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Amidst Pandemic, Psychedelic Investor Christian Angermayer Can’t Imagine Life Beyond Capitalism
As the coronavirus pandemic rages on, Christian Angermayer, the world’s largest psychedelic pharmaceutical investor and founder of ATAI Life Sciences, calls to sacrifice public health for the sake of “the economy.”
“Flattening The Curve is Complete BS”: Pandemic Advice From Psychedelic Investor Christian Angermayer
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Christian Angermayer—the world's largest psychedelic pharmaceutical investor and founder of ATAI Life Sciences—dismisses medical experts in his desperation to reboot the economy.
Dear Psychedelic Researchers
The coronavirus has made it clear that psychedelic medicalization will not revolutionize mental healthcare without systemic socioeconomic change.
Christian Angermayer’s ATAI Life Sciences is positioned to take the psychedelic throne from MAPS
After decades of psychedelic nonprofits paving regulatory pathways and priming wealthy investors, for-profits are moving in to reap the rewards.
Never Forget: Before There Was A Mush Rush, There Was A Plea For Decency
Many predicted an ethical storm brewing in the lead-up to the explosion of for-profit interest in psychedelic pharmaceuticals. But, were their efforts to mitigate the damage enough to make a difference?
Eleusis Benefit Corp: Taking the “Psychedelic” Out of Psychedelics
Shlomi Raz, CEO of Eleusis Benefit Corporation, made false claims about psychedelics. We asked multiple ethnobotanists, a medical anthropologist, and a chemist if they could help us set the record straight.
Could wearable microdosing technology be a thing one day?
Could a liquid-delivery system meant to help maintain a personalized “scent bubble” quietly usher in the creation of wearable psychedelic microdosing technology? A U.S. patent for this system is just one among an increasing list of psychedelic-inspired intellectual properties.
An open letter to the newly founded Center for Psychedelic Research at Johns Hopkins
With the recent creation of the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, we must remember that, while industrialized medicine has never attempted to serve all people, institutional histories vary from one organization to the next.
MDMA Expanded Access is almost here. What’s it all about?
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) submitted their MDMA PTSD expanded access protocol to the FDA on January 14, 2019.
Will MDMA-assisted psychotherapy be covered by health insurance?
Until MDMA-assisted psychotherapy is proven without a doubt to reduce long-term costs, many insurance companies do not have an incentive to cover it.
How will MDMA be rescheduled in the future? You may be disappointed
What does MDMA rescheduling mean for the recreational user? If you are under the impression that MDMA is on its way to being rescheduled, across the board, you may be disappointed.
The Future of MDMA: Phase 3 and Beyond
What does the future hold for MDMA? We explore MAPS' ongoing FDA phase 3 clinical trials, rescheduling, health insurance, and expanded access.
Let’s Talk About Psychedelic-Induced Psychosis
Comedian Shane Mauss and Zendo Project's Ryan Beauregard on psychedelic-induced psychosis. “It was really easy once I got past the big video game, ‘Truman Show’ feeling, to get to a place of, ‘oh, that was all in my head. I was crazy.’"
The Bunk Police is looking to destroy dishonesty in the drug market
If there are other harm-reduction organizations, such as DanceSafe, that are able to distribute test kits, then we won’t attend that event....the ones that refuse DanceSafe, we come in and do it anyways.
Intentionally-diverse MDMA research at University of Connecticut Cut Short
The research team at UConn studying MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD is now defunct.
psychedelic.support creates a network for psychedelic therapists
psychedelic.support could soon become a useful asset to anyone interested in the professional world of psychedelic-related therapy.
It’s time to debunk prohibitionist narratives and calls for monopolies within psychedelic science
As venture-capital-backed, for-profit companies barrel into psychedelic therapy, the potential for the widespread privatization of psychedelic knowledge and profits looms large. Some researchers are so enthusiastic about medicalization by “any means necessary” that they’re resorting to prohibitionist historical narratives and calling for monopolies to push the agenda forward.
Finally, there’s a group giving grants to students researching psychedelics
We talked with Johns Hopkins psychedelic researcher, Alan Kooi Davis, about the Source Research Foundation, a non-profit awarding grants to students researching psychedelics.
A Doctor Explains How Prescribing Ketamine For Depression Works
We spoke with an experienced psychiatrist about how exactly prescribing ketamine for depression works.
What happens when you give an octopus MDMA?
A team of researchers bathed octopuses in MDMA. Here's what they learned.
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Amidst Pandemic, Psychedelic Investor Christian Angermayer Can’t Imagine Life Beyond Capitalism
As the coronavirus pandemic rages on, Christian Angermayer, the world’s largest psychedelic pharmaceutical investor and founder of ATAI Life Sciences, calls to sacrifice public health for the sake of “the economy.”
“Flattening The Curve is Complete BS”: Pandemic Advice From Psychedelic Investor Christian Angermayer
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Christian Angermayer—the world's largest psychedelic pharmaceutical investor and founder of ATAI Life Sciences—dismisses medical experts in his desperation to reboot the economy.
Dear Psychedelic Researchers
The coronavirus has made it clear that psychedelic medicalization will not revolutionize mental healthcare without systemic socioeconomic change.
Christian Angermayer’s ATAI Life Sciences is positioned to take the psychedelic throne from MAPS
After decades of psychedelic nonprofits paving regulatory pathways and priming wealthy investors, for-profits are moving in to reap the rewards.
Never Forget: Before There Was A Mush Rush, There Was A Plea For Decency
Many predicted an ethical storm brewing in the lead-up to the explosion of for-profit interest in psychedelic pharmaceuticals. But, were their efforts to mitigate the damage enough to make a difference?
Eleusis Benefit Corp: Taking the “Psychedelic” Out of Psychedelics
Shlomi Raz, CEO of Eleusis Benefit Corporation, made false claims about psychedelics. We asked multiple ethnobotanists, a medical anthropologist, and a chemist if they could help us set the record straight.
Could wearable microdosing technology be a thing one day?
Could a liquid-delivery system meant to help maintain a personalized “scent bubble” quietly usher in the creation of wearable psychedelic microdosing technology? A U.S. patent for this system is just one among an increasing list of psychedelic-inspired intellectual properties.
An open letter to the newly founded Center for Psychedelic Research at Johns Hopkins
With the recent creation of the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, we must remember that, while industrialized medicine has never attempted to serve all people, institutional histories vary from one organization to the next.
MDMA Expanded Access is almost here. What’s it all about?
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) submitted their MDMA PTSD expanded access protocol to the FDA on January 14, 2019.
Will MDMA-assisted psychotherapy be covered by health insurance?
Until MDMA-assisted psychotherapy is proven without a doubt to reduce long-term costs, many insurance companies do not have an incentive to cover it.
How will MDMA be rescheduled in the future? You may be disappointed
What does MDMA rescheduling mean for the recreational user? If you are under the impression that MDMA is on its way to being rescheduled, across the board, you may be disappointed.
The Future of MDMA: Phase 3 and Beyond
What does the future hold for MDMA? We explore MAPS' ongoing FDA phase 3 clinical trials, rescheduling, health insurance, and expanded access.
Let’s Talk About Psychedelic-Induced Psychosis
Comedian Shane Mauss and Zendo Project's Ryan Beauregard on psychedelic-induced psychosis. “It was really easy once I got past the big video game, ‘Truman Show’ feeling, to get to a place of, ‘oh, that was all in my head. I was crazy.’"
The Bunk Police is looking to destroy dishonesty in the drug market
If there are other harm-reduction organizations, such as DanceSafe, that are able to distribute test kits, then we won’t attend that event....the ones that refuse DanceSafe, we come in and do it anyways.
Intentionally-diverse MDMA research at University of Connecticut Cut Short
The research team at UConn studying MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD is now defunct.
psychedelic.support creates a network for psychedelic therapists
psychedelic.support could soon become a useful asset to anyone interested in the professional world of psychedelic-related therapy.
It’s time to debunk prohibitionist narratives and calls for monopolies within psychedelic science
As venture-capital-backed, for-profit companies barrel into psychedelic therapy, the potential for the widespread privatization of psychedelic knowledge and profits looms large. Some researchers are so enthusiastic about medicalization by “any means necessary” that they’re resorting to prohibitionist historical narratives and calling for monopolies to push the agenda forward.
Finally, there’s a group giving grants to students researching psychedelics
We talked with Johns Hopkins psychedelic researcher, Alan Kooi Davis, about the Source Research Foundation, a non-profit awarding grants to students researching psychedelics.
A Doctor Explains How Prescribing Ketamine For Depression Works
We spoke with an experienced psychiatrist about how exactly prescribing ketamine for depression works.
What happens when you give an octopus MDMA?
A team of researchers bathed octopuses in MDMA. Here's what they learned.