WASHINGTONPOST (Ariana Eunjung Cha) - She lived with headaches and brain fog for years. Then she tried magic mushrooms.
Elizabeth Richwine is at the frontier of a psychedelic boom that could transform medicine — and create a massive new industry.
STRIPES (Linda F. Hersey) - 5 things to know in veterans news: 9/11 tributes, support for psychedelics, foundation helps vets become teachers | Stars and Stripes
A steel beam from the World Trade Center rubble, backing for emerging mental health treatments and a stamp to honor the Coast Guard Academy.
AMERICANALMANAC (Jonah Adams) - Americans are abandoning conventional medicine for toad venom and mushrooms — and a $193 billion industry is cashing in
A growing number of Americans are turning to psychedelics, spiritual ceremonies, and other alternative treatments after losing faith in conventional medicine, a trend now backed by a nearly $200 billion global industry. Sly Young chose toad venom over antidepressants. She made that decision deliberately, fully aware of how it sounded. During the pandemic, her conventional […] The post Americans are abandoning conventional medicine for toad venom and mushrooms — and a $193 billion industry is cashing in appeared first on American Almanac .
A growing number of Americans are turning to psychedelics, spiritual ceremonies, and other alternative treatments after losing faith in conventional medicine, a trend now backed by a nearly $200 billion global industry. Sly Young chose toad venom over antidepressants. She made that decision deliberately, fully aware of how it sounded. During the pandemic, her conventional treatments for neurodivergence and chronic PTSD stopped working as well as they once had. So she went looking for something else, and found shamans, sacred ceremonies, and microdosed mushrooms supplied by a friend. Young's story, profiled by USA Today , is not an outlier. It sits inside a documented national shift away from mainstream Western medicine and toward a…Open
NYTIMES (Noah Daly and Andrew Jacobs) - Americans Encounter Risks at Psychedelic Clinics Abroad
Participants, often in vulnerable states, have little recourse if mistreated or injured.
NPR (Will Stone) - Real-world study of Oregon's nonmedical psilocybin program shows promise
Oregon was the first state to establish a legalized and regulated psilocybin industry. Since then, thousands have tried magic mushrooms. Here is the latest data from the state's real life experiment.
Oregon was the first state to establish a legalized and regulated psilocybin industry. Since then, thousands have tried magic mushrooms. Here is the latest data from the state's real life experiment.Open
DAILYCALLER (Ann Rodgers) - Big Pharma Wants To Turn Toad Venom Into The Next Blockbuster Drug
‘The most potent, bizarre, and profound psychedelic out there.’
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Ancient mummy mystery and psychedelic research & extraordinary claims under scrutiny | Backscroll
This NewsNation compilation examines competing theories and the evidence behind them.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Zach Kaplan) - Alzheimer's patient showed improved cognition after psilocybin: Report
The woman, who typically speaks in single syllables, showed measurable improvements.
DAILYCALLER (Ireland Owens) - How Trump Admin’s Psychedelic Drug Research Push Could Shake Up US Mental Healthcare System
'A whole new paradigm of care'
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Watch Now! Rethinking Psychedelic Treatment for America's Mental Health Crisis
Psychiatry is at an inflection point. And the stakes are high. Mental illness costs the U.S. economy more than $280 billion annually, drives veteran suicide rates, and places mounting strain on everything from emergency rooms to the workforce. Yet many of today’s medicines have not advanced in decades despite the rising prevalence and unmet need. For the one in five Americans living with a mental health disorder and veterans who face disproportionally high suicide rates and do not respond to conventional treatments, the gap between what medicine promises and what it delivers has never been more consequential. But change is underway. A new wave of rigorous clinical science is unlocking the therapeutic potential of psychedelic medicines…