The use of plant-derived psychedelic substances like psilocybin and ayahuasca goes back thousands of years. It wasn’t until the 1950s that psychedelics found their way into the minds and laboratories of curious researchers. During this first wave of research — and until very recently — psychedelics have remained more or…

Psychedelics as medicine are continuing to go from strength to strength. Researchers worldwide are continuing to bring drugs like MDMA and psilocybin through the clinical trial process to turn these substances into viable therapy options. With this success, you don’t have to look too far to find psychedelics in the…

Anyone following the rise of psychedelic science in recent years should be all too familiar with the efforts to patent various aspects of the psychedelic experience — from the drug themselves to methods of administering them. Many companies are scrambling to file patents for their formulations of a given psychedelic…

Psychedelic research is going from strength to strength. With roughly 50 psychedelic research papers published every month and the abundance of start-ups looking to turn psychedelics into viable therapy options — we’ve come a long from the handful of papers published each year in the early 2010s. Next to the…

Since the 1970s, psychedelic drugs have been classified as Schedule I substances — the most restrictive category. Substances in this category are believed to be devoid of any medical value, but thanks to the work of researchers around the globe, we now have the evidence that says otherwise. Despite the…

While people have reported having a mystical-type experience without the help of psychedelics — the drugs undoubtedly increase the likelihood of such effects. To date, many psychedelic studies have found that the therapeutic effects of psychedelics are entangled with the mystical experience they endure. Researchers are always striving to understand…

Many believe that virtual reality (VR) can be used to reach a higher level of consciousness — with or without the help of psychedelics. While the thought of VR ever replacing a psychedelic drug-induced experience may send chills down the spine of the diehard psychonauts — in reality, the technology…

Psychedelics for anxiety have been significantly understudied. While there was significant interest in the 1950s and 60s in the potential for LSD to treat anxiety — since the turn of the century, there have only been eight completed psychedelic clinical trials investigating the topic. Most of the research has been…

We’re now almost halfway through 2022, and psychedelic research shows no signs of slowing down — here are some of the research highlights from May. Leading researchers in the field came together to review the resting-state fMRI used in psychedelics studies. Relying on a placebo control group in psychedelic microdosing…