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The most recent, pulsing Day-Glo sign that the psychedelic renaissance

  The most recent, pulsing Day-Glo sign that the psychedelic renaissance   here took place in Denver in late June at the Psychedelic Science 2023 conference , organized and hosted by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, or MAPS. Founded in the late '80s, MAPS has spent decades working to get FDA approval for MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD and related conditions. At the conference, a reported 13,000 people gathered to talk about what seemed like every possible topic related to the productive use of these substances. According to MAPS founder Rick Doblin, this is not the far-out, radical reordering of society envisioned by Timothy Leary, the Harvard psychology lecturer-turned-psychedelic evangelist. "We look at what happened in the '60s, and a lot of the things that came about from psychedelics were frightening to the culture," says Doblin. In pursuit of mainstream acceptance, and to gain the approval of federal regulators and establishment figures...
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The Psychedelic Renaissance Is Here

  The Psychedelic Renaissance Is Here Everywhere around us, there are signs of a psychedelic renaissance : in medicine, therapy, commerce, and the arts. These drugs are getting serious, positive coverage in glossy magazines, best-selling books, literary memoirs, documentaries, and hit podcasts. Performers like Reggie Watts, Melissa Etheridge, and members of the Flaming Lips openly acknowledge the role of hallucinogens in their work. And a flourishing psychedelic comedy scene is springing out all over the place. But federal prohibition of psychedelics—a term that refers to a broad category of consciousness- and perception-altering substances—is also changing. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to approve therapy using psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredients in magic mushrooms, and MDMA, the drug also known as ecstasy and molly. And Oregon and Colorado have decriminalized the recreational use of plant-based psychedelics. Word is that even the president—famous as a te...
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