Tag: Psychedelics

Kristen Stewart, Psychedelics, Talking Cats, and Queer Science: The Wrong Girls Could Be This Year’s Most Promising Stoner Comedy

A case of mistaken identity and an experimental psychedelic compound give two best friends telepathic powers, setting off a bizarre chain of events involving talking cats and Danish scientists. Blending absurd humor, queer storytelling, and sci-fi elements, the film is set to hit theaters on August 14, 2026. What happens if you mix Kristen Stewart, […]

Bipartisan Lawmakers Seek To Extend Military Psychedelics Research Program Until 2033

A bipartisan group of members of Congress have filed an amendment to a large-scale military bill that would extend a psychedelics research effort at the Department of Defense (DOD) for an additional six years. Reps. Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Troy Carter (D-LA) and Morgan McGarvey (D-KY) […]

New Bill In Congress Would Let States Force Federal Reclassification Of Drugs Like Marijuana And Psychedelics

A Democratic congressman has filed a new bill that would drastically overhaul how drugs are classified under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), including by letting states effectively force federal rescheduling by changing their own local laws. Under current law, federal officials conduct a multi-part analysis to determine which, if any of CSA’s five schedules to […]

Inside the Exploding Market for MDMA Gummies, DMT Vapes, and Gray Market Psychedelics

MDMA gummies. DMT vapes. Mushroom chocolates sold in smoke shops halfway around the world. Long before regulators figured out what legal psychedelics might look like, an unregulated gray-market consumer economy quietly emerged to meet exploding demand. Key Takeaways The Marengo trial exposed a criminal network so deeply embedded in European organized crime that convicting its […]

Missouri GOP Lawmakers Hope Trump’s Psychedelics Order Boosts Efforts To Allow Military Veteran Access In The State

“Kudos to President Trump for stepping up and taking the lead on this. PTSD is really a killer among veterans.” By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent Missouri state Rep. Dave Griffith has spent the last five years digging into research on how psychedelic-assisted therapy has helped veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. This May […]

WNBA Drops Marijuana Ban, Adds Psychedelics In New CBA

Players Can Invest, With Strings Last To The Party The league pulled marijuana off its banned list in the new players’ agreement. In the same document, it banned psilocybin, DMT and ibogaine for the first time. The WNBA just stopped treating weed like a problem. It picked a new one in the same breath. Under […]

They Already Ruined Cannabis. Now Psychedelics Are Next.

The clinical evidence is real. The valuations are not. Compass Pathways: $560 million market cap, zero revenue. MindMed: up to $2 billion, zero revenue. Even Ozempic lost half its value with $49 billion in real sales. When this bubble pops, the casualties won’t be on Wall Street. They’ll be the patients this medicine was supposed […]

Connecticut Governor Signs Bill To Expand Psychedelics Pilot Program In Preparation For Federal FDA Approval

Connecticut’s governor has signed a bill to expand a pilot program that’s meant to explore the therapeutic potential of psychedelics such as psilocybin and MDMA. The legislation sponsored by the Joint Committee on Public Health cleared the House of Representatives in 122-27 vote last month after passing the Senate by a unanimous 35-0 vote in […]

DEA Should ‘Promptly Move Forward’ With Psilocybin Rescheduling In Light Of Trump’s Psychedelics Order, Attorney For Doctor Behind Petition Says

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is being put on notice—again—over prolonged delays in processing a petition to reschedule psilocybin from a doctor who wants to use it to treat terminally ill patients, with an updated reminder that President Donald Trump has now made clear his administration’s intent to streamline psychedelic medicine access. In a letter […]

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