US EditionDOD commits $9.8 million to study psychedelics for active-duty troops
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center will receive a $4.9 million grant from the Department of Defense to study MDMA's effects on psychological flexibility in soldiers with PTSD, as confirmed by officials.
- The study will be led by Aaron Wolfgang, involving 91 active-duty service members undergoing multiple MDMA sessions over 10 months.
- Veteran Jonathan Lubecky noted that MDMA-assisted therapy helped him cope with trauma and advocated for immediate treatment for service members.
- Wolfgang emphasized the importance of offering cutting-edge therapy to those who sacrifice in service to the country.
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Can psychedelics make you a more moral person? New study explores the link
Recent research has found that individuals who had meaningful psychedelic experiences tended to report increases in moral expansiveness. In other words, the scope of entities (humans, animals, the environment, etc.) that they considered worthy of moral consideration and protection expanded. The research was published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. Psychedelics are a class of psychoactive substances that alter perception, mood, and various…
Psilocybin’s lasting action requires pyramidal cell types and 5-HT2A receptors
Psilocybin is a serotonergic psychedelic with therapeutic potential for treating mental illnesses1–4. At the cellular level, psychedelics induce structural neural plasticity5,6, exemplified by the drug-evoked growth and remodelling of dendritic spines in cortical pyramidal cells7–9. A key question is how these cellular modifications map onto cell-type-specific circuits to produce the psychedelics’ behavioural actions10. Here we use in vivo optic…
Psychedelic Education Club focuses on growth, expansion through evolving legal landscape
As Minnesota begins to shift its stance on psychedelics, the Psychedelic Education Club at the University of Minnesota is optimistic about potential policy changes. Legislation introduced into the Minnesota House of Representatives last week seeks to decriminalize personal possession of psychedelic mushrooms and legalize them for therapeutic use. These bills follow the recent recommendations of the Psychedelic Medicine Task Force, created by th…
Veterans urge Maine lawmakers to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms
State lawmakers are considering a proposal to decriminalize the possession of up to one ounce of psychedelic mushrooms for people 21 and older. Though similar efforts have failed in the past, a public hearing Monday drew emotional testimony from veterans. Cecilia Corey said she’s struggled for years with mental health challenges stemming from her time in the Air Force and from traumatic events in her personal life. She told lawmakers that using …
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Colorado licenses its first psilocybin healing center
The Center Origin, in Denver, expects to offer psychedelic-assisted therapy by late April 2025.
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