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Scientists want to help drug addicts recover — by giving them psychedelics
Researchers have begun exploring psychedelic-assisted therapy for addiction recovery by administeri…
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The drugmaker that hopes to legalize MDMA is cutting 75% of its staff after the FDA rejected the drug
Lykos will cut 75% of its staff, or about 100 employees, and the remaining team will focus on worki…
Shubhangi Goel
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These executives say psychedelics like LSD and MDMA made them better managers — and transformed how they think about fulfilling work
Business executives are finally opening up about the psychedelics and revelations that have helped …
Rachel Nuwer
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How a Vietnam vet saved his second marriage and overcame years of PTSD with help from MDMA therapy
Post-traumatic stress disorder can be hard to treat, especially in veterans. Rachel Nuwer shows how…
Rachel Nuwer
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The daughter of multi-millionaire oil tycoon Charles Koch thought she had to be liked to deserve to exist, until MDMA therapy
Elizabeth Koch, who's tied to conservative causes through her fathers conglomerate, invests in MDMA…
Rachel Nuwer
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Here's what MDMA does to your brain and body
MDMA is a stimulant that can make you feel empathetic and experience mild hallucinations. It's bein…
Yeji Jesse Lee
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A white supremacist took MDMA for a study, and it snapped him out of his beliefs: 'Why am I doing this?'
30 minutes after taking the MDMA pill, Brendan questioned his actions and realized his life was mis…
Amber Middleton
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We're tracking the most important experiments that could turn psychedelics like LSD and ecstasy into approved medicines
There are hundreds of trials exploring the medical potential of psychedelics. We identified the mos…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce,Yeji Jesse Lee,Shayanne Gal,Annie Fu,Alex Ford
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Elon Musk reportedly goes on 'exploratory journeys' and likes to show friends a chart of the benefits of MDMA and mushrooms over alcohol
In the past, Elon Musk has expressed support for psychedelics, especially when it comes to treating…
Grace Kay,Allana Akhtar
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I'm a psychotherapist who believes in the healing potential of MDMA. Here's why.
The Food and Drug Administration has put MDMA on the fast track to be tested and approved to treat …
Rebecca Hendrix
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We are seeking nominations for the most influential women in the psychedelics space. Here's how to apply.
We're looking for the leaders in the space who are making exciting contributions to the burgeoning …
Business Insider
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The 10 VCs betting the most on turning MDMA and magic mushrooms into medicines
These are Insider's biggest healthcare stories for July 14.
Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
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What to know about the booming psychedelics industry, where companies are racing to turn magic mushrooms and MDMA into approved medicines
Startups focused on turning psychedelic compounds into approved medicines have raised hundreds of m…
Yeji Jesse Lee
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Tech execs are donating millions to make MDMA a legal treatment for PTSD, continuing Silicon Valley's longtime love-affair with psychedelics
From Steve Jobs to the founder of GoDaddy, the tech industry's elites have long had ties to the psy…
Isabella Jibilian
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Lorde reveals she was on MDMA while making 'Melodrama' and says each of her albums can be distinguished by drugs she was using at the time
The 24-year-old pop star said alcohol influenced her debut, "Pure Heroine," and cannabis shaped her…
Callie Ahlgrim
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Amber Heard admitted to using mushrooms and MDMA while at home with a 'high-profile male acquaintance' just 2 weeks after her breakup fight with Johnny Depp, according to her former nurse
The nurse didn't say who the man was, but Heard is known to have spent time with both James Franco …
Ashley Collman
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Middle class people are taking MDMA wrapped in cheese in a new trend called 'brieing'
"I thought it was funny that we were all taking 'E's n Cheese' together and we did have a real laug…
Lindsay Dodgson
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A top psychedelic scientist says 'the climate's looking good' for magic mushrooms and MDMA to turn into medicines at a gathering of the world's billionaires
Last summer, a startup backed by Silicon Valley tech mogul Peter Thiel churned out enough of the ac…
Erin Brodwin,Alyson Shontell
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MDMA can help people who suffer from PTSD, according to new research - and it could result in FDA approval
David Nutt, a British neuropsychopharmacologist, saw the results differently. Nutt was the drug adv…
Lindsay Dodgson
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An Atlanta Hawks player could face up to 25 years in jail on charges of marijuana and MDMA possession
"Scott was arrested, along with his younger brother, on July 30 after a traffic stop along Intersta…