Tag Archive for: psilocybin

Decriminalize Nature Co-Founder Carlos Plazola Wants to Free Entheogens Everywhere

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Since May 2019, nine cities and the state of Oregon have decriminalized psychedelics. Carlos Plazola has had his hand in nearly all of them. 

Psychedelic Business Spotlight: August 20, 2021

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This week in psychedelic business news: More psychedelic clinical trials are green-lighted, new partnerships inked, and Beckley Psytech successfully completes upsized Series B financing. 
Why PsyBio Is Using Biosynthetic Psilocybin, Not Magic Mushrooms, to Build Better Therapeutics

Why PsyBio Is Using Biosynthetic Psilocybin, Not Mushrooms, to Build Better Therapeutics

"A mushroom is not a pharmaceutical product," CEO Evan Levine stresses, and explains why his company's method of biologically engineering psilocybin is "cheaper, faster, greener."
Canada Green Lights Country’s Third Clinical Psilocybin Study

Canada Green Lights Country’s Third Clinical Psilocybin Study

The trial will build on Diamond Therapeutic's previous animal research that demonstrated how non-hallucinogenic doses of psilocybin hold the potential to treat psychiatric disorders, including anxiety and depression.
Beckley Psytech Raises $80 Million to Fund Psychedelic Research Pipeline

Beckley Psytech Raises $80 Million to Fund Psychedelic Research Pipeline

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The company will use proceeds of the fundraising round to complete its ongoing Phase 1B trial on low-dose psilocybin in patients suffering from a rare headache condition with no approved medications to treat it.
First Neuroimaging Study of Psilocybin Microdosing Underway in Sydney

First Neuroimaging Study of Psilocybin Microdosing Underway in Sydney

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Researchers hope to establish whether the effects of microdosing are as profound as people say they are, since previous studies could not rule out placebo effect.
Nova Mentis Reaches Milestone Developing Psilocybin to Treat Autism

Nova Mentis Reaches Milestone Developing Psilocybin to Treat Autism

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Nova Mentis says that psilocybin could be a novel, first-in-class treatment for a brain disorder that leads to learning disabilities and behavioral problems.
Wesana Health Launches Animal Studies for Psilocybin and TBI

Wesana Health Launches Animal Studies for Psilocybin and TBI

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According to the CDC, about 166 Americans die from TBI-related conditions each day.
A Brief History of Magic Mushrooms Across Ancient Civilizations

A Brief History of Magic Mushrooms Across Ancient Civilizations

Just like any good trip, the history of psilocybin has many colorful and surprising turns.
5 Ways Psychedelics Can Help Humanity

5 Ways Psychedelics Can Help Humanity with Medicinal Benefits You Never Imagined

DMT treating eye disease? Psilocybin reducing obesity? The benefits of psychedelics could be truly far out as research continues to find novel applications.