman, describes how his community lives with the lessons of the plants and offers a new vision for those seeking psychedelic retreat experiences in Jamaica.
- [Oregon Pioneers New Psilocybin Business Models ](https://www.lucid.news/oregon-pioneers-new-psilocybin-business-models/) - Two trailblazing service centers in Bend Oregon hope to provide affordable psilocybin experiences in different ways.
- [Pushing Back on the Term "Therapy" in Oregon's Measure 109](https://www.lucid.news/pushing-back-term-therapy-in-oregons-measure-109/) - As the legislation which created a regulated network for supervised adult psilocybin usage rolls out, conversations on the costs of services, accessibility, and the significance of using precise language to describe the service have emerged.
- [How Poetry Supports Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy](https://www.lucid.news/how-poetry-supports-psychedelic-therapy/) - Some facilitators and trainers are designing new creativity-based frameworks for therapists to help people navigate their psychedelic experiences.
- [Psychedelic Conferences Evolve with the Times ](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-conferences-evolve-with-the-times/) - The transformation of the psychedelic movement over the past decade is especially apparent at the conferences, which have grown from small, intimate gatherings to massive events drawing in thousands of attendees.
- [California Decrim Bill SB58 Passes State Senate](https://www.lucid.news/california-decrim-bill-passes-senate/) - SB 58, the California legislation which would decriminalize certain psychedelic substances, is now being considered by the state Assembly after being passed by the Senate.
- [How Should Adults Talk to Teenagers About Psychedelics?](https://www.lucid.news/how-should-adults-talk-to-teenagers-psychedelics/) - This month, Auntie offers advice on how to talk with a teenage relative about psychedelics, thoughts about mixing psychedelics with cocaine, and considers how psychedelics interact with SSRIs and MAOIs.
- [Early Data Is Promising for Colorado Psychedelic Legalization](https://www.lucid.news/data-promising-colorado-psychedelic-legalization/) - A study shows no health or safety harms from legal personal possession of psychedelic plants and fungi, and suggests that other states would see similar outcomes.
- [Survey Reveals Where Psychedelic Users Get Their Information](https://www.lucid.news/where-psychedelic-users-get-information/) - Psychedelic users are skeptical of information from governments and pharma companies, consider popular media inaccurate, but learn from their own experiences and from friends.
- [Creating a Safe Haven for the Asian Psychedelic Community](https://www.lucid.news/creating-safe-haven-for-asian-psychedelic-community/) - Simran Sethi talks about her experience working in psychedelic spaces as a South Asian immigrant, and why she founded the Asian Psychedelic Collective.
- [Announcing Psychedelic U](https://www.lucid.news/announcing-psychedelic-u/) - We’re excited to announce the upcoming launch of Psychedelic U, a welcoming, comprehensive and singular platform for reliable information about psychedelics with vetted resources for deeper inquiry.
- [Brazilian Researchers Investigate Ayahuasca](https://www.lucid.news/brazilian-researchers-investigate-ayahuasca/) - A team of researchers in Brazil is investigating ayahuasca as a possible therapeutic treatment for depression and determining the impact of the psychedelic effect.
- [Breaking Convention Is No Conference for Suits](https://www.lucid.news/breaking-convention-is-no-conference-for-suits/) - Journey to the druidic land of Exeter for the sixth psychedelic gathering harmonizing psychedelic science and culture.
- [Why We Should Listen to the Women Elders of the Psychedelic Underground](https://www.lucid.news/we-should-listen-to-women-elders-psychedelic-underground/) - Rachel Harris discusses the motivation behind her new book about long-time women practitioners, and the importance of preserving traditional wisdom as psychedelics become increasingly medicalized.
- [What Dosage Is That LSD I'm Buying?](https://www.lucid.news/what-dosage-is-that-lsd-im-buying/) - This month Auntie considers how to confirm the strength of LSD, the difference between taking nitrous oxide from a tank as opposed to a whippet, and guidelines for mixing ketamine and alcohol.
- [Artist Chor Boogie Pursues the Nganga Path](https://www.lucid.news/artist-chor-boogie-pursues-the-nganga-path/) - Artist Chor Boogie found healing with iboga and has trained as a nganga or shaman in the Bwiti tradition.
- [A Tour Through the History of American Metaphysical Religion](https://www.lucid.news/a-tour-through-the-history-of-american-metaphysical-religion/) - Ronnie Pontiac's new book, a journey through four centuries of American spiritual traditions, is a gossipy read filled with fun, even lurid details, and thought-provoking phenomena and events.
- [Prevailing Perspectives in the Psychedelic Space](https://www.lucid.news/prevailing-perspectives-in-the-psychedelic-space/) - Lucid News undertook a discovery process to learn more about the people at the center of the emerging psychedelic ecosystem. Read our report.
- [Oregon Approves First Psilocybin Service Center](https://www.lucid.news/oregon-approves-first-psilocybin-service-center/) - The owner of the state's first psilocybin service center to receive a license speaks about the lengthy path to approval.
- [Roland Griffiths Lights the Path For Psychedelic Research](https://www.lucid.news/roland-griffiths-lights-path-for-psychedelic-research/) - The scientist whose pivotal studies set in motion a renaissance in psychedelic research, points the way forward while reflecting on his own mortality.
- [Could Psychedelics Revolutionize Addiction Treatment?](https://www.lucid.news/could-psychedelics-revolutionize-addiction-treatment/) - Mental health professionals can prepare for the coming legalization of psychedelics by understanding what they offer people suffering from substance use disorder.
- [Gray Market Psilocybin Products Cater to Women’s Wellness  ](https://www.lucid.news/gray-market-psilocybin-womens-wellness/) - As mainstream curiosity around psychedelics grows, a gray market around psilocybin-based products is finding its footing among customers who are rising in numbers and becoming more diverse.
- [The LSD Revolutionaries](https://www.lucid.news/the-lsd-revolutionaries/) - After the world premiere of a new documentary that charts the secret history of the acid underground, a group of spry and elegant pioneers who appear in the film took the stage to discuss LSD and its enduring impact.
- [The Secret History of the LSD Trade](https://www.lucid.news/secret-history-of-the-lsd-trade/) - A new film, "Psychedelic Revolution: The Secret History of the LSD Trade," will premiere in San Francisco during Bicycle Day celebrations.
- [Safety of Psychedelics for Older Adults Assessed in New Study](https://www.lucid.news/safety-of-psychedelics-older-adults-assessed/) - Psychedelics are safe for healthy older adults, a new review of clinical trials suggests, but few are included in research studies.
- [Will Ibogaine Fit into the Medicalized Psychedelic Landscape? ](https://www.lucid.news/ibogaine-medicalized-psychedelic-landscape/) - As more cities and states decriminalize ibogaine, practitioners consider the unique challenges that make it difficult to incorporate into regulated frameworks and what the future might hold for ibogaine-assisted therapy.
- [Vets Encourage Psychedelic Bipartisanship](https://www.lucid.news/vets-encourage-psychedelic-bipartisanship/) - Following efforts by activist veterans, support for using psychedelics to heal is no longer a third rail issue among conservatives.
- [The Psychedelics Finance Crunch Seen in the SXSW Funhouse Mirror](https://www.lucid.news/the-psychedelics-finance-crunch-sxsw/) - Analysts have long expected a contraction, but when it hit it still felt sudden and strange.
- [How Magic Mushrooms Guided my Inner City Adolescence](https://www.lucid.news/mushrooms-guided-my-inner-city-adolescence/) - Cacique Antonio shares how mushrooms helped him navigate his teenage years in the inner city, eventually putting him on the path as a guide for urban and international communities.
- [California Bill to Decriminalize Some Psychedelics Advances Through the Legislature](https://www.lucid.news/california-bill-decriminalize-psychedelics-legislature/) - SB 58, legislation which would decriminalize certain psychedelic substances, has been advanced by the California Senate Public Safety Committee despite expected opposition.
- [How Ketamine-Assisted Therapy Offers Hope](https://www.lucid.news/how-ketamine-assisted-therapy-offers-hope/) - KAP training programs prepare clinicians to provide ketamine-assisted therapy, which is proving to be a beneficial mental health treatment.
- [What Is the Future of the California Decrim Bill?](https://www.lucid.news/what-is-the-future-of-the-california-decrim-bill/) - The bill, SB 519, is on hold to allow a coalition of supporters to build support for the bill among legislators.
- [How TransTech Can Give Agency to Humanity](https://www.lucid.news/transtech-can-give-agency-to-humanity/) - In this interview, technologist Raad Seraj discusses how intent informs technology’s effects, why network and community is the most powerful aspect of tech, and the point of spiritual development.
- [The EU is Inching Closer to a Psychedelic Renaissance](https://www.lucid.news/eu-inching-closer-to-psychedelic-renaissance/) - Initiatives towards psychedelic policy reform are taking place in Europe, from a conference on psychedelic-assisted therapies at the European Parliament to the British Treasury's approval of funding for innovative medical treatments.
- [It's Survival of the Fittest among Psychedelic Start-Ups](https://www.lucid.news/survival-among-psychedelic-start-ups/) - With uncertainty in the financial systems, many psychedelic companies are seeing their stock prices plummet.
- [Psychedelic Researchers in Europe Proceed with Caution](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-researchers-in-europe-proceed-with-caution/) - Compared to other psychedelic conferences, ECNP was a dose of European realism - from the anticipated effect sizes of psychedelic trials to the cut and tailoring of suits and outfits.
- [Psilocybin Therapies Attract Support in Illinois Legislature](https://www.lucid.news/psilocybin-therapies-attract-support-illinois-legislature/) - An unusual coalition, including an Illinois state legislator and a local Psychedelic Society, has created the proposed CURE Act to legalize psilocybin therapy.
- [Shifting Strategy, MAPS Turns to Equity Investment](https://www.lucid.news/strategy-maps-turns-equity-investment/) - In an effort to raise funding for commercialization of MDMA-assisted therapy, MAPS partnered with an investment bank to sell equity in its Public Benefit Corporation.
- [Ketamine Telehealth Raises Difficult Questions](https://www.lucid.news/ketamine-telehealth-raises-questions/) - A debate about accessibility, safety, and cost has emerged around ketamine telehealth as the pandemic waiver that paused mandatory in-person evaluation for controlled substances sets to expire on May 11.
- [Researchers Come Closer to Understanding How Psychedelics Effect Serotonin Receptors](https://www.lucid.news/how-psychedelics-effect-serotonin-receptors/) - Groundbreaking experiments shed new light on how psychedelics interact with cells to promote neuroplasticity.
- [How Should I Approach Lesser Known Psychedelics Like “Unicorn”?](https://www.lucid.news/approach-lesser-known-psychedelics-like-unicorn/) - This week Auntie considers how to approach new research drugs such as "Unicorn," whether it is beneficial to take supplements like cacao or blue lotus with mushrooms, and offers some thoughts about how to use psychedelics recreationally with friends.
- [Are Psychedelics a New Paradigm or Business as Usual?](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelics-new-paradigm-or-business-as-usual/) - Many starry-eyed entrepreneurs view the psychedelic industry as radically new; unfortunately, it may end up collapsing in on itself like cryptocurrency.
- [Synthesis Founder Confirms Bankruptcy of Dutch Sister Company](https://www.lucid.news/synthesis-founder-confirms-bankruptcy-dutch-company/) - The CEO of Synthesis speaks out about the recent bankruptcy of the Dutch sister company that left the U.S. practitioner training program in upheaval.
- [SXSW Hops on the Psychedelic Hype Train](https://www.lucid.news/sxsw-hops-on-the-psychedelic-hype-train/) - This year’s SXSW brought together psychedelic professionals and media celebrities for a festive and starry-eyed look at an arguably precarious industry.
- [First U.S. Citizen Receives New Ketamine Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder](https://www.lucid.news/new-ketamine-treatment-for-alcohol-use-disorder/) - The treatment, developed by Awakn Life Science, was administered today in New York City at the Nushama ketamine clinic.
- [Inside Synthesis Institute's Implosion](https://www.lucid.news/inside-synthesis-institutes-implosion/) - The organization, including its Dutch retreats business and psychedelic facilitator training programs, plus a 124-acre property in Oregon, filed for bankruptcy this month, leaving its students and employees in limbo.
- [The Anatomy of Synthesis' Collapse](https://www.lucid.news/the-anatomy-of-synthesis-implosion/) - What are the lessons for the psychedelic ecosystem from the collapse of Synthesis Institute?
- [Group Therapy Holds Promise for Psychedelic-Based Treatments](https://www.lucid.news/group-therapy-holds-promise-for-psychedelic-based-treatments/) - A clinical trial launched by Sunstone Therapies demonstrated the effectiveness of group therapy as part of psilocybin-assisted therapy for depression.
- [A Psilocybin Therapy Bill is Making Headway in New York](https://www.lucid.news/psilocybin-therapy-bill-new-york/) - The medical model proposal, which would set up a framework for psilocybin-assisted therapy in New York ahead of FDA approval, is viewed by some policy reform advocates as the necessary next step towards decriminalization.
- [Why Slowing Down is Essential to Psychedelic Therapy](https://www.lucid.news/slowing-down-essential-to-psychedelic-therapy/) - Clinical social worker Ashley Booth discusses how combining modalities like Hakomi and Internal Family Systems with psychedelic-assisted therapy help people slow down to process trauma.
- [The Landscape of Psychedelic Therapy is Evolving, from Administration to Integration](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-therapy-evolving-administration-integration/) - As more clinicians seek training, questions have emerged about who PAT is for, how to support non-clinical psychedelics use, and the role of integration.
- [How Corporate Can Psychedelics Get?](https://www.lucid.news/how-corporate-can-psychedelics-get/) - The Wonderland conference provided a jolt of commerce, enthusiasm, and drama, indicating the psychedelic industry is entering a new stage of development.
- [What's the Future of Psychedelic Intellectual Property?](https://www.lucid.news/future-of-psychedelic-intellectual-property/) - Some in the psychedelics industry are exploring alternatives to traditional patents for collaborative funding and development.
- [Do Psychedelics Demand an Innovative Approach to Patents?](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelics-innovative-approach-to-patents/) - Industry leaders are exploring alternative IP strategies that can fuel creativity in psychedelic medicine.
- [A Tale of Two Strategies: Does COMPASS Have the Right One?](https://www.lucid.news/two-strategies-compass-right-one/) - The company views patents and monopolies as necessary ingredients for success, while others suggest the strategy hinders industry growth and innovation.
- [Exploring the Challenges of Psychedelic Integration](https://www.lucid.news/challenges-psychedelic-integration/) - A new research project aims to destigmatize long lasting negative psychedelic experiences and investigate support methods.
- [How Psychedelics Inform this Hypnotherapist's Practice](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelics-inform-this-hypnotherapists-practice/) - In this episode, Colette Condorcita, who healed a devastating neck injury with hypnotherapy, talks about merging psychedelics and hypnotherapeutic techniques to direct neuroplasticity in clients.
- [Bringing Ketamine-Assisted Therapy to the Native American Community](https://www.lucid.news/bringing-ketamine-assisted-therapy-to-the-native-american-community/) - In this first episode of season two of Adventures of the Psyche, Dr. Joe Tafur discusses bringing psychedelic-assisted ketamine therapy to the Native American community with a ceremonial approach.
- [Dennis McKenna’s Heroic Mushroom Journey](https://www.lucid.news/dennis-mckennas-heroic-mushroom-journey/) - New York's latest home for mind-manifesting culture, the Psychedelic Athenaeum, launched this weekend with a celebration of a new edition of Dennis McKenna's memoir and his 40-year career devoted to the science of ethnopharmacology.
- [Where Did 2022 Take the Psychedelic Medicine Field?](https://www.lucid.news/2022-psychedelic-medicine-field/) - The past year saw plummeting valuations for psychedelic companies, a late comeback for stock values, emerging methodical challenges in clinical trials, and some organizations' strategic - but contested - move away from psychedelia’s “cultural baggage.”
- [How Do I Know if Psychedelics are Safe to Combine With My Medication? ](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelics-safe-to-combine-with-medication/) - This week Auntie considers the challenges of understanding possible contraindications between psychedelics and prescribed medications, why all high dose mushroom experiences are not the same, and how quickly stored LSD loses its potency.
- [Ayahuasca Arrests on the Rise in Spain](https://www.lucid.news/ayahuasca-arrests-on-the-rise-in-spain/) - The recent spate of prosecuted ceremony leaders highlights tensions in Spain between medical and indigenous perspectives on psychedelics.
- [Vets Group Moves Psychedelic Therapy Research Outside the Clinic](https://www.lucid.news/vets-psychedelic-therapy-research-outside-clinic/) - The groundbreaking study led by Heroic Hearts Project will follow 40 vets through a week of group healing activities at a Jamaican psilocybin retreat center, allowing researchers to make insightful comparisons to the findings of clinical trials.
- [How Should Young People Learn About Drugs?](https://www.lucid.news/how-young-people-learn-drugs/) - Harm reduction may be the answer, but D.A.R.E. programs are still active in 75 % of U.S. school districts and in more than 43 countries.
- [Colorado's Decriminalization of Ibogaine Comes With Unique Risks](https://www.lucid.news/colorados-decriminalization-ibogaine-risks/) - While there is reason to celebrate any drug policy reform victory, Coloradans need to be aware of the unique risks particular to ibogaine.
- [Colorado Follows Oregon’s Lead](https://www.lucid.news/colorado-follows-oregons-lead/) - Election day was generally positive but sobering as CO and OR voted on psychedelic ballot initiatives.
- [DC Looks More Psychedelic](https://www.lucid.news/dc-looks-more-psychedelic/) - From a Senate bill to ease psychedelic research and access to a new congressional caucus, Washington is waking up to the therapeutic potential of psychedelics.
- [Psychedelic Store Busts Force Difficult Questions](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-store-busts-force-difficult-questions/) - Nowhere in the U.S. is it now legal to sell magic mushrooms. Yet sellers keep selling and buyers keep buying.
- [A Psychedelic Pioneer's 2023 Forecast](https://www.lucid.news/a-psychedelic-pioneers-2023-forecast/) - A lot happened in psychedelics last year, and 2023 promises to be even more eventful. With all that activity, what matters most? Bob Jesse answers.
- [Oregon Bill Would Track Psychedelics Clients](https://www.lucid.news/oregon-bill-track-psychedelics-clients/) - The new bill would require psilocybin service centers to provide intimate personal data about clients to the Oregon Health Authority, which would maintain a comprehensive database of psychedelics users.
- [Prince Harry Targeted for Being Honest](https://www.lucid.news/prince-harry-targeted-for-being-honest/) - After publicly advocating for the potential of psychedelics to support healing, Prince Harry is experiencing the backlash.
- [Can Psychedelics Guide a Mystic’s Path to Mystery?](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelics-mystics-path-to-mystery/) - Psychedelics offer a glimpse into unmediated mystery, one that religious tradition and metaphor may help spiritual seekers navigate more easily, says Christian mystic Rev. John Mabry.
- [The Great Decoherence of Android Jones](https://www.lucid.news/decoherence-android-jones/) - The renowned visionary artist talks about ego death, letting go, and forging a new artistic path with community support after his art barn burned down in January.
- [In Praise of the Tripping Mouse](https://www.lucid.news/in-praise-of-the-tripping-mouse/) - The mouse model is central to drug research and behavioral studies that help scientists investigate psychedelic medicines.
- [Newly Proposed California Bill Would Decriminalize Natural Psychedelics](https://www.lucid.news/california-bill-decriminalize-natural-psychedelics/) - State Senator Scott Wiener's bill picks up where last year's bill left off, but does not include synthetic substances like MDMA and LSD.
- [I'm Worried About My Friend's Use of Fentanyl. How Should I Talk With Them?](https://www.lucid.news/friends-use-fentanyl-should-i-talk-with-them/) - This week Auntie offers thoughts on how to talk with a friend you are concerned about who likes to do fentanyl, broaching the topic of drug use with a parent, and if mushroom potency can be accurately tested.
- [Gilgamesh Tweaks Known Psychedelics To Improve Therapies](https://www.lucid.news/gilgamesh-tweaks-psychedelics/) - The company has closed a $39 million round of financing to optimize existing substances, which they say will make them safer and more effective.
- [Pioneering Clergy of Diverse Religions Embrace Psychedelics](https://www.lucid.news/pioneering-clergy-of-diverse-religions-embrace-psychedelics/) - Some religious leaders are finding psychedelics a valuable way to have mystical experiences within the traditions of their faiths.
- [Are You Experienced?](https://www.lucid.news/are-you-experienced/) - It behooves anyone who intends to work as a psychedelic guide to have psychedelic experience; you're either on the bus or you're not.
- [Oregon's Psychedelic Data Would Benefit Legalization - If Done Right](https://www.lucid.news/oregon-psychedelic-data-legalization/) - Data is essential for the expansion of services, but it must be implemented in a way that protects both client and facilitators.
- [Tactogen Supports Community Investment in Drug Development](https://www.lucid.news/tactogen-invites-non-accredited-investors-to-have-a-seat-at-the-table/) - The company has launched a Community Stakeholder Initiative that allows more people to invest in next-generation MDMA-like medicines.
- [Regulatory Hurdles Challenge Oregon Psilocybin Providers](https://www.lucid.news/regulatory-hurdles-oregon-psilocybin-providers/) - Entrepreneurs opening psilocybin businesses in Oregon face difficulties finding liability insurance and sympathetic landlords.
- [Oregon Psilocybin Entrepreneurs Navigate Business Requirements](https://www.lucid.news/oregon-psilocybin-entrepreneurs-navigate-business-requirements/) - As psilocybin businesses prepare to open under state law next year, entrepreneurs are looking to lawyers to help them navigate complex and challenging regulatory requirements.
- [A Jewish Mystic’s Embrace of Psychedelics](https://www.lucid.news/jewish-mystics-embrace-psychedelics/) - While psychedelics often lead people to reject Abrahamic religions, Rabbi Art Green sees psychedelics as a way to revive Judaism’s mystic tradition.
- [Digital Therapeutics and Psychedelic Medicines are Evolving Together](https://www.lucid.news/digital-therapeutics-and-psychedelic-medicines-are-evolving-together/) - In this interview, Firefly VR founder Shel Mann discusses how immersive technology can help prepare patients for psychedelic therapies, and the integration of virtual tools into mainstream healthcare.
- [Amplifying Global Consciousness with VR and Psychedelics](https://www.lucid.news/global-consciousness-vr-psychedelics/) - UNIFY founder Adil Kassam discusses how technology coupled with global group meditation can facilitate synchronized transformational experiences among millions of people.
- [What Happens when Psychedelics Meet Video Games?](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelics-meets-video-games/) - Game designer Robin Arnott discusses how psychedelics and virtual reality might collide, the potential risks of “digital psychedelics,” and how to Trojan Horse transformational experiences into virtual worlds.
- [Tai Shani Offers a Paean to LSD for Collective Liberation](https://www.lucid.news/tai-shani-paean-to-lsd-collective-liberation/) - The Turner prize winner has the full attention of the art world with her new book, "The Neon Hieroglyph."
- [To Trip or Not to Trip? Why Non-Hallucinogenic Treatments Must Be Part of the Solution](https://www.lucid.news/why-non-hallucinogenic-treatments-part-of-solution/) - The therapeutic benefits of psychedelic medicines may not require the psychoactive effects.
- [Two Psychedelic Bills in the New York State Assembly Attract Support ](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-bills-new-york-state-assembly/) - Pat Burke will introduce legislation to legalize psychedelic-assisted therapy following Linda Rosenthal’s bill to legalize possession of psychedelic plants and fungi.
- [Training Therapists to Integrate Psychedelics](https://www.lucid.news/training-therapists-to-integrate-psychedelics/) - Clinicians are playing catch up when it comes to understanding psychedelics. This training program aims to fix that.
- [What Psychedelic Tech Works Best with a Float Tank?](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-tech-float-tank/) - Nick Janicki of True REST float spas discusses combining psychedelics with float tanks, the problem with transhumanism, and expanding consciousness through float tanks, plunges and saunas.
- [Meditation Meets VR in Fujii’s Trippy Garden](https://www.lucid.news/meditation-meets-vr-in-fujiis-trippy-garden/) - Eddie Lee, the creator of the virtual reality meditative gardening game Fujii, discusses VR as a healing modality, how technology is affecting the evolution of consciousness, and more.
- [COMP360 Psilocybin Therapy Shows Promise in Bipolar Disorder](https://www.lucid.news/comp360-psilocybin-therapy-bipolar-disorder/) - The early results of a COMPASS Pathways clinical trial quell some concerns related to the safety of psychedelic therapy for individuals with bipolar disorder.
- [Psilocybin-assisted Therapy is Officially Legal in Oregon](https://www.lucid.news/psilocybin-assisted-therapy-legal-oregon/) - The Oregon Health Authority has released the final version of rules that will apply to all aspects of psilocybin treatment in Oregon, which became legal on January 1.
- [Experiencing a Changa Ceremony at an Oakland Plant Medicine Church](https://www.lucid.news/changa-oakland-plant-medicine-church/) - The Sacred Garden Church offers a home for spiritual seekers from across the religious spectrum.
- [Ram Dass Was “Only Jewish on My Parents’ Side”](https://www.lucid.news/ram-dass-jewish/) - The author recalls conversations with the spiritual leader and psychedelic pioneer about his Jewish roots.
- [Terminally Ill Patients Fight for Access to Psilocybin Under Federal “Right to Try” Act](https://www.lucid.news/terminally-ill-patients-access-psilocybin-federal-right-to-try-act/) - Patients who were denied end-of-life psychedelic therapy by the DEA turn to Senator Patty Murray to intervene with the federal agency.
- [So You Wish To See?](https://www.lucid.news/so-you-wish-to-see/) - The poet J. Ra invites you to consider if you wish to see deep into thee with the Shaman tools of self discovery and take the time to tread carefully.
- [Chaplains Are Learning to Become Psychedelic Guides](https://www.lucid.news/chaplains-become-psychedelic-guides/) - A robust conversation has begun about preparing trained chaplains to support people on their journeys.
- [A Santo Daime Church's Legal Success Paved a Path Towards Psychedelic Legalization](https://www.lucid.news/santo-daime-church-success-psychedelic-legalization/) - The saga of the Oregon-based medicine church's legal case set a precedent for the state's current implementation of Measure 109 as psychedelics gain mainstream acceptance.
- [All Entheogens Welcome at this Post-Modern Oakland Church](https://www.lucid.news/all-entheogens-welcome-oakland-church/) - Members of Sacred Garden Church follow a “faith of least dogma,” but must be open to the possibility that psychedelics provide access to the divine.
- [What Mainstream Churches Can Learn from an Ayahuasca Church](https://www.lucid.news/mainstream-churches-learn-from-ayahuasca-church/) - Religious studies scholar William Barnard describes the Brazilian ayahuasca church, Santo Daime, as a modern mystery school in his book, Liquid Light.
- [A Legal Ayahuasca Church Thrives in Southern California](https://www.lucid.news/legal-ayahuasca-church-southern-california/) - The church, called The Flower of the Divine Mother, offers a glimpse of what religious use of psychedelics could look like in the future.
- [15 of Our Favorite Reads From 2022](https://www.lucid.news/15-of-our-favorite-reads-from-2022/) - This list of our favorite reads from the past year shows how dramatically the psychedelics field is growing, from policy changes and therapy programs to TikTok influencers.
- [An Answer to Daedalus](https://www.lucid.news/an-answer-to-daedalus/) - Marc B. Aixalà’s new book "Psychedelic Integration" might be an answer to the Greek myth, so sincere and thoroughgoing is its quest for answers to grief over one's fallen self.
- [How Can I Tell if the Microdosing Drops I Found Online Are Safe?](https://www.lucid.news/microdosing-drops-found-online-safe/) - This month Auntie helps research a form of iboga that you can allegedly microdose, answers whether drinking orange juice helps relieve challenging mushroom trips, and suggests what to consider when starting a microdosing regimen.
- [A Psychedelic Year in Review: What Made the Most Impact in 2022?](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-year-review-most-impact-2022/) - From a new congressional caucus to the protection of indigenous knowledge, leaders in the field reflect on this year's significant events in the psychedelic space.
- [How Many Likes Does It Take to be a Psychedelic Thought Leader?](https://www.lucid.news/likes-psychedelic-thought-leader/) - In an era where thought leaders are minted by social media metrics, some influencers may be one viral video away from being tomorrow’s psychedelic luminaries.
- [The Myth of the Psychedelic Santa](https://www.lucid.news/myth-of-psychedelic-santa/) - Be the nerdiest person at your holiday parties this year by dispelling one of the most persistent psychedelic history myths!
- [Daniel Ellsberg Talks Psychedelics, Consciousness and World Peace](https://www.lucid.news/daniel-ellsberg-talks-psychedelics-consciousness-and-world-peace/) - The great American whistleblower who released the Pentagon Papers reflects on the intersection of psychedelics and activism, and the need for a shift in our collective consciousness.
- [Is the High Cost of Psychedelic Therapy Worth It?](https://www.lucid.news/high-cost-psychedelic-therapy-worth-it/) - As psychedelic-assisted therapies near FDA approval, questions remain about cost, who's paying, and how much it saves patients and insurers in the long run.
- [A Holiday Gift Guide for Psychedelic Loved Ones ](https://www.lucid.news/holiday-gift-guide-psychedelic/) - 'Tis the season to enhance your loved ones mind-altering experiences with just the right psychedelically inspired gift.
- [Need Illumination? Try Light Toys](https://www.lucid.news/need-illumination-try-light-toys/) - We bring you the scoop on flow toys, POI balls, LED gloves, optic dance whips, flying balls, wizard wands and light up hoops.
- [Awakn Navigates the Tough Market for Investment Capital](https://www.lucid.news/awakn-makes-its-case-to-investors/) - The drug development company inspires psychedelics experts, but struggles to raise funds for its ketamine-assisted therapies and addiction treatments.
- [Verdict in Lawsuit Assigns MAPS 25% Liability and $1M in Damages](https://www.lucid.news/verdict-maps-25-liability-1m-damages/) - A jury in Monterey California has returned a verdict that found MAPS liable in a wrongful death lawsuit.
- [MAPS Found Liable in Wrongful Death Lawsuit](https://www.lucid.news/maps-liable-in-wrongful-death-lawsuit/) - After a three-week trial, a jury found MAPS partially responsible for the wrongful death of a woman cared for in the Zendo Project peer support space and liable for damages.
- [Now Companies Can Buy Insurance To Cover Ketamine Therapy for Employees](https://www.lucid.news/companies-insurance-cover-ketamine-therapy-employees/) - Enthea will provide psychedelic health care benefits through employers, with plans to expand across 40 states.
- [Is Microdosing During Family Holidays a Good Idea?](https://www.lucid.news/substances-make-you-prone-to-heatstroke/) - This week Auntie considers which substances increase your chances of heat stroke or dehydration, microdosing to get through family holidays, and doing psychedelics for the first time when your partner doesn't want to join you.
- [Long-term Ketamine Treatment for Depression May Reduce Risk of Relapse](https://www.lucid.news/long-term-ketamine-treatment-depression-reduce-relapse/) - A first-of-its-kind review suggests that regular treatments are effective at reducing risk of relapse, though researchers say more study is needed.
- [COMPASS' Published Results Take its Psilocybin into Final Phase of Clinical Trials](https://www.lucid.news/compass-psilocybin-final-phase-clinical-trials/) - The results of the company’s Phase 2b trial raise concerns around safety, efficacy, and money, suggesting key questions to be addressed in Phase 3.
- [Spiraling Down Wonderland's Psychedelic Corporate Rabbit Hole](https://www.lucid.news/wonderlands-psychedelic-corporate-rabbit-hole/) - The self-dubbed “world’s leading psychedelic event" brought together a menagerie of industry titans, entrepreneurs, and psychedelic luminaries, showcasing the integration of psychedelics into our hypercommercial society.
- [Will the Psychedelic Revolution Be Medicalized?](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-revolution-medicalized/) - The medicalization of psychedelics may be changing people's minds, but can these developments result in deeper changes in how we view or access medicine?
- [Carey Turnbull Wears Many Hats as a Donor and Investor](https://www.lucid.news/carey-turnbull-donor-investor/) - The founder of two leading psychedelic science companies and an influential nonprofit is shaping research, as well as efforts to patent it.
- [MAPS Prepares For Trial in Wrongful Death Lawsuit](https://www.lucid.news/maps-trial-wrongful-death-lawsuit/) - The MAPS nonprofit faces a jury trial next week to address a lawsuit brought by the family of a woman who died after being at the Zendo care space at a music festival in 2017.
- [Eleusis Holdings Plans To Be Acquired By Beckley Psytech](https://www.lucid.news/eleusis-holdings-merges-with-beckley-psytech/) - The acquisition is the latest sign of stress among startups in the sector, which has seen valuations plummet.
- [What's the Future of Eleusis Therapeutics After Acquisition by Beckley Psytech?](https://www.lucid.news/eleusis-therapeutics-acquisition-by-beckley-psytech/) - Eleusis’ IV form of psilocin will see clinical trials, but Eleusis-backed research into the anti-inflammatory properties of psychedelics is uncertain.
- [Psychedelic Medicine Is Going Beyond PTSD and Depression](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-medicine-beyond-ptsd-depression/) - Psychedelic medicines make headlines for indications like PTSD, depression, and anxiety, but they’re being studied for a much broader range of conditions.
- [MAPS Publishes Open Science Approach to Synthesizing MDMA](https://www.lucid.news/maps-publishes-open-science-approach-to-synthesizing-mdma/) - The founder of Blossom breaks apart a recent study on the process of synthesizing MDMA in this monthly column.
- [Do Psychedelics Boost Creativity?](https://www.lucid.news/do-psychedelics-boost-creativity/) - A recent study used a battery of tests to determine what happens to creativity under a low-to-medium dose of psychedelics.
- [What’s the Best Psychedelic Therapy Protocol? It’s Debatable.](https://www.lucid.news/whats-the-best-psychedelic-therapy-protocol-its-debatable/) - Some researchers claim psychedelic therapy requires a lot of support, while others argue that it’s better to be less hands on, so treatment can be more widely available.
- [Can LSD Treat Anxiety?](https://www.lucid.news/can-lsd-treat-anxiety/) - The potential of LSD to address anxiety is supported by new clinical trial results.
- [Young Psychedelic Philanthropist Blazes Path for the Psychedelic Future](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-philanthropist-blazes-path-psychedelic-future/) - With the support of his family, Cody Swift has funded pivotal research into psychedelic therapies and the conservation of peyote and other Indigenous medicines.
- [Horizons Conference Returns to NYC for Its 15th Year](https://www.lucid.news/horizons-conference-nyc-15th-year/) - The longest-running annual psychedelic conference is coming up this week, with a packed 4-day agenda featuring classes and panels around psychedelic medicine, research, and culture.
- [Remembering Michael Gosney’s Impact on Consciousness Culture](https://www.lucid.news/michael-gosneys-impact-consciousness-culture/) - The prolific psychedelic and digital visionary is remembered for his myriad accomplishments, as well as the love he inspired in those who knew him.
- [My Friend Dosed Me Without My Consent. What Do I Do?](https://www.lucid.news/my-friend-dosed-me-without-my-consent-what-do-i-do/) - This month Auntie discusses what to do if you've been dosed without your consent and how to prevent it from happening again, post-MDMA blues, and feeling down on yourself after taking a solo journey.
- [What Nitrous Oxide Showed The Father of American Psychology](https://www.lucid.news/nitrous-oxide-father-of-american-psychology/) - David Yaden, whose new book continues the legacy of William James’s work on spiritual experiences, talks about James’s mystical encounter with nitrous oxide and what he would think of today’s psychedelic revival.
- [Biden Administration Considers Psychedelic Therapies Task Force](https://www.lucid.news/biden-administration-psychedelic-task-force/) - Advocates for the initiative, including two retired generals, say that the proposed inter-agency federal task force would support a thoughtful and coordinated introduction of psychedelic medicine services nationwide.
- [Oregon Overcomes Bureaucratic Delays to Therapist Training Program Approvals](https://www.lucid.news/oregon-bureaucratic-delays-therapist-training-program/) - From some counties pushing back on access to psilocybin therapy to last minute obstacles to facilitator training programs, Oregon is successfully navigating a bumpy road towards legalized psilocybin.
- [Psychedelics Were the Hot Topic at This Year’s World Economic Forum](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelics-hot-topic-world-economic-forum/) - Psychedelics are being talked about at major conferences all over the world, including South by SouthWest and Aspen Institute's Ideas Week, signaling a mainstream awareness that has its pros and cons, according to some.
- [What's Next for Legal Psilocybin in Oregon](https://www.lucid.news/whats-next-legal-psilocybin-oregon/) - As Oregon heads towards the first legal psilocybin system in the country, activists and educators come together to discuss the program ahead of next week's Horizons Northwest conference.
- [Effing the Ineffable: The Chambers Project Presents a Retrospective of Psychedelic Art](https://www.lucid.news/chambers-project-retrospective-psychedelic-art/) - The Chambers Project “Togetherrr” exhibit in collaboration with the Furtherrr artists collective presented a 13-year retrospective of psychedelic art collaborative co-creations.
- [As Plant-Medicine Churches Grow, Legal Questions Linger](https://www.lucid.news/plant-medicine-churches-legal-questions/) - Plant-medicine churches want to use the Religious Freedom Restoration Act as a shield against arrest or prosecution, but only three have established this legal right in thirty years.
- [In the Wake of Decrim, Police Continue to Target Psychedelics ](https://www.lucid.news/decrim-police-target-psychedelics/) - The recent arrest of psychedelic activist Aaron Genuth for possession brings to light the legal risks that still surround psychedelics, despite policy advancements.
- [Is the Color of LSD an Indicator of Purity?](https://www.lucid.news/is-the-color-of-lsd-an-indicator-of-purity/) - This month Auntie considers how our relationship to psychedelics changes as we age, how experienced those "leading" psychedelic journeys should be, and whether color is an indication of bad, or good, acid.
- [Psychedelic Decrim Language Removed From California Bill SB 519](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-decrim-language-removed-from-california-bill-sb-519/) - The California bill has been limited to a public health study, with a proposed working group focusing on harm reduction and regulatory systems.
- [Lucy Walker on Turning 'How to Change Your Mind' Into a Netflix Hit](https://www.lucid.news/lucy-walker-how-to-change-your-mind-netflix/) - The director of Netflix's How to Change Your Mind, Lucy Walker, discusses what led her to make the groundbreaking series and what it was like to work with Michael Pollan.
- [Dennis McKenna Extolls Our Deepening Knowledge of Psychoactive Plants](https://www.lucid.news/dennis-mckenna-psychoactive-plants/) - The famous ethnopharmacologist reflects on his main takeaways from the ESPD55 conference and their implications for the future.
- [Lead Plaintiff in Canadian Right To Try Lawsuit Shares His Psilocybin Story](https://www.lucid.news/canadian-right-to-try-lawsuit-psilocybin-story/) - Thomas Hartle says psilocybin profoundly alleviated his end-of-life anxiety following his terminal diagnosis, and wants to make sure others like him have access to this medicine before it’s too late.
- [The Technodelic Manifesto](https://www.lucid.news/the-technodelic-manifesto/) - A new video game genre is emerging that weaves together hypnosis, ceremony, meditation, and neuroscience, and is rooted in prayer.
- [It's Festival Season! How Should We Group Dose MDMA?](https://www.lucid.news/festival-season-group-dose-mdma/) - This month Auntie considers why headaches can sometimes occur during psychedelic experiences, how to calculate different dosages of MDMA for a varied group of people, and vomiting while under the influence of ayahuasca or other substances.
- [Medidosing LSD: The Middle Way](https://www.lucid.news/medi-dosing-lsd-the-middle-way/) - Between tripping hard on 200 mcgs of acid and microdosing lies a vast dosing territory ripe for exploration and flow states.
- [Advocates Push for California Psychedelic Decrim Bill to Reach Crucial Vote](https://www.lucid.news/california-psychedelic-decrim-bill-crucial-vote/) - A California bill that would decriminalize psychedelic substances will receive a hearing in the State Assembly as advocates gather support from lawmakers before an August legislative deadline.
- [A Terminally Ill Patient Shares How Psilocybin Helps Him Live in the Present](https://www.lucid.news/terminally-ill-patient-psilocybin/) - After being diagnosed with cancer two days before his wedding, Steven Allgood turned to psilocybin to alleviate his end-of-life anxiety, and transform his perspective on life and what may come after.
- [Remembering Ann Shulgin and What She Taught Us About the Shadow ](https://www.lucid.news/ann-shulgin-the-shadow/) - The legendary pioneer of psychedelic-assisted therapy leaves behind a legacy of wisdom for healers and explorers of the subconscious.
- [Ann Shulgin, Forerunner of Today’s Psychedelic Reemergence, Dies at 91 ](https://www.lucid.news/ann-shulgin-dies-at-91/) - Ann Shulgin, one of the foremost thinkers and authors to have guided the current resurgence of interest in psychedelics, has died at the age of 91.
- [Could Mushrooms Help Me Recover From a Bad Break-Up?](https://www.lucid.news/mushrooms-bad-break-up/) - This month Auntie considers whether it's safe to mix ketamine with other psychedelics, if taking psilocybin mushrooms for the first time after a bad breakup is a good idea, and if lower doses of psilocybin can magnify anxiety and leave you feeling stuck.
- [Can Psychedelics Treat Inflammation and Eye Disease? Eleusis Thinks So.](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelics-inflammation-eye-disease-eleusis/) - The company is betting that psychedelic medicines can promote physical as well as mental health. Can it convince investors?
- [Do Bad Psychedelic Patents Matter?](https://www.lucid.news/bad-psychedelic-patents-matter/) - The way patents in the psychedelic field can pose a problem is often misunderstood, mischaracterized, and sensationalized by the media and academics alike.
- [Scholars, Mystics and Activists Explore the Profound Awareness of Plants](https://www.lucid.news/scholars-mystics-activists-awareness-of-plants/) - “The Mind of Plants” is an exuberant, mythopoeic exploration of plant intelligence.
- [The Elephant in the Room is LSD](https://www.lucid.news/the-elephant-in-the-room-is-lsd/) - Acid’s cultural profile is curiously muted in today’s psychedelic space, though it’s been the most influential and catalyzing psychedelic in the postwar world.
- [Celebrating the Psychedelic Dawn](https://www.lucid.news/celebrating-the-psychedelic-dawn/) - If all goes well, in two years MDMA will become the first Schedule 1 psychedelic to cross the federal approval finish line and become a prescription medication.
- [NFTs Are Getting Psychedelic. Is It Worth the Trip?](https://www.lucid.news/nfts-psychedelic-trip/) - From artists Alex Grey and Beeple to projects infused with psilocybin culture, NFTs have embraced psychedelics -- with some donating proceeds towards research.
- [Psychedelic Pharma’s Big Spin](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-pharmas-big-spin/) - Despite the hype, the impact so far of the psychedelics industry on the underground has been minimal.
- [Connecticut Cites FDA Program to Launch Psychedelic Therapy Pilot](https://www.lucid.news/connecticut-launch-psychedelic-therapy-pilot/) - The innovative legislation uses the FDA’s Expanded Access Program to provide psychedelic-assisted therapy to vets, frontline workers and first-responders.
- [Don’t Count on RFRA to Protect Psychedelic Churches](https://www.lucid.news/dont-count-on-rfra-to-protect-psychedelic-churches/) - Some psychedelic users have formed churches hoping for legal cover under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. But it’s not that simple.
- [Psychedelic Therapy Training Programs Expand To Meet Demand](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-therapy-training-programs-expand-to-meet-demand/) - As the need for psychedelic therapists expands, more training programs emerge to meet the needs of patients.
- [My Friend Took Mushrooms and Thinks He's Jesus Now. What Should I Do?](https://www.lucid.news/my-friend-took-mushrooms-and-thinks-hes-jesus-now-what-should-i-do/) - This month Auntie considers the question of how to address ego-inflation after a psychedelic experience, whether ibogaine can be useful for personal wellness, and if there is a downside to adding modest bumps of ketamine when candyflipping with LSD and MDMA.
- [Journey Colab Looks to Mescaline for Treating Alcohol Use Disorder](https://www.lucid.news/journey-colab-looks-to-mescaline-for-treating-alcohol-use-disorder/) - An early advocate of indigenous reciprocity, the company seeks more funding to support FDA clinical trials.
- [Oregon Issues Draft of Magic Mushroom Cultivation Rules](https://www.lucid.news/oregon-draft-mushroom-cultivation-rules/) - The proposal prohibits synthetic psilocybin and echoes state food preparation and legalized cannabis guidelines.
- [Protests at DEA for Medical Psilocybin Lead to Arrests](https://www.lucid.news/protests-at-dea-for-medical-psilocybin-lead-to-arrests/) - David Bronner was among the activists arrested at DEA Headquarters advocating for “Right To Try” access to psilocybin for terminally ill patients.
- [Psychedelic Therapists Must Be Trained to Set Sexual Boundaries](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-therapists-trained-sexual-boundaries/) - Allegations of sexual violations in psychedelic therapy highlight the need to train psychedelic guides to set boundaries that support the potential for appropriate touch.
- [Are There Risks to Using Psychedelics If You Have Certain Mental Illnesses? ](https://www.lucid.news/are-there-risks-to-using-psychedelics-if-you-have-certain-mental-illnesses/) - This month Auntie considers whether there are risks to combining psychedelics with certain mental illnesses, the difference between microdosing LSD and psilocybin, and the risks of overusing ketamine.
- [Decrim Movement Split Over Peyote, Possession Limits, and Tactics](https://www.lucid.news/decrim-movement-split-over-peyote-possession-limits-and-tactics/) - Decriminalize Nature’s controversial stances on hot button issues has led to the birth of new groups independent of the national organization.
- [Numinus’s Acquisition of Novamind May Signal More Consolidation to Come](https://www.lucid.news/numinuss-acquisition-novamind-consolidation/) - Payton Nyquvest, Numinus’s CEO, sees the company’s move into the U.S. as a step towards “a global clinic network.”
- [Fireside Project’s New Equity Initiative Expands Psychedelic Support Services](https://www.lucid.news/fireside-projects-new-equity-initiative-expands-psychedelic-support-services/) - Since launching last year, Fireside Project has supported more than 1,700 people on its Psychedelic Peer Support Line, and now the organization is promoting more inclusion and diversity.
- [More Companies Embrace 5-MeO-DMT to Create Therapies](https://www.lucid.news/companies-embrace-5-meo-dmt-therapies/) - The psychedelic compound in toad venom is being used to develop therapies for everything from cluster headaches to chronic depression.
- [Protestors Target the DEA in Support of Psilocybin for Terminally Ill Patients](https://www.lucid.news/protestors-target-dea-support-psilocybin-terminally-ill/) - David Bronner is spearheading a sit-in at DEA headquarters next month to demand access to psilocybin for patients under the federal "Right to Try" law.
- [Psychedelics Meets the Theory of Everything ](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelics-meets-the-theory-of-everything/) - In his book The Psilocybin Connection, Jahan Khamsehzadeh argues that psilocybin mushrooms are humanity's greatest untapped resource for self-realization.
- [A New Database Seeks to Prevent “Bad” Psychedelic Patents](https://www.lucid.news/new-database-prevent-bad-psychedelic-patents/) - Porta Sophia is building an online database of prior art pertaining to psychedelics with the goal of improving the flawed psychedelic patent process.
- [Decriminalize Nature Feels Growing Pains as Local Groups Clash with Board](https://www.lucid.news/decriminalize-nature-growing-pains-local-groups-clash/) - The activist group Decriminalize Nature catalyzed a national movement, but the board’s new guidelines reflect tensions within the grassroots movement.
- [Survey Finds Those Who Take Psilocybin Less Likely to Abuse Opioids](https://www.lucid.news/survey-psilocybin-less-likely-abuse-opioids/) - Researchers are exploring possible causal links between use of magic mushrooms and opioid dependency.
- [Hyphae Labs Expands Harm Reduction to Consider Psilocybin ](https://www.lucid.news/hyphae-labs-expands-harm-reduction-to-consider-psilocybin/) - In an effort to move beyond harm reduction efforts that often overlook psilocybin, Hyphae Labs has launched the Psilocybin Cup and the California Psychedelic Conference to provide critical information about potency, dosage, and adulteration.
- [Survey Suggests Psychedelics are Linked to Neo-Shamanistic Beliefs](https://www.lucid.news/survey-suggests-psychedelics-are-linked-to-neo-shamanistic-beliefs/) - A recent survey about life-changing psychedelic experiences put out by Johns Hopkins confirmed something that many psychonauts have come to believe - that plants and the rest of the natural word are trying to tell us something.
- [Funders at Johns Hopkins Shape The Future of Psychedelic Research](https://www.lucid.news/funders-at-johns-hopkins-shape-the-future-of-psychedelic-research/) - Partnerships between funders and researchers at Johns Hopkins illustrate how companies influence the direction of psychedelic science and the release of research data to the public domain.
- [Researchers May Have Created LSD-Analogs that Treat Depression Without the Trip](https://www.lucid.news/researchers-may-have-created-lsd-analogs-that-treat-depression-without-the-trip/) - If proven safe and effective in humans, such “no-trip psychedelics” could potentially deliver relief from depression and other mental health conditions to millions more people than could traditional psychedelics.
- [These Natural Psilocybin Droplets Come in Exact Dosages and Don't Upset Your Stomach](https://www.lucid.news/natural-psilocybin-droplets-exact-dosages-dont-upset-stomach/) - Mimosa Therapeutics has created a cultured psilocybin mycelium product called Pearls that can be precisely dosed like synthetic psilocybin, but contains all the mushroom’s compounds.
- [Researchers Ask if Psychedelics Inevitably Turn You into a Mystic](https://www.lucid.news/researchers-ask-psychedelics-turn-you-into-a-mystic/) - After psychedelics, people are more likely to have “non-physicalist” beliefs, according to a new study.
- [What Is Boofing and Why Do People Do It?](https://www.lucid.news/what-is-boofing-and-why-do-people-do-it/) - This month Auntie describes what boofing is and why some people prefer this method of ingestion, whether using psychedelics for fun can be therapeutic, and why commercially available drug test kits can miss fentanyl and how to test for it.
- [Can Psychedelic Masculinity Stop War?](https://www.lucid.news/can-psychedelic-masculinity-stop-war/) - A psychedelic men’s movement can challenge militarism, continue what #MeToo started, and imagine freedom beyond male supremacy.
- [Three Bills Seek to Shift Psychedelics Policy in New York State](https://www.lucid.news/three-bills-shift-psychedelic-policy-new-york/) - The bills would create a state-funded research institute, decriminalize magic mushrooms, and provide psilocybin-assisted therapy for eligible patients.
- [Companies Eye Oregon's Growing Psilocybin Business Boom](https://www.lucid.news/companies-eye-oregons-psilocybin-business-boom/) - Retreats, converted ketamine clinics, patient management software, professional associations and other service providers ramp up for Oregon’s psilocybin gold rush.
- [Can MDMA Help Heal Grief?](https://www.lucid.news/can-mdma-help-heal-grief/) - A psychotherapist describes how MDMA, used in a private gathering with friends, can help heal grief.
- [Ketamine Could Treat Alcohol Use Disorder, Study Shows](https://www.lucid.news/ketamine-could-treat-alcohol-use-disorder-study-shows/) - Ketamine coupled with psychotherapy shows promise as a treatment option for alcohol use disorder in a Phase 2 clinical trial, adding momentum to the use of psychedelics for treat ing substance abuse.
- [Psilocybin Leaps Ahead of Other Psychedelics in Trials and Studies](https://www.lucid.news/psilocybin-psychedelics-trials-and-studies/) - New analysis reveals a growing interest in psilocybin that outpaces previous frontrunners MDMA and LSD.
- [How Should I Talk With A Friend About Their Ketamine Use?](https://www.lucid.news/how-to-talk-with-a-friend-about-their-ketamine-use/) - This month Auntie considers how to talk with a friend who you think may do too much ketamine, whether there is a health reason not to smoke DMT or 5-MeO-DMT more than once a day, and the pros and cons of taking psychedelics on a first date.
- [Effects of Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy for Depression Shown to Last for a Year](https://www.lucid.news/effects-of-psilocybin-assisted-therapy-for-depression-shown-to-last-for-a-year/) - The Johns Hopkins study is the longest follow-up to date and indicates that therapy protocols and other factors are important to positive treatment outcomes.
- [California’s Proposed Psychedelic Decrim Bill Paused in State Assembly](https://www.lucid.news/californias-proposed-psychedelic-decrim-bill-paused-in-state-assembly/) - California's pending psychedelic decrim bill SB 519 is being held in the state legislature to give the coalition behind the legislation time to build support.
- [Gabon Takes First Step Toward Legal Export of Sustainable Iboga](https://www.lucid.news/gabon-takes-first-step-toward-legal-export-of-sustainable-iboga/) - The NGO Blessings of the Forest is spearheading the new arrangement under the Nagoya Protocol, applying an international treaty to a psychedelic substance for the first time.
- [Psychedelics Open Opportunity to Study Synesthesia](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelics-open-opportunity-to-study-synesthesia/) - The pairing of sound and color is the most common form of synesthesia on psychedelics, researchers found.
- [More States Follow Oregon’s Lead Toward Legal Psilocybin Therapy](https://www.lucid.news/states-follow-oregons-lead-legal-psilocybin-therapy/) - New York and Washington consider bills to legalize the medical use of psilocybin, while Colorado voters might establish medical frameworks for psilocybin therapy this November.
- [Scientists Create Cell-Based Psychedelic Toad Venom, a Potential 5-MeO-DMT “Bio-Factory”](https://www.lucid.news/scientists-create-cell-based-psychedelic-toad-venom-a-potential-5-meo-dmt-bio-factory/) - The innovation may be the ethical alternative to the controversial practice of collecting Bufo toad venom.
- [What Research Doesn’t Tell Us About Older Psychedelic Users](https://www.lucid.news/what-research-doesnt-tell-us-about-older-psychedelic-users/) - The risks psychedelics may hold for older generations are still unknown, but the rewards could include treating pain, processing grief and trauma, and helping women in menopause.
- [How Do I Know If I’m Integrating My Psychedelic Experience?](https://www.lucid.news/how-do-i-know-if-im-integrating-my-psychedelic-experience/) - Meet Your Psychedelic Auntie, a source of advice on all things psychedelic. This month Auntie discusses psychedelic integration, adulteration of substances, and helping a friend who is having a difficult mushroom experience.
- [What Do I Need To Know About Tripping Alone In Nature?](https://www.lucid.news/what-do-i-need-to-know-about-tripping-alone-in-nature/) - Meet Your Psychedelic Auntie, a source of advice on all things psychedelic. This month Auntie discusses how to set up a solo trip in nature, the potential challenges of mixing mushrooms with alcohol, and whether the ketamine experience is “psychedelic.”
- [What Substances Are More Likely To Be Contaminated With Fentanyl?](https://www.lucid.news/what-substances-are-more-likely-to-be-contaminated-with-fentanyl/) - Meet Your Psychedelic Auntie, a source of advice on all things psychedelic. This month Auntie discusses how to help prevent ingesting substances that might be contaminated with fentanyl, how to navigate sex and boundaries while altered, and if LSD, 2C-B and psilocybin deplete serotonin like MDMA.
- [Is There a Dependable Way to Induce an Ego Death Experience with Psychedelics?](https://www.lucid.news/is-there-a-dependable-way-to-induce-an-ego-death-experience-with-psychedelics/) - This month Auntie considers if there is a dependable way to create an ego death experience with psychedelics, if mushrooms can permanently damage your eyesight or your brain, and if mixing GHB and alcohol can lead to life threatening respiratory depression.
- [Can You Experience Psilocybin Withdrawal if You Stop Microdosing?](https://www.lucid.news/can-you-experience-psilocybin-withdrawal-if-you-stop-microdosing/) - This month Auntie considers the potential for withdrawal from microdosing psilocybin, whether storing homemade psilocybin products in a freezer helps preserve potency, and whether it is safe to microdose psilocybin with ADHD medication.
- [How Do I Help Someone Having a Difficult Trip?](https://www.lucid.news/how-do-i-help-someone-having-a-difficult-trip/) - This month, Auntie considers how to best help someone having a difficult experience on psychedelics, which drugs are more likely to depress your immune system, and whether there is a standard dosage for microdosing.
- [Can I Use Mushrooms to Treat My Depression if I Can’t Afford Therapy?](https://www.lucid.news/can-i-use-mushrooms-to-treat-my-depression-if-i-cant-afford-therapy/) - This month Auntie discusses how to use mushrooms for depression if you can’t afford therapy, how to stay safe when napping in a cuddle puddle after taking substances, and if it’s safe to mix psychedelics or ketamine with prescription pain relievers.
- [DEA Proposes Adding Five Psychedelic Compounds to Schedule 1](https://www.lucid.news/dea-proposes-five-psychedelic-compounds-schedule-1/) - Concerned scientists say that the proposal will inevitably hamper vital research of nearly 100 related compounds.
- [New Research Probes Psilocybin’s Effect on Suicidality](https://www.lucid.news/new-research-probes-psilocybins-effect-on-suicidality/) - A review of psilocybin therapy for terminal patients becomes more relevant in light of recent research from Compass Pathways.
- [How is Oregon Preparing for the Facilitated Use of Psilocybin?](https://www.lucid.news/how-is-oregon-preparing-for-the-facilitated-use-of-psilocybin/) - Oregon is innovating the first legal system in the U.S. to train and regulate facilitators of psilocybin experiences.
- [How Magic Mushrooms Helped Me Find My Pleasure After Trauma](https://www.lucid.news/how-magic-mushrooms-helped-me-find-my-pleasure-after-trauma/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, X Razma shares how, through a large dose of mushrooms, they were able to create a roadmap back to pleasure after experiencing sexual trauma.
- [Health Canada Takes Small Step Towards Accessible Psychedelic Medicine](https://www.lucid.news/health-canada-accessible-psychedelic-medicine/) - Canada has loosened restrictions for doctors to use MDMA and psilocybin to treatment-resistant conditions and terminally ill patients, but the approval process is slower than some patients can afford.
- [Texas Leads the Way in Bi-Partisan Support for Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Research](https://www.lucid.news/texas-leads-the-way-in-bi-partisan-support-for-psychedelic-assisted-therapy-research/) - Pioneering research into psilocybin for treating veterans with PTSD has made Republicans like Rick Perry unlikely allies with Democrats in the Texas legislature.
- [Take a Trip to The Psychedelic Video Museum](https://www.lucid.news/trip-psychedelic-video-museum/) - Celebrate Bicycle Day by exploring The Psychedelic Video Museum, an online collection of over 700 videos covering Psychedelic Cinema, Sixties Psychedelia, Psychedelic Activism, and everything in between.
- [Can Western Medicine Include the Sacred in Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy?](https://www.lucid.news/can-western-medicine-include-the-sacred-in-psychedelic-assisted-psychotherapy/) - It's time for psychotherapists to study the shamanic approach to plant medicine alongside their clinical applications and molecular structures.
- [Taking Microdosing with a Pinch of Salt](https://www.lucid.news/taking-microdosing-with-a-pinch-of-salt/) - Floris Wolswijk, the founder of Blossom, breaks apart a recent study about the mental health benefits of microdosing in this monthly column.
- [12 of Our Great Reads from 2021](https://www.lucid.news/12-of-our-great-reads-from-2021/) - From psychedelic investment to celebrities speaking publicly about once taboo experiences, this list of our favorite reads from the past year shows how dramatically the psychedelics field is growing and changing.
- [The Psychedelic Mushroom Behind Christmas](https://www.lucid.news/the-psychedelic-mushroom-behind-christmas/) - It may not be a coincidence that Santa Claus resembles the iconic red and white Amanita muscaria, a psychoactive mushroom widely used in pre-Christian winter solstice rituals.
- [How LSD Helped Me Stop Hating the World and Start Loving Myself](https://www.lucid.news/how-lsd-helped-me-stop-hating-the-world-and-start-loving-myself/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, Yarelix Estrada recounts how her first trip with LSD turned into an adventure that taught her how to stop hating the world and start loving herself.
- [Michael Pollan’s Adventures with Opium, Caffeine and Mescaline](https://www.lucid.news/from-the-psychoactive-to-the-psychedelic-michael-pollans-adventures-with-opium-caffeine-and-mescaline/) - Pollan’s new book, “This Is Your Mind On Plants,” reintroduces the Huxleyan tradition of cultivating spiritual and aesthetic experiences with psychedelics.
- [Grandparents of Psychedelics Ann and Sasha Shulgin Honored by Friends and Fellow Researchers](https://www.lucid.news/grandparents-of-psychedelics-ann-and-sasha-shulgin-honored-by-friends-and-fellow-researchers/) - Psychedelic pioneers gather to reflect on the enduring legacy of Ann and Sasha Shulgin and on psychedelic science, policy, and culture.
- [How Freaks of Color Shaped Psychedelia](https://www.lucid.news/how-freaks-of-color-shaped-psychedelia/) - BIPOC artists, from Jimi Hendrix to Parliament-Funkadelic, shaped the 60s and 70s psychedelic subculture.
- [Researchers Debate the Role of Mysticism in Psychedelic Science](https://www.lucid.news/researchers-debate-the-role-of-mysticism-in-psychedelic-science/) - As psychedelic-assisted therapies enter the medical and pharmaceutical mainstream, some scientists are pushing back against a mystical mindset that permeates much of this growing movement.
- [Mystical Experience Defines Psychedelics](https://www.lucid.news/the-mystical-experience-defines-psychedelics/) - With true psychedelics, the one essential bedrock factor is that they can and often do generate a mystical experience that is life changing.
- [The Faux Shamanism of Jake “Angeli” Chansley](https://www.lucid.news/the-faux-shamanism-of-jake-angeli-chansley/) - The “QAnon Shaman,” who offered to testify against Trump at this week’s impeachment hearings, fancies himself a shamanic trickster. But shamanic authorities and practitioners like Dennis McKenna see him as a huckster and a clown.
- [Women On Psychedelic Leadership: A Roundtable Discussion](https://www.lucid.news/women-on-psychedelic-leadership-a-roundtable-discussion/) - Three women changing the landscape of psychedelics - Charlotte Blocker, Julie Holland, and Melissa Lavasani - discuss being bossy, psychedelic policies, SSRIs, and the power of storytelling.
- [10 of Our Great Reads from 2020](https://www.lucid.news/10-of-our-great-reads-from-2020/) - This list of 10 favorites published during Lucid News’ first year reflects the range of innovation and activity in today’s psychedelic space.
- [Critics React to Carl Hart’s Views About Drugs, and He Responds](https://www.lucid.news/critics-react-to-carl-harts-views-about-drugs-and-he-responds/) - After Carl Hart’s book “Drug Use for Grown-Ups” was released this year, conservative and liberal commentators alike reacted with fear and anger, accusing the neuroscientist of promoting dangerous behavior.
- [How Ayahuasca Helped Me Surrender My Need to Control](https://www.lucid.news/how-ayahuasca-helped-me-surrender-my-need-to-control/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, Jemie Sae Koo shares how taking ayahuasca after years of depression, anxiety, and adrenal fatigue saved her life.
- [New York City Opens First U.S. Overdose Prevention Centers ](https://www.lucid.news/new-york-city-opens-first-u-s-overdose-prevention-centers/) - Amid record overdose deaths, New York City has opened the first overdose prevention centers despite mixed signals from the Biden Administration.
- [How LSD Helped Me Create a Psychedelic Community for People of Color](https://www.lucid.news/how-lsd-helped-me-create-a-psychedelic-community-for-people-of-color/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, Emma Sanchez (aka Emma Dilemma), shares how LSD helped her recognize the importance of, and create space for, celebrating cultural heritage.
- [Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy on the Rise in VA Hospitals](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-assisted-therapy-on-the-rise-in-va-hospitals/) - Veterans Administration medical centers across the country are creating and deploying protocols for psychedelic therapy.
- [I Almost Became a Casualty of the Drug War](https://www.lucid.news/i-almost-became-a-casualty-of-the-drug-war/) - I came close to getting arrested as a college student for selling acid at a Grateful Dead show, which would have changed my life irrevocably.
- [Can a Values-Centered Psychedelic Ecosystem Effectively Compete?](https://www.lucid.news/can-a-values-centered-psychedelic-ecosystem-effectively-compete/) - As MAPS and Vine Ventures pioneer a $70 million social impact funding vehicle for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy, it’s unclear how it will be received by funders accustomed to traditional venture capital investment models.
- [Rick Doblin Explains MAPS’ New $70 Million Investment Fund With Vine Ventures](https://www.lucid.news/rick-doblin-explains-maps-investment-fund-with-vine-ventures/) - In an exclusive interview, Doblin discusses MAPS's goal to raise $150 over the next three years, and their $70 million investment fund with Vine Ventures to help meet that funding goal.
- [Navigating New York City's Ketamine Clinics](https://www.lucid.news/navigating-the-patchwork-of-new-york-city-ketamine-clinics/) - Ketamine clinics, which look like everything from a med spa to an art gallery, are cropping up all over the country, including progressive and wealthy cities such as New York.
- [What Happens When Zen Monks Take Mushrooms?](https://www.lucid.news/what-happens-when-zen-monks-take-mushrooms/) - The new documentary “Descending the Mountain” explores a 2019 research study that took a group of experienced Zen practitioners with no prior psychedelic experience to a zendo in the Swiss Alps and gave them psilocybin.
- [How to Cultivate a More Ethical, Inclusive Psychedelic Future](https://www.lucid.news/how-to-cultivate-a-more-ethical-inclusive-psychedelic-future/) - “Psychedelic Justice,” a newly released anthology of essays, explores timely issues facing the psychedelic community, and calls on the movement to confront its shadow side and to make a radical commitment to social justice and cultural transformation.
- [Freaks of Color Tell Psychedelic Stories That Inspire](https://www.lucid.news/freaks-of-color-tell-psychedelic-stories-that-inspire/) - BIPOC writers and activists from Carlos Castaneda to Fantuzzi made deep imprints on the counterculture from the 60's to the present.
- [Horizons Conference Reconvenes in NYC to Connect Psychedelic Communities](https://www.lucid.news/horizons-conference-reconvenes-in-nyc-to-connect-psychedelic-communities/) - The 2021 Horizons conference is offering a full schedule of classes, panels, workshops and a Psychedelic Business Forum.
- [A New Psychedelic Organization is Merging Shamanism and Science](https://www.lucid.news/a-new-psychedelic-organization-is-merging-shamanism-and-science/) - BMed, a new Spanish nonprofit that will focus on training psychedelic facilitators and educating the general public, stresses the need for community building in the burgeoning psychedelic revival.
- [New Survey Suggests Psychedelics Could Help Heal the Complex Trauma of Child Abuse](https://www.lucid.news/new-survey-suggests-psychedelics-could-help-heal-the-complex-trauma-of-child-abuse/) - Participants who had experienced childhood abuse and used psychedelics with therapeutic intent reported feeling less internalized shame.
- [Tim Ferriss Funds Fellowships for Journalists Reporting On Psychedelics](https://www.lucid.news/tim-ferriss-funds-fellowships-for-journalists-reporting-on-psychedelics/) - Tim Ferriss is funding fellowships for journalists covering psychedelics to encourage more reporters to cover the field.
- [Novamind Brings Contract Research To Psychedelic Medicine](https://www.lucid.news/novamind-brings-contract-research-to-psychedelic-medicine/) - The mental health company Novamind is at the forefront of providing contract research services with clinical expertise in psychedelic-assisted therapies.
- [Ketamine Users Can Help Ensure Safety with DanceSafe's Testing Kit](https://www.lucid.news/ketamine-users-can-ensure-safety-with-dancesafes-new-testing-kit/) - The new kit uses the Morris reagent, the only known chemical that reacts to the presence of ketamine.
- [Camera Trips Through the Golden Age of Psychedelic Photography](https://www.lucid.news/photography-golden-age-of-psychedelics/) - Author Erik Davis revisits two classic collections of psychedelic photography capturing 60s and 70s California.
- [Episode 1: Troy Dayton](https://www.lucid.news/aotp-episode-1-troy-dayton/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, Troy Dayton shares his personal and profound experiences with ayahuasca and how this medicine helped him shift a life long panic disorder.
- [Episode 2: Dr. Janae Devika](https://www.lucid.news/episode-2-dr-janae-devika-2/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche we are joined by Dr. Janae Devika, whose unlikely encounter with psychedelics helped her heal from (as well as uncover the repressed origins of) a life threatening illness that kept her in and out of the hospital most of her life.
- [Episode 3: Dr. Kwasi Adusei](https://www.lucid.news/episode-3-dr-kwasi-adusei/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, Dr. Kwasi Adusei shares how he realized what a blessing a “bad trip” can be.
- [Episode 4: Ryan Beauregard](https://www.lucid.news/episode-4-ryan-beauregard/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, Ryan Beauregard shares how contraindications from an ayahuasca dieta in Peru brought him head to head with his greatest fear of losing his mind.
- [Episode 5: Victor Mifsud](https://www.lucid.news/episode-5-victor-mifsud/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, Victor Misfud, who is legally blind, shares his story of an MDMA experience that allowed him to temporarily regain his vision and launched him onto a path of healing.
- [How Psychedelics Taught Me to Love Myself and Overthrow Internalized Systems of Oppression](https://www.lucid.news/how-psychedelics-taught-me-to-love-myself-and-overthrow-internalized-systems-of-oppression/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, Charlotte James recounts how she conquered body dysmorphia, internalized systems of oppression, and learned to love herself through her work with psychedelics.
- [How Psychedelics Helped Me Find the Frequency of Safety](https://www.lucid.news/how-psychedelics-helped-me-find-the-frequency-of-safety/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, Dena Justice shares how a series of psychedelic journeys unraveled deep patterns of co-dependency, control, disassociation, and physical unwellness stemming from childhood sexual abuse.
- [How Ayahuasca Helped Me Be a Better Father](https://www.lucid.news/how-ayahuasca-helped-me-be-a-better-father/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche Kash Khan shares how, after much rebellion stemming from a difficult Muslim childhood, ayahuasca opened his eyes to the unconscious generational patterning that prevented him from being a good father and a good son.
- [How Ayahuasca Transformed Me from Victim to Victor](https://www.lucid.news/how-ayahuasca-transformed-me-from-victim-to-victor/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche Christina Kaufmann, who spent much of her life finding value in the external and believing her life to be full, describes a series of ayahuasca journeys that revealed repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse and helped her bring all parts of her heart, body, and soul online.
- [Why I Thought Ayahuasca Didn't Work For Me (and How It Finally Helped Me Create Life)](https://www.lucid.news/why-i-thought-ayahuasca-didnt-work-for-me-and-how-it-finally-helped-me-create-life/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, Mareesa Stertz shares how a trip to Peru revealed the reason she hadn’t yet had a visionary experience with ayahuasca.
- [How a Message From Ayahuasca Kept Me From Falling Into the Abyss](https://www.lucid.news/how-a-message-from-ayahuasca-kept-me-from-falling-into-the-abyss/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, Laura Dawn shares how a volcano nearly devastated her life, but then a message she received in an ayahuasca ceremony helped her surrender to the chaos and emerge thriving on the other side.
- [How Mushrooms Taught Me the Importance of Connection](https://www.lucid.news/how-mushrooms-taught-me-the-importance-of-connection/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, Chris Gunlock shares how closing his heart brought on a chronic illness, and how the mycelial wisdom of mushrooms guided him towards connection.
- [How My Quest for Power Revealed I Am My Own Shaman](https://www.lucid.news/how-i-discovered-my-inner-teacher-through-my-quest-for-power/) - Gabriel Amezcua shares how his search for power and shamanic wisdom led him on a most unusual adventure of heartbreak and self-love in Central America.
- [How Opioid Dependency and Ibogaine Helped Me Deprogram From an Oppressive Society](https://www.lucid.news/how-opioid-dependency-and-ibogaine-helped-me-deprogram-from-an-oppressive-society/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, Juliana Mulligan shares how her experiences with opioids and ibogaine helped her better understand oppressive societal structures and support others in navigating their substance use issues.
- [How Ayahuasca Revealed the Origins of My Childhood Dissociation](https://www.lucid.news/how-ayahuasca-revealed-the-origins-of-my-childhood-dissociation/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, Hanifa Washington shares how an ayahuasca journey showed her the first time she began a lifelong habit of dissociation, and taught her how to reconnect to her body.
- [How Ibogaine Reintroduced Me to My Body](https://www.lucid.news/how-ibogaine-reintroduced-me-to-my-body/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, Dream Mullick shares how ibogaine slowed her down to a turtle’s place to show her how fast she'd been moving and help her meet herself anew.
- [What Mushrooms Taught Me About Forgiveness](https://www.lucid.news/what-mushrooms-taught-me-about-forgiveness/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, Tom Hatsis shares how mushrooms helped him navigate a contentious exchange and illuminate the power of self-forgiveness.
- [How Peyote Helped Me Embrace My Sexuality](https://www.lucid.news/how-san-pedro-helped-me-embrace-my-sexuality/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, Vanni Mangoni shares how his first ceremony with peyote helped him release judgment and fully embrace his sexuality.
- [How Ayahuasca Showed Me I Was My Own Bully](https://www.lucid.news/how-ayahuasca-showed-me-i-was-my-own-bully/) - In this episode, Kohenet Rachel Kann shares how walking the medicine path isn’t all big, kaleidoscopic visions - sometimes important lessons come from self-care.
- [How Taking Mushrooms at a Tool Concert Changed My Life](https://www.lucid.news/how-taking-mushrooms-at-a-tool-concert-changed-my-life/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, Jahan Khamsehzadeh shares how a large dose of mushrooms at a Tool Concert led to a mystical experience that changed the course of his life.
- [How Ayahuasca Helped Me Face My Alcohol Dependency](https://www.lucid.news/how-ayahuasca-helped-me-face-my-alcohol-dependency/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, Deborah Parrish Snyder shares how Ayahuasca illuminated her dependency on alcohol and showed her the great power we each hold within.
- [How Ayahuasca Helped Me Forgive and Share the Hard Stuff](https://www.lucid.news/how-ayahuasca-helped-me-forgive-and-share-the-hard-stuff/) - In this episode of Adventures of the Psyche, Troy Dayton shares how ayahuasca helped him be honest with those closest to him, paving the road for a profound experience of love and connection.
- [Statewide Psychedelic Decriminalization Efforts Are Growing Across the Nation](https://www.lucid.news/state-wide-psychedelic-decriminalization-initiatives-growing/) - Elected representatives across the country have proposed bills that would allow for research into psychedelics and others that would decriminalize psychedelic drugs at the state level.
- [Detroit Votes to Decriminalize Psychedelics](https://www.lucid.news/detroit-vote-on-decriminalizing-psychedelics/) - On Tuesday, Detroit citizens passed a ballot that makes plant-based psychedelics the lowest priority for law enforcement.
- [How the Psychedelic Community Should Respond to Sexual Abuse](https://www.lucid.news/how-the-psychedelic-community-should-respond-to-sexual-abuse/) - We all should ask what we can do to help ensure that psychedelic therapy is safe and ethical and how we should respond when accusations of abuse are brought to light.
- [Singing to the Waters During Times of Ecological Crisis](https://www.lucid.news/singing-to-the-waters-during-times-of-ecological-crisis/) - As we face an increasingly destabilized world, can we fuse scientific understanding with indigenous people’s deep instinct of reciprocity?
- [Will Psychedelic Companies Embrace Indigenous Reciprocity?](https://www.lucid.news/will-psychedelic-companies-embrace-indigenous-reciprocity/) - A growing number of psychedelic companies are launching programs to give back to the indigenous tribes whose traditional uses of psychedelics have been critical in shaping contemporary approaches to these medicines.
- [Talking to the Rotary Club about Psychedelic Therapy](https://www.lucid.news/talking-to-the-rotary-club-about-psychedelic-therapy/) - Speaking to a mainstream American audience about psychedelic therapy revealed their central concerns, along with an eagerness to learn more.
- [Jim Carrey Isn’t Real - and Neither Are You](https://www.lucid.news/has-jim-carrey-done-psychedelics/) - The actor’s outspokenness about egoic illusions and the oneness of everything has left many suspecting that he’s a psychedelics enthusiast, and even sparked an enduring rumor about him playing the late visionary Terence McKenna in a film.
- [What Nine Perfect Strangers Can Teach Us About Psychedelic Therapy](https://www.lucid.news/what-nine-perfect-strangers-can-teach-us-about-psychedelic-therapy/) - Psychedelic therapists weigh in on Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers, and offer advice for those seeking safe and ethical treatment.
- [Tobacco, Like Ayahuasca, Is a Shamanic Teacher Plant](https://www.lucid.news/tobacco-like-ayahuasca-is-a-shamanic-teacher-plant/) - Jeremy Narby’s new book is a rare commodity in the hyped-up world of the psychedelic gold rush: it slows down and listens.
- [Psychedelic Usage is On the Rise Among College-Age Adults](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-usage-is-on-the-rise-among-college-age-adults/) - A national drug survey of U.S. adolescents and adults found that psychedelic use among young adults has reached its highest levels since 1982.
- [In Defense of Ketamine: Five Questions For Ismail Lourido Ali of MAPS](https://www.lucid.news/five-questions-for-ismail-lourido-ali-of-maps/) - The director of policy for MAPS discusses why ketamine was removed from the California decrim bill and the possible benefits of decriminalizing personal adult use of ketamine.
- [Lessons the Psychedelics Industry Can Learn From the Cannabis Market Bubble](https://www.lucid.news/lessons-psychedelics-industry-can-learn-from-cannabis-market/) - Parallels between business and regulation strategies in the two sectors point to examples of what psychedelics companies should and should not do.
- [Companies Compete to Create DMT Therapies](https://www.lucid.news/companies-compete-to-create-dmt-therapies/) - Therapies are being developed for conditions ranging from Treatment Resistant Depression to strokes to addiction.
- [Visionary Artists Reimagine Art In A Virtual Era](https://www.lucid.news/visionary-artists-reimagine-art-in-a-virtual-era/) - Arts Oasis, an online calendar and guide for creatives, is helping artists like Stella Strzyzowska reimagine what it means to create and support the arts in an increasingly digital world.
- [Hunter Biden’s Admission Of Toad Venom Use Signals A Sea Change For Addiction Treatments](https://www.lucid.news/hunter-bidens-admission-of-toad-venom-use-signals-a-sea-change-for-addiction-treatments/) - His desperate search for sobriety led him to Mexico for treatment using 5-MeO-DMT, reflecting a growing interest in psychedelic-assisted therapies for addiction.
- [Documentary on Consciousness Explores Territory Where Words Fail](https://www.lucid.news/documentary-on-consciousness-explores-territory-where-words-fail/) - The new documentary “Aware — Glimpses of Consciousness” brings together six researchers who explore the nature of our minds from scientific, spiritual, and psychedelic perspectives.
- [Turning Everyday Therapist Offices into Ketamine Clinics](https://www.lucid.news/turning-everyday-therapist-offices-into-ketamine-clinics/) - A new wave of companies are assisting counselors with medicine, records, music and training.
- [A Workbook for Psychedelic Integration Focuses on Life's Big Questions](https://www.lucid.news/workbook-psychedelic-integration-life-big-questions/) - Kile Ortigo’s Beyond the Narrow Life is a rich and complex guidebook which could keep a reader busy for a lifetime of existential exploration.
- [Cannabis Can Trigger Breakthrough Mystical Experiences Similar to Those in Psilocybin Studies](https://www.lucid.news/cannabis-can-trigger-breakthrough-mystical-experiences-similar-to-those-in-psilocybin-studies/) - The results suggest that despite differences in pharmacology, there may be a role for cannabis in the emerging psychedelic therapy paradigm alongside tryptamine psychedelics.
- [Your Grandma’s Guide to Ayahuasca](https://www.lucid.news/your-grandmas-guide-to-ayahuasca/) - Christian Funder’s “Grandmother Ayahuasca” is the book you would give to a starry-eyed youngster eager to set forth to the Peruvian jungle, or your grandma who just expressed interest in that unpronounceable plant you keep talking about.
- [Startup Miraculix Creates First Rapid, Mobile Test Kits For Concentrations of MDMA, LSD, and Psilocybin](https://www.lucid.news/startup-miraculix-creates-first-rapid-mobile-test-kits/) - Miraculix’s kit, the first to offer quantitative rapid results within 10 to 30 minutes, is a significant innovation considering many of the substances people desire to test are illegal.
- [On Drugs, Freedom, and Human Nature: A Course with Alexander Shulgin](https://www.lucid.news/on-drugs-freedom-and-human-nature-a-course-with-alexander-shulgin/) - The Nature of Drugs marks a return to the merging of hard science and impassioned storytelling that made PiHKAL and TiHKAL so beloved to the psychedelic community.
- [Denver Launches the Nation’s First Psychedelic Harm Reduction Training for First Responders](https://www.lucid.news/denver-launches-the-nations-first-psychedelic-harm-reduction-training-for-first-responders/) - Following its decriminalization of psilocybin, the city will educate and support police departments, fire departments, paramedics and more to help citizens experiencing a challenging time with psychedelics.
- [Exploring Fungi’s Billion-Year History](https://www.lucid.news/exploring-fungis-billion-year-history/) - In his new book, “Entangled Life,” Merlin Sheldrake turns a deep dive into the magical world of fungi into an enchanting reflection on the interconnectedness of all life.
- [Reimagining Drug Use in a Post-Drug War World](https://www.lucid.news/reimagining-drug-use-in-a-post-drug-war-world/) - ​​Three addiction specialists resonate with Dr. Carl Hart‘s provocative position on recreational drug use expressed in his new book “Drug Use for Grown Ups,” but challenge his rejection of the term “harm reduction.”
- [Christianity’s Psychedelic Roots Explored in New Book](https://www.lucid.news/christianitys-psychedelic-roots-explored-in-new-book/) - Was the wine drunk at the Last Supper spiked with visionary plants? Was the Eucharist a psychedelic? Brian Muraresku examines the evidence in his new book The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name.
- [Mixing Psychedelics and SSRIs Is Generally Safe, with Significant Exceptions](https://www.lucid.news/mixing-psychedelics-and-ssris-is-generally-safe-with-significant-exceptions/) - A new review paper finds that most potential psychiatric drug and psychedelics combinations pose mild to modest risks - but the exceptions, which can be serious, are important to understand.
- [Fireside Project Expands Psychedelic Support Service with App Launch](https://www.lucid.news/fireside-project-expands-psychedelic-support-service-with-app-launch/) - The service offers a safe, compassionate container that anyone having a psychedelic experience and a smartphone can access with a couple of clicks.
- [Bill Wilson, LSD and the Secret Psychedelic History of Alcoholics Anonymous](https://www.lucid.news/bill-wilson-lsd-and-the-secret-psychedelic-history-of-alcoholics-anonymous/) - Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, was a firm believer in the ability of LSD to free some hardcore alcoholics from their addiction.
- [Psychedelics May Inspire Healthier Habits, Review Finds](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelics-may-inspire-healthier-habits-survey-finds/) - Evidence suggests that psychedelics may lead to long-lasting improvements in overall wellness due to positive behavior changes.
- [Could Ketamine Restore Child-like Brain Plasticity and Learning?](https://www.lucid.news/could-ketamine-restore-child-like-brain-plasticity-and-learning/) - A new study with mice suggests that ketamine and exposure to flickering light can restore the neural plasticity of childhood.
- [Ketamine May Combat Depression in Teens](https://www.lucid.news/ketamine-may-combat-depression-in-teens/) - Surprising findings in a new study suggest the common anesthetic and sometimes club drug might also make teens more resilient to stress-induced depression after treatment.
- [House Report Calls on NIH to Study Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies](https://www.lucid.news/house-report-calls-on-nih-to-study-psychedelic-assisted-therapies/) - In “smoke signal” to federal agencies, a House Committee report urges government funded psychedelic research.
- [Cybin Moves Forward With Market Strategies for Expansion Into Psychedelic Therapies](https://www.lucid.news/cybin-moves-forward-with-market-strategies-for-expansion-into-psychedelic-therapies/) - Cybin and Greenbrook announce partnership to roll out clinic expansion and development of psychedelic therapies.
- [An Investor Looks at Drug Development Strategies of Top Psychedelic Companies](https://www.lucid.news/an-investor-looks-at-drug-development-strategies-of-top-psychedelic-companies/) - Some leading developers of psychedelic medicines are focusing on both plant-derived and synthetic molecules to create unique therapies.
- [How an Investor Evaluates Five Leading Psychedelic Therapy Companies](https://www.lucid.news/how-an-investor-evaluates-five-leading-psychedelic-therapy-companies/) - Lindsay Hoover of the JLS Fund examines the market strategies of five publicly traded companies favored by investors to bring psychedelic-assisted therapy to the mainstream.
- [Personal Possession Limits Added to California Decrim Bill to Move It Through Health Committee](https://www.lucid.news/personal-possession-limits-added-to-california-decrim-bill-to-move-it-through-health-committee/) - Amendments to the SB 519 California decriminalization bill include limits on personal possession, a switch from social sharing to “facilitated or supported use," harm reduction training and education for first responders.
- [First Study on Psychedelics and Epigenetics Explores Ayahuasca’s Effects on Gene Expression](https://www.lucid.news/first-study-on-psychedelics-and-epigenetics-explores-ayahuascas-effects-on-gene-expression/) - An innovative study finds that ayahuasca impacts the expression of DNA, illuminating what makes ayahuasca so therapeutic.
- [Shamanic Ceremony Leaders Join Forces to Shape Legal Strategy through the Sacred Plant Alliance](https://www.lucid.news/shamanic-ceremony-leaders-join-forces-to-shape-legal-strategy-through-the-sacred-plant-alliance/) - The new group of about a dozen practitioners aims to advance legal protections by setting standards for the ceremonial use of ayahuasca, psilocybin, and other sacramental plant medicines.
- [Is Vivaldi Necessary for Psychedelic Therapy?](https://www.lucid.news/is-vivaldi-necessary-for-psychedelic-therapy/) - Western classical music is the the go-to for clinical psychedelic experiences, but a new study suggests it may be less effective than other genres, like overtone-based music.
- [Mescaline is Resurgent (Yet Again) As a Potential Medicine](https://www.lucid.news/mescaline-is-resurgent-yet-again-as-a-potential-medicine/) - Mescaline, one of the first classical psychedelics, is beginning to attract the interest of psychedelic researchers conducting clinical trials.
- [Portrayed As Date Rape Drug, Ketamine Is Removed from California Decrim Bill](https://www.lucid.news/california-psychedelic-decrim-bill-removes-ketamine/) - The removal of ketamine prior to the Assembly Public Safety Committee hearing marks the latest concession on the path to move psychedelic decriminalization bill SB 519 through California's legislature.
- [Jamaican Dancehall Artist Sean Paul Loves Mushroom Tea](https://www.lucid.news/jamaican-dancehall-artist-sean-paul-loves-mushroom-tea/) - Grammy-winning Jamaican Dancehall artist Sean Paul says he's learned about the benefits of making teas from cannabis, psilocybin mushrooms and other medicinal fungi.
- [Deepak Chopra Credits LSD for Shifting His Consciousness](https://www.lucid.news/deepak-chopra-credits-lsd-for-shifting-his-consciousness/) - The doctor turned spiritual author, who recently opened up about his experiences with LSD and ayahuasca, is collaborating with MindMed to educate the public about psychedelic medicine.
- [Drug Policy Reform Act Is Introduced in Congress but Faces Long Road Ahead](https://www.lucid.news/drug-policy-reform-act-is-introduced-in-congress-but-faces-long-road-ahead/) - Legislation to reform drug laws and criminal justice policies sponsored by Democratic Reps reflects new emphasis on harm reduction, but is low priority for the Biden administration.
- [As the Pandemic Wanes and the Party Kicks Off, Drug Testing and Safety Are More Important Than Ever](https://www.lucid.news/as-the-pandemic-wanes-and-the-party-kicks-off-drug-testing-and-safety-are-more-important-than-ever/) - The public conversation around drugs is shifting, as harm reduction advocates point to a growing body of evidence that most harm and fatalities derive from preventable circumstances.
- [Low Dose Nitrous Oxide as a Possible Alternative to Ketamine for Treating Depression, Study Shows](https://www.lucid.news/low-dose-nitrous-oxide-as-a-possible-alternative-to-ketamine-for-treating-depression-study-shows/) - The anesthetic gas could provide the same rapid relief of severe depression as ketamine, but with fewer side effects.
- [It's Been a Psychedelic Summer of Love for Brood X Cicadas](https://www.lucid.news/its-been-a-psychedelic-summer-of-love-for-brood-x-cicadas/) - Some Brood X cicadas experienced a trippy, sex-crazed summer thanks to a fungus that doses them with mind-altering chemicals.
- [CIIS Expands Training in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies to Boston](https://www.lucid.news/ciis-expands-training-in-psychedelic-assisted-therapies-to-boston/) - The first academic post-graduate certification program in the U.S. focused on psychedelic therapy now has a second training center outside San Francisco.
- [How Do I Navigate A Psychedelic Voyage?](https://www.lucid.news/navigating-psychedelic-voyages/) - This column is the first of a regular series offering advice in response to reader questions about psychedelics by DanceSafe Executive Director Mitchell Gomez and Programs and Communications Coordinator Rachel Clark.
- [Could Psilocybin Treat Depression without the Trip?](https://www.lucid.news/could-psilocybin-treat-depression-without-the-trip/) - New research on mice suggests that the “trip is not necessary for the acute antidepressant effect.”
- [Clinics Seek to Widen Access to Psychedelic Therapy for BIPOC and Other Marginalized Communities](https://www.lucid.news/clinics-seek-to-widen-access-to-psychedelic-therapy/) - Grassroots clinics across the U.S. aim to address the difficulties BIPOC face in accessing quality, psychedelic therapy.
- [Compass Releases Framework for Psychedelic-Assisted Therapist Training Program](https://www.lucid.news/compass-releases-framework-for-psychedelic-assisted-therapist-training-program/) - Therapists participating in Compass Pathways clinical trials receive instruction in a proprietary training methodology and model of psychological support.
- [This Summer Might Be a Psychedelic Dumpster Fire. Are You Ready?](https://www.lucid.news/this-summer-might-be-a-psychedelic-dumpster-fire-are-you-ready/) - Psychedelic risk reduction strategies will be especially important as we address the collective trauma of the pandemic.
- [California Decrim Bill Passes State Senate](https://www.lucid.news/california-decrim-bill-passes-state-senate/) - SB 519, the California legislation that would decriminalize certain psychedelic substances, passed the state senate in a close vote.
- [Why Iboga Is Considered a Master Healer](https://www.lucid.news/why-iboga-is-considered-a-master-healer/) - In his new book, Daniel Brett describes how the storied, hallucinogenic African plant is for more than the treatment of drug addiction.
- [Kristen Bell and Bill Burr Share Their Stories About Healing with Mushrooms](https://www.lucid.news/kristen-bell-and-bill-burr-share-their-stories-about-healing-with-mushrooms/) - More celebrities open up to the media with tales of psychedelic healing, a sure sign of evolving attitudes.
- [Psilocybin Could Provide Unique Treatment For Migraine Headaches](https://www.lucid.news/psilocybin-could-provide-unique-treatment-for-migraine-headaches/) - Small doses of psilocybin are shown in a study to provide effective relief from migraine headaches.
- [Psilocybin May Reduce Suicidal Thoughts in Terminally Ill Patients, Suggests New Study](https://www.lucid.news/psilocybin-may-reduce-suicidal-thoughts-in-terminally-ill-patients-suggests-new-study/) - Researchers found that psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for advanced cancer patients may be an effective alternative to existing antidepressant medications to prevent suicide.
- [Wake Network Successfully Completes First Legal Importation of Psilocybin Mushrooms into the U.S.](https://www.lucid.news/wake-network-successfully-completes-first-legal-importation-of-psilocybin-mushrooms-into-the-u-s/) - The DEA approved shipment is a milestone toward legal access to psilocybin mushrooms for U.S. clinical research and health treatments.
- [How Potent Is that Magic Mushroom?](https://www.lucid.news/how-potent-is-that-magic-mushroom/) - At the first Psilocybin Cup in Oakland, psilocybin mushrooms were potency tested in a competition that attracted cultivators from around the world.
- [Field Trip Eyes Washington, D.C. as Former Senator Tom Daschle Joins as an Advisor](https://www.lucid.news/field-trip-eyes-washington-d-c-by-hiring-former-senator-tom-daschle-as-special-advisor/) - The former majority leader joins one of largest psychedelic medicine companies as it turns its attention toward federal policymakers.
- [California Bill To Decriminalize Psychedelics Advances to Senate Floor for Vote](https://www.lucid.news/california-bill-to-decriminalize-psychedelics-advances-to-senate-floor-for-vote/) - California legislators amended SB 519, which would decriminalize many psychedelics under state law, to lower the bill’s cost during a crucial committee hurdle.
- [Two California Initiatives Aim to Reform Psychedelics Drug Policy](https://www.lucid.news/two-california-initiatives-aim-to-reform-psychedelics-drug-policy/) - A California State Senate bill and a ballot measure share the long term goal of legalizing psychedelics, but their strategies and specific approaches are markedly different.
- [Activists Evaluate Biden’s Efforts on Drug Policy](https://www.lucid.news/activists-evaluate-bidens-efforts-on-drug-policy/) - Researchers and activists are cautiously optimistic for drug policy reforms despite Biden’s past support for punitive drug laws.
- [On the Run with Rosemary Woodruff Leary](https://www.lucid.news/on-the-run-with-rosemary-woodruff-leary/) - Her newly released memoir chronicles a journey in psychedelia, tracking her partnership with Tim Leary through his transformation from ambitious Harvard professor to dedicated psychedelic revolutionary.
- [Neuroscape at UCSF Launches Psychedelic Research Division](https://www.lucid.news/neuroscape-at-ucsf-launches-psychedelic-research-division/) - Supported by $6.4 million in private funding, the Neuroscape neuroscience center investigates the experiential side of psychedelic therapies.
- [Biden’s Drug Policy Priorities Are a Small Step in the Right Direction, But Old Attitudes Linger](https://www.lucid.news/bidens-drug-policy-priorities-are-a-small-step-in-the-right-direction-but-old-attitudes-linger/) - The new “Statement of Drug Policy Priorities for Year One” focuses on drug prevention, treatment, and recovery, with a nod toward racially sensitive criminal justice reform, but also relies on prohibitionist drug war policies at home and abroad.
- [Fireside Project: The 21st Century’s First Psychedelic Peer Support Hotline](https://www.lucid.news/fireside-project-the-21st-centurys-first-psychedelic-peer-support-hotline/) - Launching April 14, a San Francisco-based collective organized by psychedelic community leaders will offer support via call, text, and live chat for anyone undergoing a psychedelic experience, or seeking to integrate one.
- [Mountain Girl Surveys the Psychedelic Renaissance](https://www.lucid.news/qa-with-psychedelic-pioneer-carolyn-garcia/) - A member of the Merry Pranksters and many other psychedelic communities, Carolyn Garcia reflects on present enthusiasm for the expansion of consciousness.
- [New Study Shows Psilocybin Use Improves Mindfulness](https://www.lucid.news/new-study-psilocybin-use-improves-mindfulness/) - The day may be coming when mindfulness retreats include a psilocybin experience as part of the training.
- [Can Indigenous and Decrim Perspectives Align on Peyote?](https://www.lucid.news/indigenous-decrim-perspectives-peyote/) - The Native American Church and Decriminalize Nature issued opposing positions regarding the decriminalization of peyote. What is the path forward?
- [Eleusis Draws on Research Into Psychedelics To Develop New Medicines for Inflammation](https://www.lucid.news/eleusis-research-on-psychedelics-develop-inflammation-medicines/) - The company is researching the anti-inflammatory properties of psychedelics to create new drugs with reduced psychoactivity.
- [LSD Chemist And Psychedelic Icon William Leonard Pickard To Be Released From Prison](https://www.lucid.news/lsd-chemist-and-psychedelic-icon-william-leonard-pickard-to-be-released-from-prison/) - Pickard to receive Compassionate Release after 17 years of incarceration for what the DEA called the largest LSD bust in history.
- [Researchers Are Closer to Understanding How Psilocybin Impacts the Brain](https://www.lucid.news/researchers-are-closer-to-understanding-how-psilocybin-impacts-the-brain/) - Researchers in Denmark shed light on psilocybin’s neurological effects after administering the substance to pigs in a recent study.
- [UCSF Launches Translational Psychedelic Research (TrPR) Program](https://www.lucid.news/ucsf-launches-translational-psychedelic-research-trpr-program/) - TrPR Program takes an interdisciplinary and inclusive approach to investigating psychedelic-assisted therapies for higher risk patients.
- [Why Canada Is Pulling the Plug on Its War on Drugs](https://www.lucid.news/why-canada-is-pulling-the-plug-on-its-war-on-drugs/) - In response to Canada’s historically racist war on drugs and its growing drug overdose crisis, the Liberal Party of Canada moves to reform the country's criminal justice system and drug policies with a new bill. But is it enough?
- [Study Suggests Psychedelics Are Linked to Better Physical Health](https://www.lucid.news/study-suggests-psychedelics-are-linked-to-better-physical-health/) - A recent study finds that more psychedelic users report better physical health than those who’ve never used psychedelic substances.
- [More People Are Self-Medicating with Psychedelics, Says New Study](https://www.lucid.news/more-people-are-self-medicating-with-psychedelics-says-new-study/) - The world’s largest drug survey has found that some people are using psychedelics on their own to address mental health concerns.
- [Researchers Communicate with Lucid Dreamers, and It’s Pretty Psychedelic](https://www.lucid.news/researchers-communicate-with-lucid-dreamers-and-its-pretty-psychedelic/) - Scientists have established real-time, two-way communication with people having lucid dreams, an experience that, according to two dream experts, is distinctly psychedelic in nature.
- [Ketamine Providers Debate Standards of Care](https://www.lucid.news/ketamine-providers-debate-standards-of-care/) - Comments in support of ethical guidelines for ketamine clinicians stir pointed disagreements about integrative care and treatment for psychiatric indications.
- [NYU Raises $10M For Psychedelic Research and Training Center](https://www.lucid.news/nyu-raises-10m-for-psychedelic-research-and-training-center/) - The NYU Langone Center for Psychedelic Medicine will conduct scientific analysis and train investigators how to conduct clinical research and preclinical research on psychedelic compounds.
- [Psychedelic Decriminalization Initiatives Are In Motion Across the Country](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-decriminalization-initiatives-are-in-motion-across-the-country/) - A roundup of 14 current decrim bills and ballot initiatives shows the momentum building for psychedelic drug reform on the state and local level.
- [How to Navigate Clubhouse’s Psychedelic Scene](https://www.lucid.news/how-to-penetrate-clubhouses-psychedelic-underground/) - The new and wildly popular voice-only social media app has given rise to a booming psychedelic community where professionals share personal stories and market their services.
- [Study Reveals How LSD Leads to Greater Brain Flexibility](https://www.lucid.news/study-reveals-how-lsd-leads-to-greater-brain-flexibility/) - A recent study shows that LSD makes neuronal pathways in the brain more flexible, creating new connections typically not allowed by the brain’s rigid structure.
- [What the Psychedelic Renaissance Could Learn from Amazonian Shamans](https://www.lucid.news/what-the-psychedelic-renaissance-could-learn-from-amazonian-shamans/) - Ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin hosts Colombian shaman Don Fernando for a discussion at UC Berkeley on the explosion of traditional plant medicines into Western society, and concerns around the inclusion of indigenous voices.
- [CryptoPsychedelic Conferences Examine Links Between Psychedelics and Blockchain Technology](https://www.lucid.news/cryptopsychedelic-conferences-examine-links-between-psychedelics-and-blockchain-technology/) - Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have funded psychedelic research and may pave the way for financial systems that replicate more decentralized psychedelic business structures.
- [Getting Busted After Decrim: An Interview with Kole Milner, the Denver Man Who Was Growing and Selling Mushrooms](https://www.lucid.news/getting-busted-after-decrim-an-interview-with-kole-milner-the-denver-man-who-was-growing-and-selling-mushrooms/) - A Denver man was arrested for growing and selling magic mushrooms after receiving copious press attention following the state’s decriminalization of psilocybin. Here’s what he has to say about what transpired.
- [Psychedelic Stigma Affects Public Perception of Researchers, Suggests Study](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-stigma-affects-public-perception-of-researchers-suggests-study/) - A new study finds that psychedelic researchers who admit to using psychedelics are viewed with more skepticism than those who abstain.
- [MORE Act Envisions Federal Decriminalization for Cannabis and Beyond](https://www.lucid.news/more-act-envisions-federal-decriminalization-for-cannabis-and-beyond/) - With strong support in Congress, the passage of the MORE Act would expand treatment and economic opportunities while protecting cannabis users from losing public benefits and risking deportation.
- [Red Light Holland, the First Public Canadian Psychedelics Company, Is Ready To Sell You Magic Truffles](https://www.lucid.news/red-light-holland-the-first-public-candian-psychedelics-company-is-ready-to-sell-you-magic-truffles/) - Canada-based Red Light Holland is selling psilocybin truffles in the Netherlands where they are legal and eyeing other markets for non-medical use of psychedelics.
- [Jade Ullmann is Bridging Together Psychedelic Communities](https://www.lucid.news/jade-ullman-is-bridging-together-psychedelic-communities/) - If you have been to a psychedelic event, you have likely seen Jade Netanya Ullmann, a passionate connector of psychedelic communities who’s always one the move in her role as major gifts maven for MAPS.
- [Cacao: The Love Drug](https://www.lucid.news/cacao-the-love-drug/) - Chocolate is a staple on Valentine’s Day, but not all chocolate is created equal. Unlike Hershey’s chocolate hearts, ceremonial cacao, or raw chocolate, is a gentle plant medicine that may produce psychoactive effects and send your Valentine’s Day in a psychedelic direction.
- [Cybin To Develop Psychedelic Therapies Using Brain Imaging](https://www.lucid.news/cybin-to-develop-psychedelic-therapies-using-brain-imaging/) - Cybin is using the Flow neuroimaging technology developed by Kernel to create targeted and customized doses of psychedelic compounds for mental health treatment.
- [My Psychedelic Love Story: A Look Into the Life of Tim Leary Through the Eyes of His Whirl-Wind Lover](https://www.lucid.news/my-psychedelic-love-story-a-look-into-the-life-of-tim-leary-through-the-eyes-of-his-whirl-wind-lover/) - The new film by Errol Morris captures the “down the rabbit hole” love story between the man Nixon called "the most dangerous man in America" and the late Joanna Harcourt-Smith, and investigates the question: was Harcourt-Smith a CIA spy?
- [LSD May Be Effective for Treating Social Anxiety, Suggests New Study](https://www.lucid.news/lsd-may-be-effective-for-treating-social-anxiety-suggests-new-study/) - While LSD has long been known to enhance our connection to other people, the reasons why have been hard to pin down - until now. A new study may have uncovered the mystery of LSD’s marked effects on social behavior.
- [Wink World Brings Psychedelic Art to AREA15 Las Vegas](https://www.lucid.news/wink-world-brings-psychedelic-art-to-area15-las-vegas/) - Chris Wink’s new interactive exhibition applies the playfulness of Blue Man Group to a meditation on infinity.
- [New Professional Associations for Medical and Legal Practitioners Emerge for the Psychedelic Space](https://www.lucid.news/new-professional-associations-for-medical-and-legal-practitioners-emerge-for-the-psychedelic-space/) - The mainstreaming of psychedelics has led to the formation of a new wave of professional organizations to establish best practices for the entheogenic frontier.
- [Denver Magic Mushroom Dealer Is Sentenced to Parole](https://www.lucid.news/denver-magic-mushroom-dealer-is-sentenced-to-parole/) - The first prosecution of a psilocybin dealer since Denver passed decriminalization in 2019 may signal how those selling psychedelics will be treated by law enforcement.
- [Better Living Through Chemistry: A Discussion with Hamilton Morris ](https://www.lucid.news/better-living-through-chemistry-a-discussion-with-hamilton-morris/) - The host of the VICE TV show “Hamilton’s Pharmocopeia” speaks to the ways indigenous spiritual traditions can inform medical uses of psychedelics, his show’s mandate to counter scientific illiteracy, and his own vision on how psychedelics can be integrated into Western society.
- [The Rise of Spiritual Technologies: A Discussion with Nichol Bradford](https://www.lucid.news/the-rise-of-spiritual-technologies-a-discussion-with-nichol-bradford/) - The executive director of the Transformative Technology Lab is working on technology solutions to wellbeing and inner development that leads to “enlightenment, awakeness, oneness, transcendence, unity consciousness.”
- [The Therapeutic Potential of Psychedelics and Nature Explored in New Review](https://www.lucid.news/the-therapeutic-potential-of-psychedelics-and-nature-explored-in-new-study/) - The overlapping benefits of psychedelic-assisted therapy and nature immersion therapy could transform clinical practice, the authors explain in this interview.
- [Psychedelics Shown to Ease the Effects of Racial Trauma](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelics-shown-to-ease-the-effects-of-racial-trauma/) - A study of BIPOC finds that in the 30 days following experiences with LSD, psilocybin or MDMA, symptoms associated with racial trauma decreased.
- [Biden Promises Reform of His Punitive Drug Laws](https://www.lucid.news/biden-promises-reform-of-his-punitive-drug-laws/) - President-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris have pledged major reforms of drug laws to shift the criminal justice system away from incarceration towards still controversial mandated treatment and drug courts.
- [Somerville Is the Latest City to Decriminalize Entheogenic Plants and Fungi](https://www.lucid.news/somerville-is-the-latest-city-to-decriminalize-entheogenic-plants-and-fungi/) - The City Council unanimously approved the measure, which was supported by the mayor and led by Decriminalize Nature Massachusetts and Bay Staters for Natural Medicine.
- [Ketamine Clinicians Publish Ethical Guidelines to Raise Treatment Standards](https://www.lucid.news/ketamine-clinicians-publish-ethical-guidelines-to-raise-treatment-standards/) - The guidelines call for mental health professionals to be present on treatment teams that provide ketamine-assisted therapies.
- [Wayne Coyne Is Still Psychedelic at 60](https://www.lucid.news/wayne-coyne-is-still-psychedelic-at-60/) - The Flaming Lips frontman, who has shared much psychedelic wisdom over the years, now brings his music to live audiences in Covid-safe plastic bubbles.
- [What You Need To Know About Testing Your Drugs](https://www.lucid.news/what-you-need-to-know-about-testing-your-drugs/) - As all unregulated market substances are prone to misrepresentation and adulteration, it’s important that those who consume substances learn how to check their drugs.
- [Oakland’s Next Step in Psychedelic Decriminalization Approved Unanimously by City Council](https://www.lucid.news/oaklands-next-step-in-psychedelic-decriminalization-approved-unanimously-by-city-council/) - The resolution calls for decrim throughout California and protection for community-based healing ceremonies, in line with a bill being drafted in the state Senate.
- [From Psychedelic Decrim to No-Knock Warrants: The Top Ten Drug Policy Stories of 2020](https://www.lucid.news/from-psychedelic-decrim-to-no-knock-warrants-the-top-ten-drug-policy-stories-of-2020/) - Changes in policy and reduced policing of drug laws has impacted users of psychedelics, as has the Covid-19 pandemic, which is increasing the need for mental health and addiction treatments.
- [MDMA-Assisted Therapy Less Effective for Patients Who Use SSRIs, Study Shows](https://www.lucid.news/mdma-assisted-therapy-less-effective-for-patients-who-use-ssris-study-shows/) - Reviewing the results of six phase 2 clinical trials, researchers discovered that PTSD patients who had used SSRIs had suboptimal results from MDMA-assisted psychotherapy.
- [How to Plan Your Psychedelic Journey](https://www.lucid.news/how-to-plan-your-psychedelic-journey/) - Embracing the infinite isn’t as simple as dosing and coasting. DanceSafe’s expert advisor dives deep into set, setting, integration and the wide world of tripping.
- [2020's Most Groundbreaking Developments in Psychedelics](https://www.lucid.news/2020s-most-groundbreaking-developments-in-psychedelics/) - From landmark decriminalization measures to pathbreaking scientific research to the explosion of digital psychedelic culture, Lucid News shares 12 of the past year’s most impactful developments in psychedelics.
- [Remembering Psychedelic Activist and Drug Policy Pioneer Sheri Eckert, 1961-2020](https://www.lucid.news/remembering-psychedelic-activist-and-drug-policy-pioneer-sheri-eckert-1961-2020/) - The psychedelic community is mourning the sudden and tragic loss of therapist and psychedelic activist Sheri Eckert, who spearheaded the landmark legislation that legalized psilocybin therapy under state law in Oregon.
- [Why I Started a Psychedelic Law Firm](https://www.lucid.news/why-i-started-a-psychedelic-law-firm/) - Lawyers can bring psychedelic values into the lawyering process, leveraging our skills to foster collaboration, communication and healing.
- [5-MeO-DMT Changed Mike Tyson’s Perspective on Life](https://www.lucid.news/5-meo-dmt-changed-mike-tysons-perspective-on-life/) - The boxing legend says he looks at life differently ever since taking toad venom, and credits his return to fighting to the medicine.
- [Miley Cyrus Says Ayahuasca Changed Her Life](https://www.lucid.news/miley-cyrus-says-ayahuasca-changed-her-life/) - The now sober rock star recently discussed her experience with the vine, saying “Mama Ayahuasca” walked her through everything.
- [San Francisco Psychedelic Society Reflects the Needs of Its Community](https://www.lucid.news/san-francisco-psychedelic-society-reflects-the-needs-of-its-community/) - The local chapter of a global movement offers a model for education and integration support for what many people say is the most meaningful and often strangest experience of their lives.
- [UN Removes Cannabis from Most Dangerous Drugs List](https://www.lucid.news/un-removes-cannabis-from-most-dangerous-drugs-list/) - Global anti-drug conventions now recognize the therapeutic value of cannabis and no longer consider it “particularly liable to abuse and to produce ill-effects.”
- [Indigenous Healers Fundraise To Combat Cultural Destruction](https://www.lucid.news/indigenous-healers-fundraise-to-combat-cultural-destruction/) - As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads through the Amazon basin, indigenous communities are at risk of losing older generations who are the repositories of knowledge for traditional spiritual and medicinal practices.
- [Two Arrested and Charged in Czech Republic for Distributing Ayahuasca](https://www.lucid.news/two-arrested-and-charged-in-czech-republic-for-distributing-ayahuasca/) - The police action is part of a larger trend of increasing detentions and prosecution of ayahuasca providers across Europe.
- [How To Provide Psychedelic Support](https://www.lucid.news/how-to-provide-psychedelic-support/) - Pro tips that you can use in any situation, anywhere, in any setting, from a full time crisis counselor.
- [Leaders of Two Major Drug Initiatives Explain What Just Happened in Oregon](https://www.lucid.news/leaders-of-two-major-drug-initiatives-explain-what-just-happened-in-oregon/) - Oregon Measures 109 and 110 broke new ground in drug reform by legalizing psilocybin for therapeutic use and decriminalizing all drugs. The chief petitioners behind these bills, Tom and Sheri Eckert and Anthony Johnson, discuss their federal and local impact.
- [Psilocybin-Assisted Group Therapy Shown Effective for Treating Chronic Depression](https://www.lucid.news/psilocybin-assisted-group-therapy-shown-effective-for-treating-chronic-depression/) - A study of HIV/AIDS patients suggests that psychedelic-assisted therapy in groups helps address “isolation, lack of meaning.”
- [Living an MDMA Love Letter](https://www.lucid.news/living-an-mdma-love-letter/) - A “bright star in the constellation of the psychedelic family,” psychotherapist Charley Wininger and his wife Shelley connect people in the psychedelic space through their inclusive potlucks and MDMA gatherings.
- [Study Shows Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy Four Times More Effective For Major Depression](https://www.lucid.news/study-shows-psilocybin-assisted-therapy-effective-for-major-depression/) - The results of a recent John Hopkins study could be a “game changer” for treating depression.
- [Journeying into Stan Grof’s Cosmic Consciousness](https://www.lucid.news/journeying-into-stan-grofs-cosmic-consciousness/) - Susan Hess’s documentary explores the life of the transpersonal psychology innovator and his pioneering use of LSD-assisted psychotherapy.
- [Bett Williams Walks Between Worlds](https://www.lucid.news/bett-williams-walks-between-worlds/) - Williams’ 'The Wild Kindness' does that thing that great books do: gives the reader a peek into a world they would never otherwise have known.
- [New Program Brings Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy to Canadian Vets](https://www.lucid.news/ketamine-therapy-canadian-veterans/) - Field Trip Health and Heroic Hearts partner up to set a precedent for veterans suffering from PTSD.
- [DJs and Therapists Tune Into Altered States](https://www.lucid.news/djs-and-therapists-tune-into-altered-states/) - DJs and therapists are evolving techniques to build music playlists that enhance psychedelic states of consciousness and the potential for healing.
- [Breonna Taylor Is Dead Because of the Racist War on Drugs](https://www.lucid.news/breonna-taylor-is-dead-because-of-the-racist-war-on-drugs/) - Had it not been for the war on drugs which sustains the increasing use of no-knock warrants, Breonna Taylor would be alive today.
- [Groundbreaking Drug Policy Initiatives Pass in Oregon and DC](https://www.lucid.news/groundbreaking-drug-policy-initiatives-pass-in-oregon-and-dc/) - Three major ballot initiatives were approved by voters on Tuesday, signaling a significant shift in public attitudes toward drug policy.
- [Oregon Is on the Cusp of a Major Precedent in National Drug Reform: Decriminalizing Everything](https://www.lucid.news/oregon-is-on-the-cusp-of-a-major-precedent-in-national-drug-reform-decriminalizing-everything/) - The drug war hasn’t made drugs less accessible to youth, but instead, we get a lot more people incarcerated and dying of drug use. The more we criminalize it, the more dangerous it becomes.
- [Wearable Ketamine Delivery Device Developed As Alternative to Opioid-Based Pain Management](https://www.lucid.news/wearable-ketamine-delivery-device-developed-as-alternative-to-opioid-based-pain-management/) - Therapies using small amounts of psychedelic compounds may be the future of pain management.
- [James Fadiman’s Symphony of Selves](https://www.lucid.news/james-fadimans-symphony-of-selves/) - The psychedelic legend on harmonizing our multiple selves, microdosing, the medicalization of psychedelics, and his latest book.
- [Peyote Decriminalization Opposed by Groups Seeking to Protect the Plant from Poaching](https://www.lucid.news/peyote-decriminalization-opposed-by-groups-seeking-to-protect-the-plant-from-poaching/) - Concerns about peyote extinction are voiced by the Huichol’s regional council, while Decriminalize Nature Santa Cruz pledges to amend its local resolution and remove peyote from decrim legislation.
- [Berkeley Launches Psychedelic Science Center & COMPASS Prepares for IPO](https://www.lucid.news/berkley-launches-psychedelic-science-center-compass-prepares-for-ipo/) - In this week’s Trip Report, Berkeley’s new psychedelic research center will focus on spiritual and theological investigations alongside scientific research, and COMPASS files to be listed on the NASDAQ.
- [Should Law Enforcement Use Ketamine to Sedate People?](https://www.lucid.news/should-law-enforcement-use-ketamine/) - Dr. Carl Spitzer, an emergency physician and ketamine therapist, discusses how ketamine is used as a sedative, whether law enforcement should administer it, and why ketamine therapists have spoken out against the fatal use of ketamine to sedate Elijah McClain.
- [60 Percent of DC Voters Support Plant Medicine Decriminalization](https://www.lucid.news/60-percent-of-dc-voters-support-plant-medicine-decriminalization/) - Organizers credit education around Initiative 81 for increasing voter support by 9% since April.
- [Magic Mushroom Cookbooks: How to Love the Taste of Tripping](https://www.lucid.news/magic-mushroom-cookbooks/) - From ginger lime chocolate truffle recipes to mushroom-infused rum, innovative chefs are making psilocybin mushrooms much more than just bearable.
- [Decriminalize Nature Promotes New Oakland Initiative While Condemning Fellow Activists](https://www.lucid.news/decriminalize-nature-promotes-new-oakland-initiative-while-condemning-fellow-activists/) - Decriminalize Nature national leadership publishes statements denouncing fellow activists, including David Bronner, while Portland’s branch of DN opposes Oregon psilocybin ballot measures.
- [How Ann Arbor Decriminalized Psychedelic Plants and Fungi](https://www.lucid.news/how-ann-arbor-decriminalized-psychedelic-plants/) - The Ann Arbor City Council voted unanimously to pass the resolution, adapted from Decriminalize Nature. Now the County Prosecutor is on board, too.
- [Set and Setting for Society's 21st Century Trip](https://www.lucid.news/set-and-setting-for-societys-21st-century-trip/) - One of the lessons that could be drawn from the story of mid-twentieth-century psychedelic history is that the psychedelic experience is not a given. It is always crucially shaped by the set and setting of the culture and the society in which it is embedded.
- [Field Trip’s IPO; MindMed & NYU Partner to Train Psychedelic Providers; & more](https://www.lucid.news/field-trips-ipo-mindmed-more/) - In this week’s Trip Report, Field Trip Psychedelics becomes the third publicly traded psychedelic company, MindMed & NYU team up to train psychedelic providers and researchers, The New Yorker covers the first NYC psychedelic clinic, and more.
- [Horizons Conference Shifts to Year-Round Films, Forums and Classes](https://www.lucid.news/horizons-conference-shifts-to-year-round-films-forums-and-classes/) - Horizons founder Kevin Balktick believes that the film format is the best match for the present moment, and that virtual classes still fulfill their educational mission. Horizons kicks off its autumn season this week.
- [Oregon Leads the Way for First US Psilocybin Legalization](https://www.lucid.news/oregon-leads-the-way-for-first-us-psilocybin-legalization/) - Measure 109, a ballot initiative to legalize psilocybin-based therapy state-wide, could become a model for the nation.
- [Psychedelics Reshape Questions About Bioethics and Religion](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelics-reshape-questions-about-bioethics-and-religion/) - In this week’s Trip Report: Harvard Law students ask if psychedelics can help save America; a new book covers the role of psychedelics in ancient religions; the Canadian parliament is on the clock to decriminalize psychedelics; and more.
- [Ride the Wrecking Ball: Psychedelic Survival Tips for the Already Gone](https://www.lucid.news/ride-the-wrecking-ball-psychedelic-survival-tips-for-the-already-gone/) - The past isn’t what it used to be. The future is hard to imagine because the past has been disturbed so intensely. The present moment is all there is.
- [Scientists Unlock Neurological Code of Dissociation](https://www.lucid.news/neurological-code-of-dissociation/) - A team of bioengineers from Stanford University have recreated neural activity correlated with dissociative states, such as those induced by ketamine, in the brains of mice.
- [New Association Brings Psychedelics to the Medical Mainstream](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-medicine-association-medical-mainstream/) - The Psychedelic Medicine Association brings together medical professionals to educate and guide each other over emerging science, ethics, and cultural issues in the rapidly developing field of psychedelic medicine.
- [The Systemic Culture Problems of the Psychedelics Industry](https://www.lucid.news/the-systemic-culture-problems-of-the-psychedelics-industry/) - Psychedelic industry conferences have been overwhelmingly white and male, reflecting deeper issues within a psychedelic field that is male-dominated, increasingly corporatized, and white supremacist.
- [Numinus & Field Trip: A Tale of Two Strategies](https://www.lucid.news/numinus-field-trip-a-tale-of-two-strategies/) - This week’s Trip Report features announcements on Numinus and Field Trip that paint a story of two different approaches and two different challenges, plus AWAKN expands its scientific board, and more.
- [Can Burning Man be Replicated Virtually?](https://www.lucid.news/can-burning-man-be-replicated-virtually/) - A conversation with Burning Man historian Caveat Magister about the festival’s uneasy but remarkable transition into virtuality, and what got lost along the way.
- [The Psychedelic Election is an Internet Addiction](https://www.lucid.news/the-psychedelic-election-is-an-internet-addiction/) - Trump is a millennial social media addict on Adderall in the broken baby oaf body of a creepy narcissistic Dad. I hope Boomer Biden finds a millennial who can help him with this digital cold war.
- [Why Dr. Bronner’s is Donating $10 Million to MAPS for MDMA Research](https://www.lucid.news/why-dr-bronners-is-donating-to-mdma-research/) - David Bronner talks about his company’s 10 year financial commitment to the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, the importance of supporting MAPS’ nonprofit approach to MDMA research, Dr. Bronner’s “Heal Soul” campaign, and more.
- [Mindset Pharma Reports Positive Results of Synthetic Psilocybin-Inspired Compounds](https://www.lucid.news/mindset-pharma-reports-positive-results-of-synthetic-psilocybin-alternatives/) - Mindset aims to create legal compounds that achieve “equal or greater psychedelic effects and therapeutic benefits” than traditional psilocybin.
- [Burning Man 2020: A Breakthrough for Virtual Reality Driven By Nostalgia](https://www.lucid.news/burning-man-2020/) - For the first time in its history, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, the annual Burning Man gathering transformed this year into an online event called the Multiverse.
- [Usona Puts New Psilocybin Synthesis Method in the Public Domain](https://www.lucid.news/usona-psilocybin-synthesis-in-public-domain/) - Objections to a COMPASS psilocybin synthesis patent have been rejected; Usona’s new efficient technique cannot be patented.
- [COVID Bonding: Parties, Dating, & Human Connection in a Pandemic](https://www.lucid.news/covid-bonding-parties-dating-human-connection-in-a-pandemic/) - People in psychedelic communities are balancing the need for human connection with pandemic safety using a range of strategies, including “distance-hangs,” “pods,” and controversial parties.
- [Elijah McClain’s Death Spotlights Ketamine Use in Law Enforcement Actions](https://www.lucid.news/elijah-mcclains-death-spotlights-ketamine-use-in-law-enforcement-actions/) - Attorney for McClain’s family confirms that they will file a federal civil rights lawsuit to seek justice, as providers of therapeutic ketamine speak out against forced sedation.
- [NHS Rejects Spravato; Psych Congress; & more](https://www.lucid.news/nhs-rejects-spravato-psych-congress-more/) - In this week’s Trip Report, England’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence rejects Spravato, some of the most prominent names in psychedelics will gather for Psych Congress 2020, and more.
- [Psychedelic Organizations Make Efforts to Address Racism](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-organizations-make-efforts-to-address-racism/) - In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests, how are psychedelic organizations instituting change? We surveyed the field.
- [Does the Failure of Prohibition Mean that We Succeed?](https://www.lucid.news/does-the-failure-of-prohibition-mean-that-we-succeed/) - By eliciting the first serious response from a prohibitionist, Decriminalize Nature DC has taught the drug reform community an important lesson about the opposition. But will the movement seize the opportunity?
- [Are Psilocybin Strips in Your Future?](https://www.lucid.news/are-psilocybin-strips-in-your-future/) - Two companies are developing dissolvable strips to deliver psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms.
- [What Kind of Psychedelic Use Is Protected by the Law?](https://www.lucid.news/what-kind-of-psychedelic-use-is-protected-by-the-law/) - In lieu of the recent bust of Zide Door Church of Entheogenic Plants, Lucid News talks to lawyer Dan Peterson about what kind of psychedelic use is protected under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.
- [Buddhist University Partners with MAPS to Offer MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Training](https://www.lucid.news/naropa-maps-offer-mdma-assisted-psychotherapy-training/) - MAPS founder Rick Doblin views the partnership as a symbolic bridge between psychedelics and mindfulness, which have long been separated by an ideological schism.
- [Are You Drinking Ayahuasca For the Wrong Reason?](https://www.lucid.news/ayahuasca-for-the-wrong-reason/) - Many drink ayahuasca to have visions, to pursue enlightenment, and to find themselves. But to traditional Amazonian shamans these are genuinely foreign concepts.
- [Johns Hopkins and Unlimited Sciences Team Up to Study Psilocybin Use in Real-World Settings](https://www.lucid.news/johns-hopkins-unlimited-sciences-study-psilocybin-use-in-real-world/) - They will survey people’s experiences before and after taking magic mushrooms, an approach Roland Griffiths calls a “huge advance forward.”
- [What Psychedelics Could Mean for Eating Disorders](https://www.lucid.news/eating-disorders-psychedelic-therapy/) - Eating disorders are among the deadliest of mental illnesses, and established treatments are limited in their efficacy. Research shows that psychedelics might help.
- [Why the DEA Went After a Small-Time Mushroom Dealer in Denver](https://www.lucid.news/why-the-dea-went-after-a-small-time-mushroom-dealer-in-denver/) - Possession and use of magic mushrooms are decriminalized in Denver, but the reckless actions of a man accused of selling may lead to a 20-year prison sentence and $1 million fine.
- [Guild of Guides Netherlands and the Future of Professional Psychedelics](https://www.lucid.news/guild-of-guides-netherlands-and-the-future-of-professional-psychedelics/) - As global interest in Dutch retreats grows, psilocybin truffle guides and groups have come together to establish self-regulation and best practices for those who offer guided tripping.
- [What Local Mushroom Decrim Means to the Feds: Interview with Lawyer David Holland](https://www.lucid.news/what-local-mushroom-decrim-means-with-david-holland/) - As cities and states begin decriminalizing magic mushrooms and other psychedelics, are users protected from arrest by the DEA or federal law enforcement? The legal director of Empire State NORML untangles this complex issue.
- [Tomorrow Could Feel Like a Hundred Years Later; Music for Now](https://www.lucid.news/music-for-now/) - Turns out the last thing I need is music that recalls the days of stadiums and dance clubs. I want the sound of now so I can figure out what the hell NOW is. I don’t want entertainment. I need medicine.
- [New Study Shows Ayahuasca’s Benefits When Used in a Traditional Setting](https://www.lucid.news/study-shows-ayahuascas-benefits-in-traditional-setting/) - A new study investigating ayahuasca’s effects when taken within Shipibo-style ceremonies finds a significant decrease in neuroticism.
- [How Ketamine Helps Me to Chase the Muse and Transcend the Blues](https://www.lucid.news/how-ketamine-helps-me-transcend-the-blues/) - An intimate look at a ketamine meditation that melts in your mouth, then in your mind.
- [Pioneering Psychedelic Researcher Once Again Paves the Way with Historic Psilocybin Study for End of Life Patients](https://www.lucid.news/pioneering-researcher-paves-the-way-with-psilocybin-study-for-end-of-life-patients/) - Researcher and professor Dr. Charles Grob discusses The Lundquist Institute’s announcement of a new multi-site clinical trial examining psilocybin for palliative care, the first study of its kind since the 1960’s, in this Q & A with Lucid News.
- [60-Plus Psychedelic Clinical Trials Listed on Online Directory](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-clinical-trial-numbers-increase/) - A network of psychedelic healthcare providers offers a comprehensive global directory of psychedelic clinical trials that are actively enrolling.
- [Proposed Patent for Ketamine Treatment Challenged by Clinicians](https://www.lucid.news/ketamine-treatment-patent-challenged/) - A Salt Lake City doctor claims his method of using high dose intramuscular injections of ketamine is novel, but other ketamine clinicians say it’s not a new discovery.
- [To Prevent Corruption, Psychedelics Researchers Call for Ethics Guidelines](https://www.lucid.news/psychedelics-researchers-call-for-ethics-guidelines/) - A group of Canadian researchers proposes clear guidelines for academic researchers to keep the field of psychedelic science transparent.
- [Drugs, the Israelites and the Emergence of Patriarchy](https://www.lucid.news/drugs-israelites-and-patriarchy/) - New evidence suggests that the combination of cannabis and frankincense was used to create visionary states among the early Israelites. The findings also offer clues to the rise of monotheism and the banishment of female deities from the Judeo-Christian tradition.
- [Paranormal Psychedelic Experiences Surveyed in Comprehensive Study](https://www.lucid.news/paranormal-psychedelic-experiences-surveyed-comprehensive-study/) - The paper proposes a framework for classifying and analyzing strange sensory phenomena induced by psychedelics.
- [Psilocybin Shows Promise for OCD Treatment](https://www.lucid.news/psilocybin-shows-promise-for-ocd-treatment/) - A newly published review calls for more research into psilocybin’s potential to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) based on promising findings and anecdotal reports.
- [American Adults Increase LSD Use By 56 Percent](https://www.lucid.news/americans-increase-lsd-use/) - LSD use in American adults rose over 50 percent between 2015 and 2018, a surge that one researcher attributes to rising national chaos.
- [The Bitter Side of Ayahuasca](https://www.lucid.news/the-bitter-side-of-ayahuasca/) - Many are saying that the Ayahuasca experience is a gift from spirit to humanity. But what is the hidden cost of your plant medicine cup?
- [It’s 2020 and White Men Still Dominate Psychedelic Conferences](https://www.lucid.news/men-still-dominate-psychedelic-conferences/) - An analysis of the recent surge of psychedelics conferences finds that the speakers are overwhelmingly white, and in some cases almost exclusively male.
- [What Isn't Psychedelic (and Contemplations on the Nature of What IS)?](https://www.lucid.news/what-isnt-psychedelic/) - Keanu Reeves is psychedelic, Ethan Hawke is not. Laura Dern is psychedelic, Drew Barrymore is not. Taylor Swift is psychedelic, Lady Gaga is definitely not.
- [The Power of Psychedelic Communities, Through the Lens of an Activist POTC](https://www.lucid.news/power-of-psychedelic-communities-through-lens-activist-potc/) - A Person of TechnoColor reflects on how psychedelic communities can aid the global struggle for equality, peace, and resilience.
- [DARPA Funds $27 Million Project to Create Psychedelic-Inspired Psychiatric Drugs Without the Trip](https://www.lucid.news/darpa-funds-project-create-psychedelic-inspired-drugs-without-trip/) - Researchers at the University of North Carolina use new techniques to create medicines that duplicate the effectiveness of ketamine and psilocybin as treatments for depression without the psychoactive effects.
- [Researcher Charles Nichols Studies the Impact of Psychedelic Substances on Inflammation](https://www.lucid.news/researcher-charles-nichols-studies-the-impact-of-psychedelic-substances-on-inflammation/) - Critical research sponsored by the Eleusis Benefit Corporation could lead to new drugs for Alzeimers and Retinal Disease.
- [MindMed Announces New Technology that Optimizes Psychedelic Dosing](https://www.lucid.news/mindmed-announces-new-technology-that-optimizes-psychedelic-dosing/) - The company is developing a technology that seeks to personalize psychedelic therapy experiences for patients.
- [First Ever Prescription Video Game Gains FDA Clearance for ADHD Treatment](https://www.lucid.news/first-ever-prescription-video-game-gains-fda-clearance-for-adhd-treatment/) - The app EndeavorRx, a first-of-its-kind non-drug treatment option, marks a new class of digital therapeutics.
- [Statement in Solidarity Against Racism](https://www.lucid.news/statement-in-solidarity-against-racism/) - Lucid News announces a new program to train POC journalists.
- [Two Aligned Psilocybin Initiatives Gain Necessary Signatures To Be on Oregon Ballot in November](https://www.lucid.news/oregon-psilocybin-inititives-november-ballot/) - One initiative creates a statewide psilocybin-assisted therapy program, and the other decriminalizes low-level possession of all drugs while opening addiction recovery centers.
- [Of Argonauts and Psychonauts](https://www.lucid.news/of-argonauts-and-psychonauts/) - A reflection on New York's Argosy Book Store and the enduring vitality of vintage psychedelic books.
- [NY Assembly Bill to Legalize Psilocybin Raises Questions Among Activists](https://www.lucid.news/ny-bill-legalize-psilocybin-raises-questions-activists/) - Who benefits from a law that doesn’t cover magic mushrooms and has no provisions for therapeutic use?
- [Iquitos Ayahuasca Communities Hit Hard by Covid-19](https://www.lucid.news/iquitos-ayahuasca-communities-hit-hard-by-covid-19/) - Emily Sinclair, an anthropologist based in Iquitos, shares how the hub for ayahuasca is being affected by Covid-19, and what’s being done to help, in this exclusive video interview.
- [New Study Shows How DMT Refreshes Perceptions](https://www.lucid.news/how-dmt-refreshes-perceptions/) - Research reveals how DMT affects brain waves to give rise to visionary experiences.
- [Two New Releases Show Technology’s Psychedelic Frontier](https://www.lucid.news/new-releases-technology-psychedelic-frontier/) - SoundSelf, a Virtual Reality game, and Breathscape, a meditation app, demonstrate how digital media can produce higher states of consciousness.
- [Virtual Reality a Promising Treatment for Chronic Pain](https://www.lucid.news/virtual-reality-promising-treatment-chronic-pain/) - Virtual reality can alleviate chronic pain by rewiring the brain, and serving as a contemplative tool.
- [Field Trip Collaborates with Jamaican University Researchers to Investigate New Psilocybin Therapies](https://www.lucid.news/field-trip-collaborates-jamaican-university-psilocybin-therapies/) - The focus is on how psilocybin-producing mushrooms may generate a different effect than synthetic psilocybin.
- [Street Protests in a Digital Age: A Talk with DJ Spooky](https://www.lucid.news/street-protests-in-digital-age-talk-with-dj-spooky/) - Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, discusses racism, protests, and the need for new ideologies in the digital era. "Creating a post-capitalist situation means reconstructing human identity from the ground up," says Miller.
- [Scientists Study How Psilocybin Makes You Feel One with Everything](https://www.lucid.news/scientists-study-how-psilocybin-makes-you-feel-one-with-everything/) - Scientists may be closer to understanding what happens in the brain when we experience ego loss.
- [MAPS Announces Findings from Phase 2 MDMA Clinical Trials for PTSD](https://www.lucid.news/maps-announces-findings-phase-2-mdma-trials-ptsd/) - The benefits of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy appear to grow over time, but the study lacks racial diversity.
- [Lucid News Podcast - #1 Julie Holland](https://www.lucid.news/good-chemistry-interview-julie-holland-unedited/) - The psychiatrist and psychedelics expert Julie Holland discusses why human connection is important for both physical wellbeing and for the body politic in her new book, Good Chemistry, in this raw, unedited conversation.
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- [shipibo](https://www.lucid.news/tag/shipibo/)
- [art](https://www.lucid.news/tag/art/)
- [psychedelic art](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-art/)
- [dua lipa](https://www.lucid.news/tag/dua-lipa/)
- [fiona apple](https://www.lucid.news/tag/fiona-apple/)
- [waxahatchee](https://www.lucid.news/tag/waxahatchee/)
- [TJO](https://www.lucid.news/tag/tjo/)
- [Beverly Glenn Copeland](https://www.lucid.news/tag/beverly-glenn-copeland/)
- [huaira](https://www.lucid.news/tag/huaira/)
- [grimes](https://www.lucid.news/tag/grimes/)
- [pandemic](https://www.lucid.news/tag/pandemic/)
- [mushrooms](https://www.lucid.news/tag/mushrooms/)
- [federal law](https://www.lucid.news/tag/federal-law/)
- [local law](https://www.lucid.news/tag/local-law/)
- [Denver](https://www.lucid.news/tag/denver/)
- [David Holland](https://www.lucid.news/tag/david-holland/)
- [NORML](https://www.lucid.news/tag/norml/)
- [psychedelic guide](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-guide/)
- [magic truffles](https://www.lucid.news/tag/magic-truffles/)
- [Netherlands](https://www.lucid.news/tag/netherlands/)
- [Guild of Guides](https://www.lucid.news/tag/guild-of-guides/)
- [ceremonies](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ceremonies/)
- [anorexia](https://www.lucid.news/tag/anorexia/)
- [bulimia](https://www.lucid.news/tag/bulimia/)
- [eating disorders](https://www.lucid.news/tag/eating-disorders/)
- [Naropa](https://www.lucid.news/tag/naropa/)
- [training](https://www.lucid.news/tag/training/)
- [Johns Hopkins](https://www.lucid.news/tag/johns-hopkins/)
- [Unlimited sciences](https://www.lucid.news/tag/unlimited-sciences/)
- [psychedelic study](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-study/)
- [Ron Griffiths](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ron-griffiths/)
- [real-world setting](https://www.lucid.news/tag/real-world-setting/)
- [guayusa](https://www.lucid.news/tag/guayusa/)
- [psychedelic community](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-community/)
- [protests](https://www.lucid.news/tag/protests/)
- [integration](https://www.lucid.news/tag/integration/)
- [oakland](https://www.lucid.news/tag/oakland/)
- [cannabis](https://www.lucid.news/tag/cannabis/)
- [religious freedom retoration act](https://www.lucid.news/tag/religious-freedom-retoration-act/)
- [spiritual](https://www.lucid.news/tag/spiritual/)
- [Dan peterson](https://www.lucid.news/tag/dan-peterson/)
- [legal](https://www.lucid.news/tag/legal/)
- [law](https://www.lucid.news/tag/law/)
- [safety](https://www.lucid.news/tag/safety/)
- [Cybin](https://www.lucid.news/tag/cybin/)
- [psilocybin strips](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psilocybin-strips/)
- [Revive](https://www.lucid.news/tag/revive/)
- [DC](https://www.lucid.news/tag/dc/)
- [Decrim DC](https://www.lucid.news/tag/decrim-dc/)
- [Decriminalize nature Santa Cruz](https://www.lucid.news/tag/decriminalize-nature-santa-cruz/)
- [Bett Williams](https://www.lucid.news/tag/bett-williams/)
- [Wild Kindness](https://www.lucid.news/tag/wild-kindness/)
- [book](https://www.lucid.news/tag/book/)
- [review](https://www.lucid.news/tag/review/)
- [dr. Bronner](https://www.lucid.news/tag/dr-bronner/)
- [david bronner](https://www.lucid.news/tag/david-bronner/)
- [NHS](https://www.lucid.news/tag/nhs/)
- [spravato](https://www.lucid.news/tag/spravato/)
- [congress](https://www.lucid.news/tag/congress/)
- [psych congress 2020](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psych-congress-2020/)
- [england](https://www.lucid.news/tag/england/)
- [covid](https://www.lucid.news/tag/covid/)
- [dating](https://www.lucid.news/tag/dating-2/)
- [parties](https://www.lucid.news/tag/parties/)
- [covid19](https://www.lucid.news/tag/covid19/)
- [polyamory](https://www.lucid.news/tag/polyamory/)
- [social distancing](https://www.lucid.news/tag/social-distancing/)
- [compass pathways](https://www.lucid.news/tag/compass-pathways/)
- [usona institute](https://www.lucid.news/tag/usona-institute/)
- [public domain](https://www.lucid.news/tag/public-domain/)
- [synthesis](https://www.lucid.news/tag/synthesis/)
- [multiverse](https://www.lucid.news/tag/multiverse/)
- [global burn](https://www.lucid.news/tag/global-burn/)
- [black rock city](https://www.lucid.news/tag/black-rock-city/)
- [playa](https://www.lucid.news/tag/playa/)
- [Tr](https://www.lucid.news/tag/tr/)
- [Trip report](https://www.lucid.news/tag/trip-report/)
- [UC Berkeley](https://www.lucid.news/tag/uc-berkeley/)
- [Center for the science of psychedelics](https://www.lucid.news/tag/center-for-the-science-of-psychedelics/)
- [Bcsp](https://www.lucid.news/tag/bcsp/)
- [Ipo](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ipo/)
- [police](https://www.lucid.news/tag/police/)
- [law enforcement](https://www.lucid.news/tag/law-enforcement/)
- [Dr. Carl Spitzer](https://www.lucid.news/tag/dr-carl-spitzer/)
- [chemical restraint](https://www.lucid.news/tag/chemical-restraint/)
- [decriminalize nature DC](https://www.lucid.news/tag/decriminalize-nature-dc/)
- [Initiative 81](https://www.lucid.news/tag/initiative-81/)
- [entheogens](https://www.lucid.news/tag/entheogens/)
- [cooking](https://www.lucid.news/tag/cooking/)
- [kitchen](https://www.lucid.news/tag/kitchen/)
- [psilocybe](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psilocybe/)
- [mindset pharma](https://www.lucid.news/tag/mindset-pharma/)
- [psychedelic compounds](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-compounds/)
- [2020](https://www.lucid.news/tag/2020/)
- [election](https://www.lucid.news/tag/election/)
- [social media](https://www.lucid.news/tag/social-media/)
- [biden](https://www.lucid.news/tag/biden/)
- [trump](https://www.lucid.news/tag/trump/)
- [facebook](https://www.lucid.news/tag/facebook/)
- [twitter](https://www.lucid.news/tag/twitter/)
- [psilocyb](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psilocyb/)
- [carlos plazola](https://www.lucid.news/tag/carlos-plazola/)
- [wixarika](https://www.lucid.news/tag/wixarika/)
- [ann arbor](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ann-arbor/)
- [numinus](https://www.lucid.news/tag/numinus/)
- [American psychiatric association](https://www.lucid.news/tag/american-psychiatric-association/)
- [apa](https://www.lucid.news/tag/apa/)
- [AWAKN](https://www.lucid.news/tag/awakn/)
- [mithoefers](https://www.lucid.news/tag/mithoefers/)
- [racial equality](https://www.lucid.news/tag/racial-equality/)
- [gender equality](https://www.lucid.news/tag/gender-equality/)
- [diversity](https://www.lucid.news/tag/diversity/)
- [corporatization](https://www.lucid.news/tag/corporatization/)
- [systematic oppression](https://www.lucid.news/tag/systematic-oppression/)
- [capitalism](https://www.lucid.news/tag/capitalism/)
- [counterculture](https://www.lucid.news/tag/counterculture/)
- [set](https://www.lucid.news/tag/set/)
- [setting](https://www.lucid.news/tag/setting/)
- [21st century](https://www.lucid.news/tag/21st-century/)
- [NYU](https://www.lucid.news/tag/nyu/)
- [Mark Zuckerberg](https://www.lucid.news/tag/mark-zuckerberg/)
- [horizons](https://www.lucid.news/tag/horizons/)
- [film](https://www.lucid.news/tag/film/)
- [pma](https://www.lucid.news/tag/pma/)
- [psychedelic medicine association](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-medicine-association/)
- [psychedelic medicine](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-medicine/)
- [doctors](https://www.lucid.news/tag/doctors/)
- [measure 109](https://www.lucid.news/tag/measure-109/)
- [measure 110](https://www.lucid.news/tag/measure-110/)
- [legalization](https://www.lucid.news/tag/legalization/)
- [stanford](https://www.lucid.news/tag/stanford/)
- [dissociation](https://www.lucid.news/tag/dissociation/)
- [nature](https://www.lucid.news/tag/nature/)
- [psychedelic states](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-states/)
- [harvard](https://www.lucid.news/tag/harvard/)
- [ancient religion](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ancient-religion/)
- [canada](https://www.lucid.news/tag/canada/)
- [canadian parliament](https://www.lucid.news/tag/canadian-parliament/)
- [the immortality key](https://www.lucid.news/tag/the-immortality-key/)
- [joe rogan](https://www.lucid.news/tag/joe-rogan/)
- [havn](https://www.lucid.news/tag/havn/)
- [alcoholics anonymous](https://www.lucid.news/tag/alcoholics-anonymous/)
- [aa](https://www.lucid.news/tag/aa/)
- [Bill wilson](https://www.lucid.news/tag/bill-wilson/)
- [sobriety](https://www.lucid.news/tag/sobriety/)
- [addiction](https://www.lucid.news/tag/addiction/)
- [miley cyrus](https://www.lucid.news/tag/miley-cyrus/)
- [wide awakes](https://www.lucid.news/tag/wide-awakes/)
- [selves](https://www.lucid.news/tag/selves/)
- [personality](https://www.lucid.news/tag/personality/)
- [microdose](https://www.lucid.news/tag/microdose/)
- [your symphony of selves](https://www.lucid.news/tag/your-symphony-of-selves/)
- [harmony](https://www.lucid.news/tag/harmony/)
- [Breonna Taylor](https://www.lucid.news/tag/breonna-taylor/)
- [BIPOC](https://www.lucid.news/tag/bipoc/)
- [no-knock](https://www.lucid.news/tag/no-knock/)
- [Bexson](https://www.lucid.news/tag/bexson/)
- [stevanato](https://www.lucid.news/tag/stevanato/)
- [pain management](https://www.lucid.news/tag/pain-management/)
- [james fadiman](https://www.lucid.news/tag/james-fadiman/)
- [adventures of the psyche](https://www.lucid.news/tag/adventures-of-the-psyche/)
- [OR](https://www.lucid.news/tag/or/)
- [drug reform](https://www.lucid.news/tag/drug-reform/)
- [washington dc](https://www.lucid.news/tag/washington-dc/)
- [drug policy alliance](https://www.lucid.news/tag/drug-policy-alliance/)
- [ballot](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ballot/)
- [festivals](https://www.lucid.news/tag/festivals/)
- [dj](https://www.lucid.news/tag/dj/)
- [playlists](https://www.lucid.news/tag/playlists/)
- [heroic hearts](https://www.lucid.news/tag/heroic-hearts/)
- [ketamine therapy](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ketamine-therapy/)
- [trip](https://www.lucid.news/tag/trip/)
- [trip stories](https://www.lucid.news/tag/trip-stories/)
- [episode](https://www.lucid.news/tag/episode/)
- [Stan grof](https://www.lucid.news/tag/stan-grof/)
- [stanislav grof](https://www.lucid.news/tag/stanislav-grof/)
- [Way of the psychonaut](https://www.lucid.news/tag/way-of-the-psychonaut/)
- [movie](https://www.lucid.news/tag/movie/)
- [Samantha Stevens](https://www.lucid.news/tag/samantha-stevens/)
- [Brigitte Grof](https://www.lucid.news/tag/brigitte-grof/)
- [psilocybin-assisted therapy](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psilocybin-assisted-therapy/)
- [psychdelics](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychdelics/)
- [psychotherapy](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychotherapy/)
- [anxiety](https://www.lucid.news/tag/anxiety/)
- [christianity](https://www.lucid.news/tag/christianity/)
- [religion](https://www.lucid.news/tag/religion/)
- [book review](https://www.lucid.news/tag/book-review/)
- [brian muraresku](https://www.lucid.news/tag/brian-muraresku/)
- [muraresku](https://www.lucid.news/tag/muraresku/)
- [bible](https://www.lucid.news/tag/bible/)
- [rolling](https://www.lucid.news/tag/rolling/)
- [charley wininger](https://www.lucid.news/tag/charley-wininger/)
- [listening to ecstasy](https://www.lucid.news/tag/listening-to-ecstasy/)
- [ecstasy](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ecstasy/)
- [czech republic](https://www.lucid.news/tag/czech-republic/)
- [arrests](https://www.lucid.news/tag/arrests/)
- [Entangled Life](https://www.lucid.news/tag/entangled-life/)
- [Fungi](https://www.lucid.news/tag/fungi/)
- [sheldrake](https://www.lucid.news/tag/sheldrake/)
- [kwasi adusei](https://www.lucid.news/tag/kwasi-adusei/)
- [shadow work](https://www.lucid.news/tag/shadow-work/)
- [Hiv](https://www.lucid.news/tag/hiv/)
- [aids](https://www.lucid.news/tag/aids/)
- [isolation](https://www.lucid.news/tag/isolation/)
- [lack of meaning](https://www.lucid.news/tag/lack-of-meaning/)
- [group therapy](https://www.lucid.news/tag/group-therapy/)
- [UCSF](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ucsf/)
- [University of California](https://www.lucid.news/tag/university-of-california/)
- [program](https://www.lucid.news/tag/program/)
- [drugs](https://www.lucid.news/tag/drugs/)
- [psychedelic assisted therapy](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-assisted-therapy-2/)
- [Eckert](https://www.lucid.news/tag/eckert/)
- [anthony Johnson](https://www.lucid.news/tag/anthony-johnson/)
- [addiction recovery](https://www.lucid.news/tag/addiction-recovery/)
- [facilities](https://www.lucid.news/tag/facilities/)
- [support](https://www.lucid.news/tag/support/)
- [journey](https://www.lucid.news/tag/journey/)
- [mike tyson](https://www.lucid.news/tag/mike-tyson/)
- [5-meo-dmt](https://www.lucid.news/tag/5-meo-dmt/)
- [toad](https://www.lucid.news/tag/toad/)
- [sapo](https://www.lucid.news/tag/sapo/)
- [boxing](https://www.lucid.news/tag/boxing/)
- [celebrity](https://www.lucid.news/tag/celebrity/)
- [roy jones](https://www.lucid.news/tag/roy-jones/)
- [set and setting](https://www.lucid.news/tag/set-and-setting/)
- [dieta](https://www.lucid.news/tag/dieta/)
- [Zendo project](https://www.lucid.news/tag/zendo-project/)
- [Ryan Beauregard](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ryan-beauregard/)
- [flaming lips](https://www.lucid.news/tag/flaming-lips/)
- [wayne coyne](https://www.lucid.news/tag/wayne-coyne/)
- [snakes](https://www.lucid.news/tag/snakes/)
- [rolling stone](https://www.lucid.news/tag/rolling-stone/)
- [yage](https://www.lucid.news/tag/yage/)
- [umiyac](https://www.lucid.news/tag/umiyac/)
- [union of yage medics](https://www.lucid.news/tag/union-of-yage-medics/)
- [fundraise](https://www.lucid.news/tag/fundraise/)
- [colombia](https://www.lucid.news/tag/colombia/)
- [shaman](https://www.lucid.news/tag/shaman/)
- [Drugs/Marijuana](https://www.lucid.news/tag/drugs-marijuana/)
- [News](https://www.lucid.news/tag/news/)
- [Opinion](https://www.lucid.news/tag/opinion/)
- [North America/Canada](https://www.lucid.news/tag/north-america-canada/)
- [Social Benefits](https://www.lucid.news/tag/social-benefits/)
- [North America/United States of America](https://www.lucid.news/tag/north-america-united-states-of-america/)
- [North America/Mexico](https://www.lucid.news/tag/north-america-mexico/)
- [Time-Sensitive](https://www.lucid.news/tag/time-sensitive/)
- [South America/Uruguay](https://www.lucid.news/tag/south-america-uruguay/)
- [UN](https://www.lucid.news/tag/un/)
- [san francisco psychedelic society](https://www.lucid.news/tag/san-francisco-psychedelic-society/)
- [sfps](https://www.lucid.news/tag/sfps/)
- [psychedelic society](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-society/)
- [amanita muscaria](https://www.lucid.news/tag/amanita-muscaria/)
- [santa claus](https://www.lucid.news/tag/santa-claus/)
- [christmas](https://www.lucid.news/tag/christmas-2/)
- [fly agaric](https://www.lucid.news/tag/fly-agaric/)
- [magic mushroom](https://www.lucid.news/tag/magic-mushroom/)
- [psychedelic mushroom](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-mushroom/)
- [pre-christian](https://www.lucid.news/tag/pre-christian/)
- [pagan](https://www.lucid.news/tag/pagan/)
- [ritual](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ritual/)
- [Drug law](https://www.lucid.news/tag/drug-law/)
- [Anti-Drug Abuse act](https://www.lucid.news/tag/anti-drug-abuse-act/)
- [RAVE act](https://www.lucid.news/tag/rave-act/)
- [politics](https://www.lucid.news/tag/politics/)
- [president](https://www.lucid.news/tag/president/)
- [psychedelic activist](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-activist/)
- [activism](https://www.lucid.news/tag/activism/)
- [sheri Eckert](https://www.lucid.news/tag/sheri-eckert/)
- [psilocybin therapy](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psilocybin-therapy/)
- [retinitis pigmentosa](https://www.lucid.news/tag/retinitis-pigmentosa/)
- [blindness](https://www.lucid.news/tag/blindness/)
- [drug testing](https://www.lucid.news/tag/drug-testing/)
- [intention](https://www.lucid.news/tag/intention/)
- [psychedelic journey](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-journey/)
- [SSRI's](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ssris-2/)
- [prozac](https://www.lucid.news/tag/prozac/)
- [paxil](https://www.lucid.news/tag/paxil/)
- [best](https://www.lucid.news/tag/best/)
- [top 10](https://www.lucid.news/tag/top-10/)
- [articles](https://www.lucid.news/tag/articles/)
- [fentanyl](https://www.lucid.news/tag/fentanyl/)
- [rave](https://www.lucid.news/tag/rave/)
- [substance testing](https://www.lucid.news/tag/substance-testing/)
- [california](https://www.lucid.news/tag/california/)
- [california state](https://www.lucid.news/tag/california-state/)
- [oakland city council](https://www.lucid.news/tag/oakland-city-council/)
- [body dysmorphia](https://www.lucid.news/tag/body-dysmorphia/)
- [opression](https://www.lucid.news/tag/opression/)
- [More Act](https://www.lucid.news/tag/more-act/)
- [SAFE act](https://www.lucid.news/tag/safe-act/)
- [Police violence](https://www.lucid.news/tag/police-violence/)
- [No-knock warrants](https://www.lucid.news/tag/no-knock-warrants/)
- [marijuana](https://www.lucid.news/tag/marijuana/)
- [safe injection](https://www.lucid.news/tag/safe-injection/)
- [merry pranksters](https://www.lucid.news/tag/merry-pranksters/)
- [american head](https://www.lucid.news/tag/american-head/)
- [heroin](https://www.lucid.news/tag/heroin/)
- [Journal of Psychedelic Psychiatry](https://www.lucid.news/tag/journal-of-psychedelic-psychiatry/)
- [American Society of Ketamine Physicians](https://www.lucid.news/tag/american-society-of-ketamine-physicians/)
- [ethical guidelines](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ethical-guidelines/)
- [jim carrey](https://www.lucid.news/tag/jim-carrey/)
- [terrence mckenna](https://www.lucid.news/tag/terrence-mckenna/)
- [andy kaufman](https://www.lucid.news/tag/andy-kaufman/)
- [man on the moon](https://www.lucid.news/tag/man-on-the-moon/)
- [sexual abuse](https://www.lucid.news/tag/sexual-abuse/)
- [trauma](https://www.lucid.news/tag/trauma/)
- [nature therapy](https://www.lucid.news/tag/nature-therapy/)
- [Sam Gandy](https://www.lucid.news/tag/sam-gandy/)
- [Rosalind Watts](https://www.lucid.news/tag/rosalind-watts/)
- [Imperial College](https://www.lucid.news/tag/imperial-college/)
- [environmentalism](https://www.lucid.news/tag/environmentalism/)
- [climate change](https://www.lucid.news/tag/climate-change/)
- [indigenous wisdom](https://www.lucid.news/tag/indigenous-wisdom/)
- [somerville](https://www.lucid.news/tag/somerville/)
- [massachusettes](https://www.lucid.news/tag/massachusettes/)
- [decriminalize](https://www.lucid.news/tag/decriminalize/)
- [entheogenic plants and fungi](https://www.lucid.news/tag/entheogenic-plants-and-fungi/)
- [hamilton morris](https://www.lucid.news/tag/hamilton-morris/)
- [vice](https://www.lucid.news/tag/vice/)
- [vice tv](https://www.lucid.news/tag/vice-tv/)
- [hamilton's pharmacopeia](https://www.lucid.news/tag/hamiltons-pharmacopeia/)
- [tv](https://www.lucid.news/tag/tv/)
- [series](https://www.lucid.news/tag/series/)
- [scientific illiteracy](https://www.lucid.news/tag/scientific-illiteracy/)
- [racial trauma](https://www.lucid.news/tag/racial-trauma/)
- [nichol braford](https://www.lucid.news/tag/nichol-braford/)
- [transtech](https://www.lucid.news/tag/transtech/)
- [transformative technology](https://www.lucid.news/tag/transformative-technology/)
- [happiness](https://www.lucid.news/tag/happiness/)
- [spiritual technology](https://www.lucid.news/tag/spiritual-technology/)
- [parents](https://www.lucid.news/tag/parents/)
- [parenthood](https://www.lucid.news/tag/parenthood/)
- [fatherhood](https://www.lucid.news/tag/fatherhood/)
- [AOTP](https://www.lucid.news/tag/aotp/)
- [kash khan](https://www.lucid.news/tag/kash-khan/)
- [muslim](https://www.lucid.news/tag/muslim/)
- [kole milner](https://www.lucid.news/tag/kole-milner/)
- [federal arrest](https://www.lucid.news/tag/federal-arrest/)
- [parole](https://www.lucid.news/tag/parole/)
- [psychedelic medical association](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-medical-association/)
- [ASKP](https://www.lucid.news/tag/askp/)
- [american society of ketamine](https://www.lucid.news/tag/american-society-of-ketamine/)
- [psychedelic nursing](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-nursing/)
- [medicine midwives](https://www.lucid.news/tag/medicine-midwives/)
- [association for entheogenic practitioners](https://www.lucid.news/tag/association-for-entheogenic-practitioners/)
- [nursing](https://www.lucid.news/tag/nursing/)
- [psychedelic justice league](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-justice-league/)
- [psychedelic advocacy](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-advocacy/)
- [psychedelic bar association](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-bar-association/)
- [lawyers](https://www.lucid.news/tag/lawyers/)
- [mark plotkin](https://www.lucid.news/tag/mark-plotkin/)
- [ethnobotany](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ethnobotany/)
- [Amazon Conservation Team](https://www.lucid.news/tag/amazon-conservation-team/)
- [Richard Evan Schultes](https://www.lucid.news/tag/richard-evan-schultes/)
- [Amazon](https://www.lucid.news/tag/amazon/)
- [sacred plants](https://www.lucid.news/tag/sacred-plants/)
- [Blue man group](https://www.lucid.news/tag/blue-man-group/)
- [chris wink](https://www.lucid.news/tag/chris-wink/)
- [wink world](https://www.lucid.news/tag/wink-world/)
- [psychedelia](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelia/)
- [love](https://www.lucid.news/tag/love/)
- [las vegas](https://www.lucid.news/tag/las-vegas/)
- [area15](https://www.lucid.news/tag/area15/)
- [pro-social behavior](https://www.lucid.news/tag/pro-social-behavior/)
- [behavior](https://www.lucid.news/tag/behavior/)
- [social anxiety](https://www.lucid.news/tag/social-anxiety/)
- [biotech](https://www.lucid.news/tag/biotech/)
- [tim leary](https://www.lucid.news/tag/tim-leary/)
- [CIA](https://www.lucid.news/tag/cia/)
- [My psychedelic love story](https://www.lucid.news/tag/my-psychedelic-love-story/)
- [Joanna Harcourt-Smith](https://www.lucid.news/tag/joanna-harcourt-smith/)
- [Crowley](https://www.lucid.news/tag/crowley/)
- [errol morris](https://www.lucid.news/tag/errol-morris/)
- [Allen Ginsberg](https://www.lucid.news/tag/allen-ginsberg/)
- [documentary](https://www.lucid.news/tag/documentary/)
- [Jake Angeli Chansley](https://www.lucid.news/tag/jake-angeli-chansley/)
- [qanon](https://www.lucid.news/tag/qanon/)
- [spirituality](https://www.lucid.news/tag/spirituality/)
- [trickster](https://www.lucid.news/tag/trickster/)
- [new-age](https://www.lucid.news/tag/new-age/)
- [conspiracy theories](https://www.lucid.news/tag/conspiracy-theories/)
- [alt right](https://www.lucid.news/tag/alt-right/)
- [abuse](https://www.lucid.news/tag/abuse/)
- [Jade ullmann](https://www.lucid.news/tag/jade-ullmann/)
- [judaism](https://www.lucid.news/tag/judaism/)
- [santo Daime](https://www.lucid.news/tag/santo-daime/)
- [sexual assault](https://www.lucid.news/tag/sexual-assault/)
- [Rick Doblin](https://www.lucid.news/tag/rick-doblin/)
- [clubhouse](https://www.lucid.news/tag/clubhouse/)
- [red light holland](https://www.lucid.news/tag/red-light-holland-2/)
- [RLH](https://www.lucid.news/tag/rlh/)
- [truffles](https://www.lucid.news/tag/truffles/)
- [psychedelic company](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-company/)
- [Marijuana justice act](https://www.lucid.news/tag/marijuana-justice-act/)
- [medical cannabis](https://www.lucid.news/tag/medical-cannabis/)
- [immigration](https://www.lucid.news/tag/immigration/)
- [expungement](https://www.lucid.news/tag/expungement/)
- [ICE](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ice/)
- [california legislation](https://www.lucid.news/tag/california-legislation/)
- [Senator weiner](https://www.lucid.news/tag/senator-weiner/)
- [initiative](https://www.lucid.news/tag/initiative/)
- [SB-519](https://www.lucid.news/tag/sb-519/)
- [stigma](https://www.lucid.news/tag/stigma/)
- [scientists](https://www.lucid.news/tag/scientists/)
- [researchers](https://www.lucid.news/tag/researchers/)
- [public understanding](https://www.lucid.news/tag/public-understanding/)
- [drug use](https://www.lucid.news/tag/drug-use/)
- [research integrity](https://www.lucid.news/tag/research-integrity/)
- [psychedelic use](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-use/)
- [personal substance use](https://www.lucid.news/tag/personal-substance-use/)
- [public perception of psychedelics](https://www.lucid.news/tag/public-perception-of-psychedelics/)
- [scientific bias](https://www.lucid.news/tag/scientific-bias/)
- [bitcoin](https://www.lucid.news/tag/bitcoin/)
- [crypto](https://www.lucid.news/tag/crypto/)
- [cryptocurrency](https://www.lucid.news/tag/cryptocurrency/)
- [psychedelic businesses](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-businesses/)
- [psychedelic companies](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-companies/)
- [investment](https://www.lucid.news/tag/investment/)
- [Blockchain](https://www.lucid.news/tag/blockchain/)
- [yarelix](https://www.lucid.news/tag/yarelix/)
- [federal prosecution](https://www.lucid.news/tag/federal-prosecution/)
- [happy fox edibles](https://www.lucid.news/tag/happy-fox-edibles/)
- [westword](https://www.lucid.news/tag/westword/)
- [leadership](https://www.lucid.news/tag/leadership/)
- [Julie Holland](https://www.lucid.news/tag/julie-holland/)
- [Hadas Alterman](https://www.lucid.news/tag/hadas-alterman/)
- [Melissa Lavasani](https://www.lucid.news/tag/melissa-lavasani/)
- [SSRI](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ssri/)
- [Yin energy](https://www.lucid.news/tag/yin-energy/)
- [motherhood](https://www.lucid.news/tag/motherhood/)
- [trip reports](https://www.lucid.news/tag/trip-reports/)
- [app](https://www.lucid.news/tag/app/)
- [psychdelic research](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychdelic-research/)
- [brain flexibility](https://www.lucid.news/tag/brain-flexibility/)
- [brain research](https://www.lucid.news/tag/brain-research/)
- [University of cambridge](https://www.lucid.news/tag/university-of-cambridge/)
- [psychedelic state](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-state/)
- [state initiatives](https://www.lucid.news/tag/state-initiatives/)
- [grassroots initiatives](https://www.lucid.news/tag/grassroots-initiatives/)
- [research bills](https://www.lucid.news/tag/research-bills/)
- [decriminalize psychedelics](https://www.lucid.news/tag/decriminalize-psychedelics/)
- [adventure](https://www.lucid.news/tag/adventure/)
- [trip tale](https://www.lucid.news/tag/trip-tale/)
- [mareesa stertz](https://www.lucid.news/tag/mareesa-stertz/)
- [creativity](https://www.lucid.news/tag/creativity/)
- [New York University](https://www.lucid.news/tag/new-york-university/)
- [research center](https://www.lucid.news/tag/research-center/)
- [NYU Langone Center for Psychedelic Medicine](https://www.lucid.news/tag/nyu-langone-center-for-psychedelic-medicine/)
- [training program](https://www.lucid.news/tag/training-program/)
- [Lucid dreaming](https://www.lucid.news/tag/lucid-dreaming/)
- [dream research](https://www.lucid.news/tag/dream-research/)
- [sleep research](https://www.lucid.news/tag/sleep-research/)
- [interactive dreaming](https://www.lucid.news/tag/interactive-dreaming/)
- [brain science](https://www.lucid.news/tag/brain-science/)
- [nightmare therapy](https://www.lucid.news/tag/nightmare-therapy/)
- [psychedelic consciousness](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-consciousness/)
- [self-medicating](https://www.lucid.news/tag/self-medicating/)
- [psychedelic usage](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-usage/)
- [drug survey](https://www.lucid.news/tag/drug-survey/)
- [global drug survey](https://www.lucid.news/tag/global-drug-survey/)
- [Human Rights](https://www.lucid.news/tag/human-rights/)
- [Indigenous Resistance](https://www.lucid.news/tag/indigenous-resistance/)
- [Prison Reform](https://www.lucid.news/tag/prison-reform/)
- [Social Justice](https://www.lucid.news/tag/social-justice/)
- [Laura Dawn](https://www.lucid.news/tag/laura-dawn/)
- [body](https://www.lucid.news/tag/body/)
- [exercise](https://www.lucid.news/tag/exercise/)
- [diet](https://www.lucid.news/tag/diet/)
- [heart disease](https://www.lucid.news/tag/heart-disease/)
- [disease](https://www.lucid.news/tag/disease/)
- [obesity](https://www.lucid.news/tag/obesity/)
- [behavior therapy](https://www.lucid.news/tag/behavior-therapy/)
- [trpr](https://www.lucid.news/tag/trpr/)
- [Translational Psychedelic Research](https://www.lucid.news/tag/translational-psychedelic-research/)
- [network](https://www.lucid.news/tag/network/)
- [healthcare providers](https://www.lucid.news/tag/healthcare-providers/)
- [psychedelic research program](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-research-program/)
- [bay area](https://www.lucid.news/tag/bay-area/)
- [Josh Woolley](https://www.lucid.news/tag/josh-woolley/)
- [Neuroscape neuroscience center](https://www.lucid.news/tag/neuroscape-neuroscience-center/)
- [psilocybin-assisted group therapy](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psilocybin-assisted-group-therapy/)
- [Bipolar disorder](https://www.lucid.news/tag/bipolar-disorder/)
- [fireside](https://www.lucid.news/tag/fireside/)
- [psychedelic phone line](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-phone-line/)
- [emergency call service](https://www.lucid.news/tag/emergency-call-service/)
- [fireside project](https://www.lucid.news/tag/fireside-project/)
- [hotline](https://www.lucid.news/tag/hotline/)
- [volunteer matching service](https://www.lucid.news/tag/volunteer-matching-service/)
- [peer support](https://www.lucid.news/tag/peer-support/)
- [Christopher Gunlock](https://www.lucid.news/tag/christopher-gunlock/)
- [Psychedelic Society of Minnesota](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-society-of-minnesota/)
- [Open Mind Integration](https://www.lucid.news/tag/open-mind-integration/)
- [chronic illness](https://www.lucid.news/tag/chronic-illness/)
- [advice](https://www.lucid.news/tag/advice/)
- [questions](https://www.lucid.news/tag/questions/)
- [hero's dose](https://www.lucid.news/tag/heros-dose/)
- [danesafe](https://www.lucid.news/tag/danesafe/)
- [ask](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ask/)
- [help](https://www.lucid.news/tag/help-2/)
- [depression.](https://www.lucid.news/tag/depression-2/)
- [neuroplasticity](https://www.lucid.news/tag/neuroplasticity/)
- [antidepressant](https://www.lucid.news/tag/antidepressant/)
- [SV2A](https://www.lucid.news/tag/sv2a/)
- [neural atrophy](https://www.lucid.news/tag/neural-atrophy/)
- [plasticity](https://www.lucid.news/tag/plasticity/)
- [self-discovery](https://www.lucid.news/tag/self-discovery/)
- [Gabriel Amezcua](https://www.lucid.news/tag/gabriel-amezcua/)
- [power](https://www.lucid.news/tag/power/)
- [anthropology of mental health](https://www.lucid.news/tag/anthropology-of-mental-health/)
- [neuroscape](https://www.lucid.news/tag/neuroscape/)
- [experiential research](https://www.lucid.news/tag/experiential-research/)
- [ken kesey](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ken-kesey/)
- [carolyn garcia](https://www.lucid.news/tag/carolyn-garcia/)
- [mountain girl](https://www.lucid.news/tag/mountain-girl/)
- [grateful dead](https://www.lucid.news/tag/grateful-dead/)
- [interview](https://www.lucid.news/tag/interview/)
- [Psychedelic Therapy Companies](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-therapy-companies/)
- [psychedelic investment](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-investment/)
- [JLS Fund](https://www.lucid.news/tag/jls-fund/)
- [investors](https://www.lucid.news/tag/investors/)
- [market strategies](https://www.lucid.news/tag/market-strategies/)
- [investing](https://www.lucid.news/tag/investing/)
- [public psychedeliccompanies](https://www.lucid.news/tag/public-psychedeliccompanies/)
- [drug development](https://www.lucid.news/tag/drug-development/)
- [psychedelic drugs](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-drugs/)
- [psychedelic clinics](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-clinics/)
- [South America/Colombia](https://www.lucid.news/tag/south-america-colombia/)
- [hunter biden](https://www.lucid.news/tag/hunter-biden/)
- [toad venom](https://www.lucid.news/tag/toad-venom/)
- [5 meo dmt](https://www.lucid.news/tag/5-meo-dmt-2/)
- [recovery and treatment](https://www.lucid.news/tag/recovery-and-treatment/)
- [timothy leary](https://www.lucid.news/tag/timothy-leary/)
- [rosemary woodruff](https://www.lucid.news/tag/rosemary-woodruff/)
- [rosemary leary](https://www.lucid.news/tag/rosemary-leary/)
- [Psychedelic Refugee](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-refugee/)
- [counter-culture](https://www.lucid.news/tag/counter-culture/)
- [60s](https://www.lucid.news/tag/60s-2/)
- [1960s cultural revolution](https://www.lucid.news/tag/1960s-cultural-revolution/)
- [League of Spiritual Discovery](https://www.lucid.news/tag/league-of-spiritual-discovery/)
- [Richard Alpert](https://www.lucid.news/tag/richard-alpert/)
- [love story](https://www.lucid.news/tag/love-story/)
- [part two](https://www.lucid.news/tag/part-two/)
- [wake network](https://www.lucid.news/tag/wake-network/)
- [mushroom production and distribution](https://www.lucid.news/tag/mushroom-production-and-distribution/)
- [import](https://www.lucid.news/tag/import/)
- [United NAtions](https://www.lucid.news/tag/united-nations/)
- [fungi bioscience](https://www.lucid.news/tag/fungi-bioscience/)
- [psychedelic science](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-science/)
- [Silo wellness](https://www.lucid.news/tag/silo-wellness/)
- [clinical trials](https://www.lucid.news/tag/clinical-trials/)
- [first 100 days](https://www.lucid.news/tag/first-100-days/)
- [biden presidency](https://www.lucid.news/tag/biden-presidency/)
- [biden administration](https://www.lucid.news/tag/biden-administration/)
- [decriminalize cannabis](https://www.lucid.news/tag/decriminalize-cannabis/)
- [trump presidency](https://www.lucid.news/tag/trump-presidency/)
- [crime bill](https://www.lucid.news/tag/crime-bill/)
- [kamala harris](https://www.lucid.news/tag/kamala-harris/)
- [SB519](https://www.lucid.news/tag/sb519/)
- [senator scott wiener](https://www.lucid.news/tag/senator-scott-wiener/)
- [california senate](https://www.lucid.news/tag/california-senate/)
- [Tom Daschle](https://www.lucid.news/tag/tom-daschle/)
- [senator tom daschle](https://www.lucid.news/tag/senator-tom-daschle/)
- [public policy](https://www.lucid.news/tag/public-policy/)
- [health policy reform](https://www.lucid.news/tag/health-policy-reform/)
- [hplc](https://www.lucid.news/tag/hplc/)
- [standardization](https://www.lucid.news/tag/standardization/)
- [potency](https://www.lucid.news/tag/potency/)
- [mushroom testing](https://www.lucid.news/tag/mushroom-testing/)
- [oakland hyphae](https://www.lucid.news/tag/oakland-hyphae/)
- [reggie harris](https://www.lucid.news/tag/reggie-harris/)
- [ibogaine](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ibogaine/)
- [iboga](https://www.lucid.news/tag/iboga/)
- [opioids](https://www.lucid.news/tag/opioids/)
- [Juliana Mulligan](https://www.lucid.news/tag/juliana-mulligan/)
- [substance use](https://www.lucid.news/tag/substance-use/)
- [oppressive societal structures](https://www.lucid.news/tag/oppressive-societal-structures/)
- [oppressive culture](https://www.lucid.news/tag/oppressive-culture/)
- [west africa](https://www.lucid.news/tag/west-africa/)
- [iboga the root of all healing](https://www.lucid.news/tag/iboga-the-root-of-all-healing/)
- [Daniel Brett](https://www.lucid.news/tag/daniel-brett/)
- [suicide](https://www.lucid.news/tag/suicide/)
- [cancer patients](https://www.lucid.news/tag/cancer-patients/)
- [migraines](https://www.lucid.news/tag/migraines/)
- [migraine headaches](https://www.lucid.news/tag/migraine-headaches/)
- [migraine study](https://www.lucid.news/tag/migraine-study/)
- [Yale](https://www.lucid.news/tag/yale/)
- [small dose](https://www.lucid.news/tag/small-dose/)
- [kristen bell](https://www.lucid.news/tag/kristen-bell/)
- [bill burr](https://www.lucid.news/tag/bill-burr/)
- [conan](https://www.lucid.news/tag/conan/)
- [kacey musgraves](https://www.lucid.news/tag/kacey-musgraves/)
- [healing](https://www.lucid.news/tag/healing/)
- [summer 2021](https://www.lucid.news/tag/summer-2021/)
- [quarantine](https://www.lucid.news/tag/quarantine/)
- [summer of love](https://www.lucid.news/tag/summer-of-love/)
- [CIIS](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ciis/)
- [Ann St. Goar](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ann-st-goar/)
- [PTSD research](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ptsd-research/)
- [therapists](https://www.lucid.news/tag/therapists/)
- [therapist training](https://www.lucid.news/tag/therapist-training/)
- [the cohen foundation](https://www.lucid.news/tag/the-cohen-foundation/)
- [IP](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ip/)
- [intellectual property](https://www.lucid.news/tag/intellectual-property/)
- [mental disorders](https://www.lucid.news/tag/mental-disorders/)
- [systemic racism](https://www.lucid.news/tag/systemic-racism/)
- [social injustice](https://www.lucid.news/tag/social-injustice/)
- [psychedelic therapist training](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-therapist-training/)
- [psychedelic training program](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-training-program/)
- [Treatment Resistant Depression](https://www.lucid.news/tag/treatment-resistant-depression/)
- [Comp360](https://www.lucid.news/tag/comp360/)
- [trip free](https://www.lucid.news/tag/trip-free/)
- [TRD](https://www.lucid.news/tag/trd/)
- [hanifa washington](https://www.lucid.news/tag/hanifa-washington/)
- [purity](https://www.lucid.news/tag/purity/)
- [bad trips](https://www.lucid.news/tag/bad-trips/)
- [your psychedelic auntie](https://www.lucid.news/tag/your-psychedelic-auntie/)
- [summer of 2021](https://www.lucid.news/tag/summer-of-2021/)
- [drug stigma](https://www.lucid.news/tag/drug-stigma/)
- [drug overdose](https://www.lucid.news/tag/drug-overdose/)
- [Dr. Carl Hart](https://www.lucid.news/tag/dr-carl-hart/)
- [Drug Use for Grown-Ups](https://www.lucid.news/tag/drug-use-for-grown-ups/)
- [cicadas](https://www.lucid.news/tag/cicadas/)
- [brood x](https://www.lucid.news/tag/brood-x/)
- [naturally occuring psilocybin](https://www.lucid.news/tag/naturally-occuring-psilocybin/)
- [cathinone](https://www.lucid.news/tag/cathinone/)
- [khat amphetamine](https://www.lucid.news/tag/khat-amphetamine/)
- [parasite](https://www.lucid.news/tag/parasite/)
- [Merlin Sheldrake](https://www.lucid.news/tag/merlin-sheldrake/)
- [Ed Yong](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ed-yong/)
- [nitrous oxide](https://www.lucid.news/tag/nitrous-oxide/)
- [low dose](https://www.lucid.news/tag/low-dose/)
- [laughing gas](https://www.lucid.news/tag/laughing-gas/)
- [Drug policy reform act](https://www.lucid.news/tag/drug-policy-reform-act/)
- [dpra](https://www.lucid.news/tag/dpra/)
- [cori bush](https://www.lucid.news/tag/cori-bush/)
- [Bonnie Watson Coleman](https://www.lucid.news/tag/bonnie-watson-coleman/)
- [opioid crisis](https://www.lucid.news/tag/opioid-crisis/)
- [dream mullick](https://www.lucid.news/tag/dream-mullick/)
- [slowing down](https://www.lucid.news/tag/slowing-down/)
- [deepak chopra](https://www.lucid.news/tag/deepak-chopra/)
- [psychedelic decrim bill](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-decrim-bill/)
- [california decrim](https://www.lucid.news/tag/california-decrim/)
- [sean paul](https://www.lucid.news/tag/sean-paul/)
- [dancehall](https://www.lucid.news/tag/dancehall/)
- [jamaican dancehall](https://www.lucid.news/tag/jamaican-dancehall/)
- [mushroom tea](https://www.lucid.news/tag/mushroom-tea/)
- [michael pollan](https://www.lucid.news/tag/michael-pollan/)
- [mescaline](https://www.lucid.news/tag/mescaline/)
- [caffeine](https://www.lucid.news/tag/caffeine/)
- [opium](https://www.lucid.news/tag/opium/)
- [how to change your mind](https://www.lucid.news/tag/how-to-change-your-mind/)
- [this is your mind on plants](https://www.lucid.news/tag/this-is-your-mind-on-plants/)
- [history](https://www.lucid.news/tag/history/)
- [psychedelic journalism](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-journalism/)
- [date rape drug](https://www.lucid.news/tag/date-rape-drug/)
- [aldous huxley](https://www.lucid.news/tag/aldous-huxley/)
- [san pedro](https://www.lucid.news/tag/san-pedro/)
- [mindshift](https://www.lucid.news/tag/mindshift/)
- [overtone emitting instrumnets](https://www.lucid.news/tag/overtone-emitting-instrumnets/)
- [classical music](https://www.lucid.news/tag/classical-music/)
- [psychedelic music](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-music/)
- [music research](https://www.lucid.news/tag/music-research/)
- [sound therapy](https://www.lucid.news/tag/sound-therapy/)
- [sound meditation](https://www.lucid.news/tag/sound-meditation/)
- [harmonics](https://www.lucid.news/tag/harmonics/)
- [sacred plant alliance](https://www.lucid.news/tag/sacred-plant-alliance/)
- [psychedelic churches](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-churches/)
- [bia labate](https://www.lucid.news/tag/bia-labate/)
- [resource sharing](https://www.lucid.news/tag/resource-sharing/)
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- [posession limits california](https://www.lucid.news/tag/posession-limits-california/)
- [CA health committee](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ca-health-committee/)
- [psychedelic decriminalization](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-decriminalization/)
- [Governor Newsom](https://www.lucid.news/tag/governor-newsom/)
- [psychedelic activism](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-activism/)
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- [House appropriations bill](https://www.lucid.news/tag/house-appropriations-bill/)
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- [United states government](https://www.lucid.news/tag/united-states-government/)
- [federal legislation](https://www.lucid.news/tag/federal-legislation/)
- [Plant Medicine Coalition](https://www.lucid.news/tag/plant-medicine-coalition/)
- [the shulgins](https://www.lucid.news/tag/the-shulgins/)
- [Alexander Sasha Shulgin](https://www.lucid.news/tag/alexander-sasha-shulgin-2/)
- [Ann Shulgin](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ann-shulgin/)
- [PiHKAL and TiHKAL](https://www.lucid.news/tag/pihkal-and-tihkal/)
- [mdma assisted therapy](https://www.lucid.news/tag/mdma-assisted-therapy/)
- [city lights books](https://www.lucid.news/tag/city-lights-books/)
- [the nature of drugs](https://www.lucid.news/tag/the-nature-of-drugs/)
- [psychedelic chemist](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-chemist/)
- [dennis mckenna](https://www.lucid.news/tag/dennis-mckenna/)
- [SHULGIN LEGACY](https://www.lucid.news/tag/shulgin-legacy/)
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- [brain plasticity](https://www.lucid.news/tag/brain-plasticity/)
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- [k-hole](https://www.lucid.news/tag/k-hole/)
- [MAOI](https://www.lucid.news/tag/maoi/)
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- [drug interactions](https://www.lucid.news/tag/drug-interactions/)
- [psychedelic contraindications](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-contraindications/)
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- [pharmacology course](https://www.lucid.news/tag/pharmacology-course/)
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- [psychedelic chemistry](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-chemistry/)
- [the origin of drugs](https://www.lucid.news/tag/the-origin-of-drugs/)
- [training for first responders](https://www.lucid.news/tag/training-for-first-responders/)
- [Psilocybin Mushroom Policy Review Panel](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psilocybin-mushroom-policy-review-panel/)
- [police training](https://www.lucid.news/tag/police-training/)
- [the zendo project](https://www.lucid.news/tag/the-zendo-project/)
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- [the brown buffalo](https://www.lucid.news/tag/the-brown-buffalo/)
- [Kohenet rachel kann](https://www.lucid.news/tag/kohenet-rachel-kann/)
- [miraculix](https://www.lucid.news/tag/miraculix/)
- [amanda feilding](https://www.lucid.news/tag/amanda-feilding/)
- [psychedelic potency](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-potency/)
- [potency testing](https://www.lucid.news/tag/potency-testing/)
- [testing kits](https://www.lucid.news/tag/testing-kits/)
- [tool](https://www.lucid.news/tag/tool/)
- [jahan](https://www.lucid.news/tag/jahan/)
- [mystical experience](https://www.lucid.news/tag/mystical-experience/)
- [THC](https://www.lucid.news/tag/thc/)
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- [psychedelic cannabis](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-cannabis/)
- [powerful breakthrough experiences](https://www.lucid.news/tag/powerful-breakthrough-experiences/)
- [oceanic boundlessness](https://www.lucid.news/tag/oceanic-boundlessness/)
- [Grandmother Ayahuasca: Plant Medicine and the Psychedelic Brain](https://www.lucid.news/tag/grandmother-ayahuasca-plant-medicine-and-the-psychedelic-brain/)
- [Christian Funder](https://www.lucid.news/tag/christian-funder/)
- [psychedelic experience](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-experience/)
- [Peruvian Amazon](https://www.lucid.news/tag/peruvian-amazon/)
- [indigenous exclusion](https://www.lucid.news/tag/indigenous-exclusion/)
- [mysticism](https://www.lucid.news/tag/mysticism/)
- [mystical experiences](https://www.lucid.news/tag/mystical-experiences/)
- [secularists](https://www.lucid.news/tag/secularists/)
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- [consciousness research](https://www.lucid.news/tag/consciousness-research/)
- [materialists](https://www.lucid.news/tag/materialists/)
- [fentanyl contamination](https://www.lucid.news/tag/fentanyl-contamination/)
- [fentanyl deaths](https://www.lucid.news/tag/fentanyl-deaths/)
- [drug contamination](https://www.lucid.news/tag/drug-contamination/)
- [cutting drugs](https://www.lucid.news/tag/cutting-drugs/)
- [overdose](https://www.lucid.news/tag/overdose/)
- [sex](https://www.lucid.news/tag/sex/)
- [consent](https://www.lucid.news/tag/consent/)
- [sexual intentions](https://www.lucid.news/tag/sexual-intentions/)
- [boundaries](https://www.lucid.news/tag/boundaries/)
- [2-cb](https://www.lucid.news/tag/2-cb/)
- [serotonin depletion](https://www.lucid.news/tag/serotonin-depletion/)
- [psychedelic integration](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-integration/)
- [existential exploration](https://www.lucid.news/tag/existential-exploration/)
- [psychedelic integration workbook](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-integration-workbook/)
- [the hero's journey](https://www.lucid.news/tag/the-heros-journey/)
- [the narrow life](https://www.lucid.news/tag/the-narrow-life/)
- [Kile Ortigo](https://www.lucid.news/tag/kile-ortigo/)
- [self-reflection for the psychedelic experience](https://www.lucid.news/tag/self-reflection-for-the-psychedelic-experience/)
- [Ketamine clinics](https://www.lucid.news/tag/ketamine-clinics/)
- [Kyle Buller](https://www.lucid.news/tag/kyle-buller/)
- [Psychedelics today](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelics-today/)
- [psychedelic therapy training](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-therapy-training/)
- [fluence](https://www.lucid.news/tag/fluence/)
- [osmind](https://www.lucid.news/tag/osmind/)
- [health records](https://www.lucid.news/tag/health-records/)
- [drug market](https://www.lucid.news/tag/drug-market/)
- [cannabis industry](https://www.lucid.news/tag/cannabis-industry/)
- [psychedelic drug development](https://www.lucid.news/tag/psychedelic-drug-development/)
- [Aware — Glimpses of Consciousness](https://www.lucid.news/tag/aware-glimpses-of-consciousness/)
- [Frauke Sandig](https://www.lucid.news/tag/frauke-sandig/)
- [Eric Black](https://www.lucid.news/tag/eric-black/)
- [consciousness studies](https://www.lucid.news/tag/consciousness-studies/)
- [film review](https://www.lucid.news/tag/film-review/)
- [neuroscience research](https://www.lucid.news/tag/neuroscience-research/)
- [mysteries of the mind](https://www.lucid.news/tag/mysteries-of-the-mind/)
- [gagliano](https://www.lucid.news/tag/gagliano/)
- [visionary art](https://www.lucid.news/tag/visionary-art/)
- [stella strzyzowska](https://www.lucid.news/tag/stella-strzyzowska/)
- [liz canner](https://www.lucid.news/tag/liz-canner/)
- [the arts oasis](https://www.lucid.news/tag/the-arts-oasis/)
- [online arts platforms](https://www.lucid.news/tag/online-arts-platforms/)
- [alex grey](https://www.lucid.news/tag/alex-grey/)
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