Biography/Memoir

How the American Right learned to love psychedelics

Rick Doblin… now his organization’s corporate spinoff, Lykos Therapeutics, may soon be acquired by Antonio Gracias, a billionaire private equity investor and close friend of the richest man in the world, Elon Musk.  The planned acquisition of Lykos is an example of how tightly entwined a once left-wing psychedelic movement has become with the Trump administration and the tech right.…

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Biography/Memoir

Can psilocybin save a troubled marriage?

What before seemed like an insurmountable problem, now seems manageable… …are doing better… both less anxious and more present, yes, they had different experiences… but both say it changed their perspective in life in general… I don’t feel like I have to push my conditions on things anymore in the relationship… I had preconceived notions…

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Science

Compass Pathways announces completion of recruitment for the Phase 3…

 Final participants are completing pre-dosing activities, including antidepressant medication washout where necessary. The trial is part of the largest randomized, controlled, double-blind psilocybin treatment clinical program ever conducted… COMP360 is being investigated as a potential… treatment for mental health conditions, administered with psychological support. Original Article (stocktitan):Compass Pathways announces completion of recruitment for the phase…

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Biography/Memoir

Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read yanks controversial cannabis audit

Former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan resigned in disgrace in May 2023 after reporting from Willamette Week revealed she had taken a $10,000-per-month consulting gig for the cannabis company La Mota while her office’s Audits Division reviewed the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission. Secretary of State Tobias Read on Wednesday [3/12/25] announced that he has withdrawn an Oregon Liquor and…

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Biography/Memoir

Ex-Rep. Kinzinger on GOP’s internal war over drug policy, cannabis, psychedelics – ‘Quite likely legal in 5-10 years’

Adam Kinzinger has never been one to toe the party line. As a former Republican congressman, he has seen his party shift over the years, growing more divided on key issues – including drug policy. “There is a group within this kind of new whatever-we-want-to-call-it Republican Party, I guess, that is very hardcore anti-drug,” Kinzinger says.…

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Biography/Memoir

Shrooms on Main…

…night at Shrooms Cafe at 139 E. Main Street, [Ashland, Oregon] next door to O’Ryans Irish Pub… a large open room filled with music and colored lights.  “We want to be an example that casual dosing is an experience that is light, fun and social. We’ve been conditioned that it’s bad, or is a drug that’s manufactured.…

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Biography/Memoir

Biotech company testing psilocybin pill requests preemptive change in Kansas law

A lobbyist requested House Bill 2218 on behalf of Compass Pathways… “This bill does not decriminalize or legalize psilocybin or any other psychedelic substance, nor does this bill allow access to drugs that have not been FDA-approved,” said Tess Bettler, a representative from Compass Pathways, in written testimony to the House health committee. The bill would specifically legalize…

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