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Shrooms in the News Vol. 12: All the Guided Psilocybin Therapy Headlines Fit to Print
Thwap! Yep, that’s the sound of your psychedelic newspaper landing on your doorstep. This month, we herald a new study that shows huge promise for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), dig into research about psilocybin and smoking cessation, celebrate the psilocybin-paved inroads against cocaine-use disorder and look at some interesting demographic information that reveals just how popular magic mushrooms are.
Shrooms in the News Vol. 11: All the Guided Psilocybin Therapy Headlines Fit to Print
Pop on some sweatpants and go out to the stoop—the latest edition of Shrooms in the News has officially dropped. This month, we celebrate inroads made against Lyme disease, a federal grant that will allow Oregon Health and Science University to more efficiently track patient outcomes. And, we raise our eyebrows at some new research that isolates psilocin and wants us to trip without tripping.
Shrooms in the News Vol. 10: All the Guided Psilocybin Therapy Headlines Fit to Print
Here’s your latest edition of your psilocybin therapy newspaper.
An Anecdotal Study Reveals Oregon’s Psilocybin Therapeutic Model is Helping Alleviate Anxiety & Depression
A Low Dose (10mg) Trial Gives us More Good News about Psilocybin and OCD
Researchers at Cornell Find Neurological Basis for Psilocybin’s Efficacy Against Depression
Shrooms in the News Vol. 9: All the Guided Psilocybin Therapy Headlines Fit to Print
Just like a Norman Rockwell paperboy pedaling through anytown USA, here I am with the latest edition of your psilocybin therapy newspaper.
Shrooms in the News Vol. 8: All the Guided Psilocybin Therapy Headlines Fit to Print
Just like a Norman Rockwell paperboy pedaling through anytown USA, here I am with the latest edition of your psilocybin therapy newspaper.
Shrooms in the News Vol. 7: All the Guided Psilocybin Therapy Headlines Fit to Print
Let us once again dig through the dustbin of the internet and unearth actual information about guided mushroom therapy. Behold, your 7th installment of Shrooms in the News, a bimonthly roundup of what’s happening in the world of legal psilocybin.
Shrooms in the News Vol. 6: All the Guided Psilocybin Therapy Headlines Fit to Print
I’ve once again sifted through the rubble of bombastic claims, obvious clickbait and mindless chest-thumping to bring you actual news about psilocybin therapy. Behold, your 6th installment of Shrooms in the News, a bimonthly roundup of what’s happening in the world of legal mushroom therapy in Oregon.
Shrooms in the News Vol. 5: All the Guided Psilocybin Therapy Headlines Fit to Print
Shrooms in the News for Spring 2025—a roundup of what’s happening in the world of legal psilocybin mushroom therapy in Oregon.
What Oprah Got Wrong and Right—A breakdown of her lovely conversation with Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan and Oprah Winfrey’s conversation—which included testimonials from psychedelic evangelists joining via video call—was both profound and superficial, inspiring and incomplete, so I thought I’d jump in with my tie-dyed crayon and color outside the lines.
Goons on the Ice, Microdosing Golfers and Gridiron Trauma—How psychedelics help athletes repair, reset and thrive
As a former elite athlete, this topic is pretty near and dear to my heart. When we think psychedelics, most of us will conjure up visions of drum circles and glow sticks or tapestries and eye masks. Locker rooms with lineups scrawled on whiteboards or 20-page scouting reports don’t immediately come to mind. That said, athletes are generally strong candidates for psilocybin therapy, and here’s why.
Shrooms in the News Volume 4: Anderson Cooper, Demoralization and Lasting Belief
Here’s your 4th installment of al the shroom news fit to print. From a 60 Minutes report spotlighting folks one year after psychedelic therapy to calls for research participants at UC San Francisco, it’s a whole lot of good news in the wellness realm.
I hear ya. If you feel like staying in tune with news from the brave new world of legal psilocybin therapy, I’d be happy to let you in on the conversation.
Buckle up, folks. In the next handful of paragraphs, I’m going to attempt to describe—in context with preparation and integration—my most recent psilocybin journey where my identity washed away and I experienced a kind of spiritual reboot, among many other fantastic and mysterious things.