A Review of Psychedelic Science & Research

Brief articles to “get up to speed” quickly:

• Psychedelics for military veterans with PTSD

• Mason Marks on Rescheduling Psilocybin (Scientific American)

• Discover Magazine: Why psilocybin was granted “breakthrough drug” status by FDA

• Good Housekeeping Magazine: Are Psychedelics the Next Big Cure?

• The Guardian: “Amazing Things Can Happen”

Psychedelic Treatments:

• New report summarizing 46 RCTs and 8 meta-analyses

• Review of psilocybin studies by State of Oregon committee of public health experts

• Psilocybin-assisted treatment for alcohol dependence

• Depression

• Treatment-Resistant Depression (severe and persistent depression)

• Suicidality

• Smoking Cessation

• Cancer-related psychiatric distress, more here

• Cluster Headaches

• PTSD,  more here, more here

• Psychedelics are associated with decreased risk of opioid abuse and dependence.

Research on the risks/harm from psychedelics:

• Summaries of research on risks/harms from entheogens and related substances: here, here, and here

• Journal of Psychopharmacology: Psychedelics not linked to mental health problems or suicidal behavior: A population study

• Effects of psilocybin in healthy humans: a pooled analysis of experimental studies

• Survey study of challenging experiences after ingesting psilocybin mushrooms: Acute and enduring positive and negative consequences

• SAMHSA National Estimates Of Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits (compiled by the US Govt) - download the Excel file for granular detail

• Adverse reactions to psychedelic drugs. A review of the literature

Major Universities, Hospitals, and other Research Institutions doing research on entheogen treatments:

• Johns Hopkins' Center for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research

• Mass General Hospital Center for the Neuroscience of Psychedelics

• NYU Center for Psychedelic Medicine

• Mount Sinai Psychedelic Research Center

• UW-Madison Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences

• Yale School of Medicine

• Imperial College London

• UCLA Medical Center

• Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies

• California Institute of Integral Studies

Other scientific & research resources:

• Scientific articles on entheogen treatment research

• As of July 14, 2021, there are over 65 active studies currently registered on ClinicalTrials.gov just for psilocybin 

• Psilocybin increases resting state functional connectivity across brain networks

• Sustained, Multifaceted Improvements in Mental Well-Being Following Psychedelic Experiences in a Prospective Opportunity Sample

Cities that have decriminalized psychedelics:

• Seattle, WA

• Oakland, CA

• Denver, CO

• Washington D.C.

• Cambridge, MA

• Santa Cruz, CA

• Ann Arbor, MI

• Somerville, MA

• Northampton, MA

Podcasts and internet resources to learn more:

• Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)

• Plant Medicine Podcast