goodnews august 2026 – good to know

Warmest congratulations!
psychoactive |  YouTube | July 1
Livestream on the occasion of the 95th birthday of Stanislav Grof

Psychedelic-Assisted therapy (PAT)
psychoactive | DoubeBlind | July 1
Synthetic psilocybin is not as effective as its natural counterpart.

Eight Swiss Cannabis Pilots
psychoactive | Business of Cannabis | July 1
Up to 5000 new participants may newly opt for home delivery

Spirit of the times
psychoactive | Altered States of America.| July 1
Robert Forte discusses MKULTRA, Tim Leary, progress with Philip Slater

Existentialism 101
culture | Aeon | July 2
Jean-Paul Sartre urges us to take responsability for ourselves.

A big deal
psychoactive | The Telegraph | July 4
My husband wants us to try psychedelics at 50.

An open mind
psychoactive | PsyPost | July 5
Classic psychedelics encourage healthy attitudes

Ibogaine
psychoactive | MAPS | July 7
MAPS publishes investigator’s brochure as a free, open-access resource.

Psilocybin
psychoactive | Cambridge Core | July 7
Pilot study shows further potential as a treatment for anorexia nervosa.

A rapid and durable profile emerges
psychoactive | Compass | July 7
Compass Pathways Announces Six-Month Data from Second Phase 3 Trial with synthetic psilocybin

Machine elves?
psychoactive | Nautilus | July 8
Lilliputian hallucinations under investigation

Endurance
psychoactive | Axios | July 9
A 500-mile run on psychedelics.

Moral rectitude
psychoactive | The Psychedelic Blog | July 10
Who gets to decide what ways of taking psychedelics are legitimate?

Machine elves II
psychoactive | The Microdose | July 13
In the mountains of Yunnan Jian Shou Qing leads to Lilliputian hallucinations

Respectable
psychoactive | Psychedelic Alpha | July 14
Eli Lilly acquires Atai Beckley for up to $3.8 billion, buying a stake in 5-MeO-DMT.

Brain change
psychoactive | Psychology Today | July 17
Psilocybin, 5-MeO-DMT, LSD and ketamine may work by promoting neuroplasticity

Memory
science | BPS | July 20
Patients who know they are receiving a placebo react even better.

How drugs work on the brain
psychoactive | Cornell Chronicle| July 23
The basic neurology of psychedelic research explained by Prof. David Nutt

Conspiracies
science | British Psychological Society | July 24
Fibbing or do you really believe what you say?

LSD
science | Psychology Today | July 25
Lasting changes in brain function occur quickly after a single LSD treatment.

Rabbinic trips
psychoactive | The Times of Israel| | July 26
New York exhibition shows Jewish psychedelic counterculture

PAT (Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy)
psychoactive | DoubleBlind | July 27
What if the music is the decisve healing factor?

Total solar eclipse
science | Live Science | Juy 27
Happening on 12 August, maybe in the sky near you…

Psilocybin
psychoactive | PsyPost | July 27
Compound to help protect skin against premature aging.

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