The US is fast-tracking MDMA for veterans and emergency-banning a ketamine analog it's seen 52 times in 8 years. Federal psychedelic policy in 2026 is conflicted.
New briefing by Jack Gorsline maps contradiction: psychedelicstoday.com/2026/06/17/f...
Private religious practices are linked to lower blood pressure spikes during stress
A psychedelic therapy playlist is not background music.
Lyrics, tempo, key, track length, silence, and transitions all change the room.
The new piece on Psychedelics Today looks at what practitioners need to understand before pressing play.
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ARPA-H committed $50M to psychedelic research. At the Federal Summit on Psychedelic Medicine in D.C., the conversation was about implementation: approval, reimbursement, veterans access. We were there and loved the meeting.
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Andrew Feldmár argues that psychedelic psychotherapy begins with relationship, not protocol, certainty, or promises of cure.
Content note: brief mention of suicide.
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Psychedelic conference in Berlin? Sounds perfect. Starts May 15! Take part of Europe’s biggest event for mental health, psychedelic science, wellness, longevity and human flourishing.
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"They want me out of this world." His mother said it daily during a depression no one treated. Now he builds an AI tool for therapists and argues they belong beside practitioners, not in place of them.
He also discusses AI risks in the therapy mix.
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108 psychedelic bills across 41 states this term.
Colorado just made Indigenous benefit-sharing a condition of its ibogaine program, a first. Tennessee passed the HOPE Act. Michigan's fighting over opioid settlement money.
Our new weekly state policy briefing: psychedelicstoday.com/2026/06/11/p...
Utah's HB 390 funds a clinical study of MDMA, psilocybin, and 5-MeO-DMT for veterans with treatment-resistant PTSD. Not legalization, not decriminalization. First state to name 5-MeO-DMT in law.
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People who frequently pray or read religious texts in private tend to experience lower blood pressure spikes when stressed. A new study provides evidence that specific religious behaviors, rather than general spirituality, help regulate the body's stress response.
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Learn how music shapes psychedelic-assisted therapy, from playlist design and emotional arc to ketamine, psilocybin, and emerging research.
Federal psychedelic policy in 2026 divides over veterans access. Congress pushes MDMA and psilocybin research while the DEA bans analogs and stalls rescheduling. Inside the contradiction shaping psych...
Utah's HB 390 funds clinical research into MDMA, psilocybin, and 5-MeO-DMT for veterans with treatment-resistant PTSD. What the law does and does not do.
Europes biggest event for mental health, psychedelic science, wellness, festival and human flourishing. ADVANCE YOUR MIND – EXPAND YOUR WORLD May 15–17, 2026 · Funkhaus Berlin
Andrew Feldmár argues that psychedelic psychotherapy begins with relationship, not protocol, certainty, or promises of cure.
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State-by-state breakdown of 2026 psychedelic policy: ibogaine research, pilot programs, benefit sharing, and the political fights shaping legal access.
Federal leaders, veterans advocates, and investors gathered in D.C. to work through what it will actually take to implement psychedelic medicine at scale.