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 […]
Fetterman Praises Trump’s Marijuana And Psychedelics Reform Moves
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is giving some across-the-aisle credit to President Donald Trump for his administration’s moves to federally reschedule marijuana and accelerate therapeutic access to psychedelics. “I think we could all agree [on] everything that President Trump has done about liberalizing marijuana and psychedelics and now too,” Fetterman said in an interview published by […]
Maryland Psychedelics Task Force Is Extended Through 2027 With Governor’s Signature
Maryland’s governor has signed legislation to extend a psychedelics task force through the end of 2027, charging it with developing updated recommendations on expanding therapeutic access to the novel substances and potentially creating a regulatory framework for broader legalization. Gov. Wes Moore (D) approved the proposal from Sen. Brian Feldman (D) and Del. Pam Guzzone […]
Federal Officials Announce Plan For ‘Accelerating’ Access To Psychedelics For Patients With Mental Health Conditions Following Trump’s Order
Federal health officials are taking steps that they say will help with “accelerating” therapeutic access to psychedelics for patients dealing with serious mental health conditions. Following President Donald Trump’s signing an executive order aimed at expanding and expediting research on the medical benefits of psychedelics, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday announced a series […]
The Real Wacky Tobacky: Scientists Rewire Tobacco Plant to Make Psychedelics
The idea may sound strange: a tobacco plant producing compounds like psilocybin or DMT. Sounds strange, right? You’ve probably never heard of it. But beyond the initial shock, what’s happening in the labs is less about “blending worlds” and more about something much deeper: changing the way these substances are produced and, eventually, the way […]
How Psychedelics Helped Me Manage Grief From A Career In Law Enforcement (Op-Ed)
“What I experienced with ayahuasca was not an escape from grief, but a direct engagement with it… It was a fundamentally different process than the one I had relied on throughout my career—not control or suppression, but forgiveness, surrender and understanding.” By: Kemmi Sadler, Law Enforcement Action Partnership Life has an interesting way of opening […]
Lawmakers, Officials And Celebs React To Trump’s Psychedelics Executive Order
A wide range of bipartisan lawmakers, federal officials, state leaders, advocacy groups and celebrities are weighing in after President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at expanding and expediting research on the potential therapeutic benefits of psychedelics. Here’s a look at what people are saying: Lawmakers Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Totally support President Trump’s […]