March 2025 - PsychedelicNewsWire (PNW)

WednesdayMar 26, 2025 10:00 am

Study Shows Psychedelic Use Could Lower Chances of Suffering Frequent Headaches

According to a recent study, individuals who have used classic psychedelics like LSD or psilocybin are less prone to episodes of bad headaches. These results, the study authors say, suggest classic psychedelics could in future be explored for their prophylactic potential against headache disorders. The researchers at Karolinska Institutet located in Stockholm, Sweden obtained data for the period 1999-2000. This data was gathered as part of the 1958 British Child Development Study, a longitudinal cohort study tracking individuals who were born in Britain in 1958 in one week of the month of March. They specifically obtained 11,419 pieces of data…

MondayMar 24, 2025 10:00 am

More People are Microdosing Psychedelics to Ease the Challenges of Parenting

There is a growing trend in which parents take tiny doses of psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin in order to cope with the challenges of parenting. Is microdosing psychedelics for these reasons a breakthrough on parenting, or is it simply reckless nonsense? A German father going by the pseudonym ‘Arno Kanter’ claims that microdosing LSD has enabled him to see things like his daughter aged 2 years and he can genuinely be enthusiastic and adventurous when he takes her out to a local park. Previously, he would feign interest in the things she pointed out and would be too exhausted…

WednesdayMar 19, 2025 10:00 am

DOD to Invest $9.8m into Psychedelic Studies Targeting Active-Duty Soldiers

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center officials confirmed they are awaiting a $4.9m grant to study MDMA with a focus on troops on active duty. The money will be provided by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). The hallucinogen will be given to active-duty military personnel diagnosed with mild or moderate PTSD. The objective is to study the ways in which the psychological flexibility triggered by the drug aids in the healing of patients. Another $4.9 million from the DOD will go to a collaborative study conducted by teams at STRONG STAR and Emory University. STRONG STAR, a training and…

MondayMar 17, 2025 10:00 am

Study Finds That the Mental Wellbeing Effects of Psilocybin Vary by Race

A new study has found that while all ethnic and racial groups can benefit from using psilocybin, some effects vary depending on the ethnic or racial group that an individual belongs to. More specifically, the mental flexibility and spiritual wellbeing improvements resulting from psilocybin use aren’t as pronounced and don’t persist for long among individuals of color when compared to these same effects in White people. The researchers were motivated to conduct this study after observing that the participants in most studies on psychedelics tended to be predominantly White. The team wondered whether the findings of such studies could be…

WednesdayMar 12, 2025 10:00 am

Study Suggests Psilocybin Can Treat Mild Concussions

A new study that is yet to be peer-reviewed has found that rats given psilocybin injections immediately after suffering minor brain injuries can not only recover from their injuries but also strengthen neural connections within the brain. To arrive at these findings, the researchers used female rats as study subjects. The rats were subjected to mild head blows on a daily basis for 3 days to simulate simple traumatic brain injuries. After 3 days of these blows, the rats were divided into two groups. One group was given a saline solution while the other group received psilocybin injections. The group…

MondayMar 10, 2025 10:00 am

US Embassy Tells Americans to Desist from Using Ayahuasca in Peru

The American embassy in Peru has warned Americans against taking traditional psychedelics like the ayahuasca brew while in Peru. They cautioned that this mixture contains DMT, which is a potent hallucinogen that’s illegal in the U.S. and several other countries. The embassy officials added that consuming the brew or even kambo, a psychoactive substance extracted from certain frogs, can trigger adverse health effects while also elevating a person’s risk of being robbed, sexually assaulted, or being a victim of other crimes. The health alert issued by the embassy also revealed that the psychoactive substances are usually marketed to people traveling…

WednesdayMar 05, 2025 10:00 am

Study Finds That Bad Psychedelic Trips Double Some Individuals’ Fatality Risk

If you are considering using psychedelics in a non-clinical setting, you might want to hold off for a while. A recently published study has found that individuals who have bad psychedelic trips have a much higher risk of dying within 5 years. Doctor Daniel Myran, a researcher and preventive medicine specialist based at Ontario’s University of Ottawa, was the lead author of that study. He revealed that he was intrigued by all the hype about the mental health benefits of psychedelics but wondered about the real-world experiences of individuals who use these hallucinogens outside a clinical setting. For their study,…

MondayMar 03, 2025 10:00 am

Groups of Military Veterans Urge Congress to Expedite Research on Psychedelics

The U.S. Veterans Affairs Department has been urged by major VSOs (Veterans Service Organizations) to keep looking into psychedelic therapy and other alternative therapies, such as medical marijuana, if these treatments can be proved to be effective. One leading group told Congress that a major stumbling block to the exploration of these novel treatments is the classification of these substances under Schedule 1 of the federal Controlled Substances Act. These views were expressed during a joint hearing of the Senate and House VA committees early this week. The legislators received testimony from various VSOs, and a leading concern across all…

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