Meanwhile in Canada...the University Health Network has received a $5 million donation to help fund the Nikean Psychedelic Psychotherapy Research Centre. This is another story we will continue to follow with interest, as research in psychedelics continues to grow...

Opinion: A call for a compassionate access framework in Canada via The Globe and Mail #psychedelics #psilocybin #psychedelictherapy #compassionateaccess Link to post Link to articleinstagramtwitterlinkedin

#ICYMI: Italian activists recently turned in about 630,000 signatures for a referendum to legalize the personal cultivation of marijuana and other psychoactive plants and fungi like psilocybin mushrooms. Unlike many of the US ballot initiatives, if this referendum...

"Psychedelics have come a long way since their hallucinogenic hippy heyday. Research shows that they could alleviate PTSD, depression and addiction. So will we all soon be treated with magic mushrooms and MDMA?" Read more below via The...

As you may have seen in the news from last week, Detroit voters approved a ballot initiative (Proposal E) to widely decriminalize the use of therapeutic mushrooms. Click below for a comprehensive backgrounder from PBS on the growing interest in decriminalizing...

#WeekendRead: Earlier this year, prolific podcaster and psychedelics enthusiast Tim Ferriss put together a comprehensive list of books, articles, documentaries, research centres, and people doing work in psychedelic research to help combat misinformation, and to help...

#MUSTREAD: An in-depth interview from GQ Magazine with Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) Founder and pioneering psychedelic activist Rick Doblin, Ph.D., about the research he is doing on MDMA therapy for PTSD, some lessons from his personal...

The healing powers of psychedelics are transforming the world of mental health treatment. VICE Media’s JS Rafaeli sits down for a virtual interview with neuropsychopharmacologist David Nutt, whose team at Imperial College London is using psilocybin-assisted...

#MUSTWATCH: Michael Pollan joins The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah to discuss his most recent book, This is Your Mind on Plants, to describe what he learned from his own experiments with psychedelics, and to provide some background on what piqued his interest in...

#ICYMI: An interesting two-part series from Forbes that looks at whether or not the “mystical experience” that many experience with psychedelics is crucial for their therapeutic success, and what this question means for the burgeoning industry developing psychedelics...