Conflicts of interest: 5 Questions for researcher Elena Koning themicrodose.substack.com/p/conflicts-of…

Corn Belt fertilizer is killing the Gulf of Mexico. Can we stop it? washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

For me, the most rewarding part of publishing a book that built off generations of scholarship, is to witness a whole new generation join the adventure. For a long time, the role of psychedelics in the development of society and culture had no real place in the academy. Over the

Study of Psychedelics announces funding recipients — Harvard Gazette news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…

(2) Revisions made to report critical of Lykos’s research on MDMA-assisted therapy; Lawsuit postpones hearing for contentious DEA proposal; and former MAPS employees make troubling allegations themicrodose.substack.com/p/revisions-ma…

t's a privilege to welcome the brilliant fellows and scholars advancing psychedelic research at UC Berkeley and Harvard University. Excited to see the Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry, Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard, and UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics support cross-campus collaboration.

Thrilled to welcome the first cohort of Flourish Fellows and Scholars in the Psychedelics in Society and Culture Program UC Berkeley x UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics. Explore projects that will expand psychedelics research in the humanities, thanks to Flourish Trust.
psychedelics.berkeley.edu/psychedelics-i…

(2) Drug recriminalization in Oregon: 5 Questions for attorney Jon Dennis themicrodose.substack.com/p/drug-recrimi…

(2) U.S. Food & Drug Administration will hold advisory committee meeting on MDMA; A psychedelics research bottleneck in California; and psilocybin meta-analysis under post-publication review themicrodose.substack.com/p/us-food-and-…

Interesting approach adopted by the new Dietary Guidelines for Indians.
napiindia.in/docs/Dietary-G…

I don't think people realize how much climate pollution is produced by beef.

Per pound (or kg) it emits -- on average -- about 60 pounds (or kg) of greenhouse gases. See below.

For comparison, one pound of gasoline releases about ~4 pounds of greenhouse gases.

Ultra-processed foods linked with mortality, brain risks, study shows - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/…

This looks interesting....

How Bad Are Ultraprocessed Foods, Really? - The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/05/06/wel…

(2) What do we know about the psychedelic underground?: 5 Questions for drugs researcher Crystal Lederhos Smith themicrodose.substack.com/p/what-do-we-k…

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This week's news in psychedelics: Preparing insurers and patients for MDMA-assisted therapy; NIH announces $20 million grant to study psychedelics and chronic pain; Are psychedelics an “inner healer”? themicrodose.substack.com/p/preparing-in…

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