Congress filed the IBOGAINE Act: 60 days for the AG to decide whether ibogaine leaves Schedule I. Plus Oregon's psilocybin fee hikes and a former CIA officer telling a House panel the MKUltra research never stopped. psychedelicstoday.com/2026/07/05/p...

Clinical psychiatry was built to reduce pathology. It has no language for a client who says they just merged with everything. New op-ed makes the case for a different framework. psychedelicstoday.com/2026/07/03/8...

In 1964, when LSD was still legal, the filmmaker Fellini did a supervised session he said shaped one of his films. It's a footnote in Italy's forgotten psychedelic history, ~900 patients treated between 1930 and 1967, then buried. New piece: psychedelicstoday.com/2026/06/29/i...

A White House aide tied to Trump's psychedelics executive order is now reportedly on the FDA commissioner shortlist. The White House calls it "baseless hearsay." That plus Louisiana's Aug 1 research program in this week's briefing:

Three states moved on psychedelics this month. NC: $5.4M for research it can't act on. NH: ibogaine for the clinic, psilocybin killed for patients. IL: full legalization. New from Jack Gorsline: psychedelicstoday.com/2026/06/23/p...

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...

"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. psychedelicstoday.com/2026/06/12/o...

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. psychedelicstoday.com/2026/06/09/u...

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. psychedelicstoday.com/2026/05/22/a...

Very much a recommend. Live and live streaming. #psychedelicscience

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. psychedelicstoday.com/2026/05/13/m...

Private religious practices are linked to lower blood pressure spikes during stress

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. bit.ly/3R1a6Uz

Andrew Feldmár argues that psychedelic psychotherapy begins with relationship, not protocol, certainty, or promises of cure. Content note: brief mention of suicide. psychedelicstoday.com/2026/05/08/n...

Erica Rex joins Psychedelics Today to discuss trauma, integration, psychedelic hype, and her book Seeing What Is There. A sharp conversation on what psychedelics can open up, and what still has to happen after the session ends. psychedelicstoday.com/2026/04/23/e...

Whitehouse Directs FDA, HHS and VA to Expand Psychedelic Research Pathways psychedelicstoday.com/2026/04/20/w...

open.substack.com/pub/jomo137/... This paper should be a bigger deal than it probably will be. A new U.S. multi-criteria decision analysis found that federal drug policy does not line up with expert rankings of actual harm. Fentanyl, meth, crack, and heroin ranked highest.

Join the Chacruna Institute team in San Francisco coming up soon!! This conference is really great. Academic, culturual and connecting. If you can make it, go to the bay for this one. www.psychedelic-culture.net

Betty Aldworth and Ismail Ali, co-executive directors of MAPS, join Psychedelics Today to discuss leadership transition, the future of MAPS, and where psychedelic research, education, and policy may be headed next. psychedelicstoday.com/2026/03/19/b...

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed H.B. 390 into law. It does not legalize broad psychedelic access but it authorizes a tightly regulated clinical study at Huntsman for veterans with treatment-resistant PTSD. A narrow step, but a meaningful one. psychedelicstoday.com/2026/03/19/g...

This Saturday: 5 panels, 10+ experts, one full day on psychedelics & depth psychology. Feat. Dr. Matthew Johnson, Dr. David Lukoff & more. March 15 | Zoom | $55 www.psychedeliceducationcenter.com/expanding-ho...

Jen Davenport interviews Joe Moore about Psychedelics Today, psychedelic integration, and the shifting psychedelic landscape. Listen: bit.ly/4liJ4ms @jomo137.bsky.social

One of Colorado's first licensed psychedelic healing centers was bootstrapped. No outside investment. The bank closed their accounts mid-process. Jillian Gordon wrote about all of it for us here. psychedelicstoday.com/2026/03/05/n...

Buy one seat in Navigating Psychedelics and bring a friend free. After purchase we email you a coupon code your friend can use to enroll at no cost. Learn preparation, harm reduction, and integration frameworks. www.psychedeliceducationcenter.com/navigating-p...

1 in 4 Americans say that psilocybin should be legal. Learn more in @forbes.com with quote by @jomo137.bsky.social from @psychedelicstoday.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/sarahs...

Many people describe psychedelic experiences as more real than ordinary life. Scott Shannon, MD examines whether these states relax rigid self-focus and widen perception rather than distort it. bit.ly/40sziEQ

Joe Moore will be giving a talk in Aspen this Sunday. Tell your friends. @jomo137.bsky.social aspenpsychedelicresourcecenter.org/events/fires...

“We have a limited window. If we want federal policy to move, we need coordination, not fragmentation.” Veterans may lead the federal pathway. Listen to our latest podcast with Melissa Lavasani and Jay Kopelman. bit.ly/46fq2aw

Couples are exploring ketamine-assisted therapy to shift entrenched relational patterns. A clinical overview of mechanisms, risks, and training standards. bit.ly/3MNJHb2

Kyle Buller and Joe Moore are LIVE now on "The Conscious Consultant Hour" talk show. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t2X...

Dr. Chandra Estelle Khalifian and Dr. Kayla Knopp discuss ketamine assisted couples therapy, relational stuck patterns, vulnerability, and conscious uncoupling. bit.ly/4apOmaT

Live now - Melissa Lavasani & Jay Kopelman - www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HIf...

I think this is good for all of us doing basic science research in humans with psychedelics and other drugs (no more clinical trial registration): grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

A patient death was reported at an ibogaine detox clinic. This piece looks at what is known, what remains unconfirmed, and how prohibition and fragmentation limit safety learning in the ibogaine space. bit.ly/4qdFBGY

New event: Venezuela & the Drug War — A critical discussion on how global drug policy impacts the psychedelic movement. Hosted by Chacruna Institute. 👉 Register/Watch: www.crowdcast.io/c/venezuela-...

Has the 🇺🇲 just lost the "non-psychedelic psychedelic" science throne to 🇨🇳 ? 🧪🧠📈 Is there any future left for medical tripping? Hard Qs to ponder over the year... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New episode with anthropologist Manvir Singh. We dig into shamanism, altered states, taboo, and why psychedelics don’t tell the whole story. bit.ly/3LzAWAI

And @profdavidnutt.bsky.social coming in with some insider info regarding Crick's psychedelic use. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... "Slightly cheekily, I asked him [Watson] why Crick had turned from genetics to neuroscience, and his reply was “it was those psychedelics!”"

Are functional mushrooms moving too fast? Joe Moore talks with Oli Genn-Bash about wellness hype cycles, mycelial thinking, and what fungi can teach us about healthier systems. Listen: bit.ly/4sjcIet

Chronic pain is one of the most reliable pipelines into addiction and overdose. Not because of recklessness but because of access, cost, and untreated pain. A closer look, plus why psychedelics matter for chronic pain science and beyond. bit.ly/4sxIg0D

New PT episode with Tricia Eastman on Seeding Consciousness. A grounded talk on initiation, shadow, ritual, and why iboga work demands real safety, ethics, and responsibility. bit.ly/48VVNFW

New article by Dr Robert Dickins. "Psilocybe Pickers" psychedelicstoday.com/2025/12/19/p...

Live with Joshua White from Fireside Project. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdGU...

MDMA-Assisted Therapy (MDMA-AT) — once focused mainly on trauma and PTSD — is now being reimagined for the people doing the healing. Could this make therapy more sustainable for providers too? bit.ly/49Rb9Oj

Texas invested $50M into ibogaine research. Logan Davidson helped lead the charge. We explore the American Ibogaine situation, veteran advocacy, and how state policy is driving the psychedelic resurgence. Listen: bit.ly/3MfB8oG

Cancer survivors are asking for something different from psychedelic care: humility, presence, cultural grounding, and real community. Anne Hamilton explains why in her new piece. bit.ly/3JYflRX

New Psychedelics Today episode: Joe and Kyle unpack Holotropic Breathwork, somatics, and how breath practices can prepare you for psychedelic work, support difficult journeys, and deepen integration. Listen here: bit.ly/48oFjGk

New episode with Alexander Beiner. We dig into psychedelics, culture, conflict, embodiment, and what it takes to build more connected systems. @alexanderbeiner.bsky.social Listen here: bit.ly/3XQwZtW

Live now with Logan Davidson from Texans for Greater Mental Health and Americans for Ibogaine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIq_...