Psychedelics Reform

As Election Day 2024 unfolds, Massachusetts and Oregon are capturing national attention with pivotal ballot measures on psychedelics. Both states have the potential to reshape U.S. mental health treatment by advancing policies on substances like psilocybin and MDMA, part of the “psychedelic...

Welcome to Benzinga's psychedelic headlines roundup. This is our pick of must-read news items from the first two weeks of April 2024. See previous edition Psychedelics Headlines: A Form Of Life, Treating Chronic Pain, Microdosing And More Research Psilocybin for dementia prevention? The potential...

State-level psychedelics policy reform keeps moving forward throughout the U.S. Below is a recap of the moves that took place in the past three weeks (see the previous recap.) Missouri: Controversial budget proposal HB 2010 received final approval by the state's House on April 5, a day after it...

The House Veterans' Affairs Health subcommittee discussed several bills this week, including two measures concerning medical marijuana and psychedelics for veterans and heard testimony from veterans service organizations advocating for the reforms.  The Veterans Cannabis Analysis, Research and...

On March 20, Congressional leaders at both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees released new spending legislation that would continue blocking Washington D.C.'s legal marijuana sales and fund psychedelic clinical studies. The new Financial Services and General Government legislation...

FDA Grants Cybin Breakthrough Therapy Status For Major Depression Psilocybin Therapy, Company Announces Positive Clinical Data & Canadian $150M Private Placement Clinical-stage psychedelics biopharma company Cybin Inc. (NYSE:CYBN) announced that the Food and Drug Administration has granted...

State-level psychedelics policy reform keeps moving forward throughout the U.S. Below is a recap of the moves that took place in the first two weeks of March (see the previous recap.) Also Read: Indiana Governor Signs Health Bill Including State Funds For Psilocybin Research Maryland: On March 15...

Welcome to Benzinga's psychedelic headlines roundup. This is our pick of must-read news items concerning the first two weeks of March 2024. See previous edition Psychedelics Headlines: Predicting Readiness, Correcting The Hype, Good And Bad Drugs, Training Programs And More. Research The...

State-level psychedelics policy reform is moving fast throughout the U.S. Below is a recap of February 2024 moves. Connecticut: Democrat-led HB5297 would decriminalize possession of less than 1.5 ounces of psilocybin. Formerly a class A misdemeanor, the first offense would now imply a $150 fine,...

Welcome to Benzinga’s psychedelic headlines roundup. This is our pick of must-read news items concerning the last two weeks of February 2024. See previous edition Psychedelics Headlines: Trauma-Informed Care, Valentine’s Day & MDMA, Academics On Drugs Research Validation of the...

Welcome to Benzinga's psychedelics headlines roundup. This is our pick of must-read news items concerning the last few days of January and the first two weeks of February 2024. See previous edition: Anti-inflammatory Effects, Global Drug Survey, ‘Synthetic Surprise,’ UK’s Harm...

While federal reform on psychedelic substances advances and FDA approval of MDMA-assisted therapy for the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder seems imminent, local resolutions are moving at a faster pace in certain states like Michigan or Massachusetts, where an eighth city recently adopted...

A protracted legal battle led by Dr. Sunil Aggarwal and the Advanced Integrative Medical Science Institute (AIMS) against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for the latter's refusal to allow psilocybin treatment for terminally-ill patients has taken another turn. Dr. Aggarwal's original...

Certain fungi species that spontaneously produce psilocybin, a powerful substance that activates the serotonin 5-HT2A receptor in the brain and produces psychedelic effects like heightened perception, imagery, complex hallucinations and time distortions, are often called psychedelic or magic...

State-level psychedelics policy reform is moving fast throughout the U.S. Here’s a recap from our previous update and as of Jan. 18, 2024: California: After unanimously clearing the Assembly’s Health Committee on Jan. 9, AB 941 was re-referred to the Appropriations Committee, which on...