California bill paves way for psychedelic therapy after failure to legalize 'magic mushrooms'
The movement to legalize psychedelics in California is shifting towards incremental steps to permit the drugs in therapeutic settings.
A bill expected to be introduced in the coming weeks will call for legalizing psychedelic-assisted therapy, while another bill would fund a work group to study the benefits and dangers of psychedelic therapy. [ more ]
MDMA trials are showing it has promise as a psychiatric medicine | Letters
Proper funding needed for integrated mental health care. MDMA and psychedelics show promise in psychiatric medicines based on evidence and controlled trials. [ more ]
How Margaret Mead's research into utopias helped usher in the psychedelic era
Margaret Mead and her husband Gregory Bateson saw science as a tool for fixing the world and healing society.
Mead's interest in psychedelics began when she noticed peyote use among the Omaha Reservation people and saw it as a way to cope with technological changes. [ more ]
A California panel is holding up studies on psychedelics. Some researchers want it gone
Researchers at the Pacific Neuroscience Institute in Santa Monica are unable to enroll patients in clinical trials due to a hold placed on their studies by a government panel.
The Research Advisory Panel of California, established over 50 years ago, has the power to reject poorly conceived studies and monitor ongoing research involving restricted drugs and addiction treatment. [ more ]