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Rumors of a Molly 2.0 have been creeping around the internet, offering an experience like MDMA and sold online and at headshops. But is it actually a legal high? Ezekiel Golan tests the drugs he invents on himself on a modern chaise lounge in an office in Vancouver. It's midsummer, and Golan is slouched in front of a giant curved computer monitor chain smoking cigarillos wearing a grey wool toque and thick glasses.

Your weekly dose of psychedelic insights and news Indigenous and Western Sciences Meet at the World Ayahuasca Forum More than 100 Indigenous leaders convene in Spain for a first-of-its-kind forum built, from the outset, around the people who've stewarded the medicine for generations. Ayahuasca has long departed its native home in the Amazon, making its way to corners far and wide.

Psilocybin May Protect Skin Cells From Diet-Related Aging, New Study Suggests A new study found psilocybin eased signs of aging in human skin cells stressed by sugar and fat, but its real-world applications are still unclear. Anti-aging is the backbone of the skin care industry. Especially in the United States, a large swath of the skin care industry is designed around maintaining or achieving the elusive appearance of youth.

"Technodelics" Promise Psychedelic Healing Without the Drugs At a Santa Monica lab, scientists are testing whether mirrored chambers, flashing lights, and full-body pods can update the beliefs. I first met Nicco Reggente and Leo Christov-Moore while waiting in line for a tattoo at a party in Malibu, California.

Your weekly dose of psychedelic insights and news Carlos Castaneda Created the Blueprint for Psychedelic Charlatans A new biography makes the case that Carlos Castaneda fabricated the Indigenous shaman in his critically acclaimed books. Decades later, a similar grift continues to thrive in the psychedelic underground.

Resilient Pharmaceuticals Refiles FDA Application for MDMA-Assisted PTSD treatment The pharmaceutical company once known as Lykos Therapeutics is trying again for FDA approval of MDMA therapy without an additional Phase 3 trial and with a White House eager to fast-track psychedelics. Resilient Pharmaceuticals has filed a renewed New Drug Application with the Food and Drug Administration to use MDMA in conjunction with talk therapy as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.

Your weekly dose of psychedelic insights and news What Should You Do If You Witness Abuse in Psychedelic Spaces? How do you recognize an abusive facilitator, and what do you do when you see one harm someone else? Kristina Hunter tackles both in this excerpt from her book "The Psychedelic Seeker's Guide," out October 2026. You have the right to safe, ethical care. Most guides and facilitators are caring, well-intentioned professionals, but not all maintain the same standards.

Stewards of Ayahuasca Carry the Forest's Message to Spain As Big Pharma bets billions on psychedelics, the Indigenous nations who guarded ayahuasca through five centuries of erasure gather at the first World Ayahuasca Forum this September to declare a New Time of Alliance.

Puerto Rico Signs Executive Order to Study Ibogaine and Emerging Psychedelic Therapies Gov. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colón's executive order directs health officials to study whether the island can safely host clinical trials for ibogaine, psilocybin, and MDMA with veterans among the first in line to receive treatment. In a significant move aimed at overhauling Puerto Rico's approach to severe mental health and substance use disorders, Gov.

Have you been curious about ayahuasca? Over the last decade, ayahuasca ceremonies have grown in popularity around the world. Yet many people are unfamiliar with the diverse religious traditions that have developed around this Amazonian brew, or with the complex legal and cultural landscapes through which they have expanded.