goodnews february 2026 – good to know

Inclusion
psychoactive | BBC | 1 January
Should the National Health Service use psilocybin to treat mental health?

Trial results
psychoactive | Science Direct/ 1 January
LSD Microdosing in Major Depressive Disorder

Reality check
psychoactive | The Psychedelic Blog | 2 January
The psychedelic honeymoon is over.

Cocaine
psychoactive | CBC | 4 January
How one man’s addiction forced the development of modern-day residency programs

Activism
culture| The Conversation | 5 January
How to tackle injustice in small but effective ways

In need of regulation
psychoactive | PharmExec | 6 January
Ketamine’s antidepressant effects increase off-label psychiatric use

Betterment
psychoactive | Victoria News | 7 January
Canadian startup launches first psilocybin wellness trial

Candy-flipping
psychoactive | DoubleBlind  7 January
About mixing MDMA and LSD

Ibogaine & MeO-DMT
psychoactive | Mother Jones | 9 January
Psychedelics as a last hope, but not without danger

Intervention
psychoactive | Futurism | 9 January
Fentanyl overdoses in sharp decline

Stoned Ape
psychoactive | DoubleBlind | 9 January
Terence McKenna’s theory about the origins of consciousness gains traction

Cats
nature | Live Science | 10 January
Did any of the roughly 600 breeds evolve naturally?

Commodification
psychoactive | The Microdose | 12 January
How psychedelics and related medicines are sold

Profanity
science | The Psychologist | 12 January
Does swearing boost physical power?

Bumpy rollout
psychoactive | The New York Times | 13 January
Psilocybin therapy safer than playing golf, expert says, but hard to access

Participatory
culture | reasons to be cheerful | 13 January
In Paris, anyone can help decide how the city spends its money

Ketamine
psychoactive | The Conversation| 14 January
Many young users end up with bladder problems

Thinking like a fungus
nature | The New York Times | 14 January
Evolutionary biologist Toby Kiers wins the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

Landholders vs. stockholders
science | Aeon | 15 January
The origin of our political divide

Last rites
psychoactive | The Guardian | 16 January
An interview with Alejandro Jodorowsky

Commercially
psychoactive | Truthdig | 16 January
On the rise of psychedelic marketing

Australia
psychoactive | Psychedelic Alpha | 16 January
Progress and pitfalls in the continent’s psychedelic experiment

Conservation
nature | High Country News | 19 January
Alaska and its public lands

Show me more
psychoactive | Ipsos | 20 January
Americans are ready to know more about psychedelic therapy

By the numbers
psychoactive | RAND | 21 January
Psychedelic use and microdosing 2025

Merry Pranksters
psychoactive | Double Blind | 23 January
An Interview with Ken Babbs

Female pioneers
psychoactive | The Microdose | 26 January
5 Questions for historian Zoë Dubuis about early female psychedelic therapists

Producer for the masses
psychoactive | Psychedelic Press | 27 January
Andy Robert interviews acid chemist Richard Kemp

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