{"id":4065,"date":"2026-04-01T07:11:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/?p=4065"},"modified":"2026-04-01T07:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:11:19","slug":"goodnews-april-2026-good-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/2026\/04\/01\/goodnews-april-2026-good-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"goodnews april 2026 \u2013 good to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medrxiv.org\/content\/10.64898\/2026.02.18.26346580v2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.medrxiv.org\/content\/10.64898\/2026.02.18.26346580v2\">Psilocybin<\/a><br \/>\npsychoactive | MedRXiv | March 1<br \/>\nMental health outcomes following psilocybin sessions within Oregon\u2019s state-regulated model<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/01\/magazine\/ibogaine-psychedelic-treatment-trauma-mental-health.html?unlocked_article_code=1.P1A.Fbgl.nhq2bXsKehVc&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/01\/magazine\/ibogaine-psychedelic-treatment-trauma-mental-health.html?unlocked_article_code=1.P1A.Fbgl.nhq2bXsKehVc&amp;smid=url-share \">Ibogaine<\/a><br \/>\npsychoactive |\u00a0New York Times | March 1<br \/>\nUsed against trauma all over the world<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/realitysandwich.com\/psychedelics-and-chronic-pain\/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_campaign=Reality%20Bites%20-%20MDMA%20Therapy%20%26%20PTSD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/realitysandwich.com\/psychedelics-and-chronic-pain\/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_campaign=Reality%20Bites%20-%20MDMA%20Therapy%20%26%20PTSD\">Relief<\/a><br \/>\npsychoactive | Reality Sandwich\u00a0 March 2<br \/>\nPsychedelics and pain management<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsletter.doubleblindmag.com\/p\/i-swore-off-psychedelic-retreats-now-i-m-hosting-one?utm_source=beehiivemail&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=i-swore-off-psychedelic-retreats-now-i-m-hosting-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/newsletter.doubleblindmag.com\/p\/i-swore-off-psychedelic-retreats-now-i-m-hosting-one?utm_source=beehiivemail&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=i-swore-off-psychedelic-retreats-now-i-m-hosting-one\">Psychedelic Retreats<\/a><br \/>\npsychoactive | DoubleBlind | March 4<br \/>\nA critique of the Industry by an insider<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biospace.com\/drug-development\/psychedelics-are-placeholders-for-more-traditional-depression-therapies-analysts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.biospace.com\/drug-development\/psychedelics-are-placeholders-for-more-traditional-depression-therapies-analysts\">Placeholders<\/a><br \/>\npsychoactive | BioSpace | March 5<br \/>\nPsychedelics used in lieu of traditional antidepressants<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2518102-just-one-dose-of-psilocybin-relieves-symptoms-of-ocd-for-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2518102-just-one-dose-of-psilocybin-relieves-symptoms-of-ocd-for-months\/\">Psilocybin II<\/a><br \/>\npsychoactive | New Scientist | March 6<br \/>\nOne dose relieves Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) for months<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/archaeology\/ancient-alien-like-skulls-have-been-found-on-every-continent-but-antarctica-anthropologists-are-starting-to-figure-out-why?utm_term=A6762672-EBE8-41F9-96F5-6AB097337CE2&amp;lrh=ff0d32275af49102b3eef6f6a1c5f5404481ac1b633d38ef2ba618bfce72add6&amp;utm_campaign=368B3745-DDE0-4A69-A2E8-62503D85375D&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=BD940B78-72A7-4FCF-9875-98CD1565847E&amp;utm_source=SmartBrief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/archaeology\/ancient-alien-like-skulls-have-been-found-on-every-continent-but-antarctica-anthropologists-are-starting-to-figure-out-why?utm_term=A6762672-EBE8-41F9-96F5-6AB097337CE2&amp;lrh=ff0d32275af49102b3eef6f6a1c5f5404481ac1b633d38ef2ba618bfce72add6&amp;utm_campaign=368B3745-DDE0-4A69-A2E8-62503D85375D&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=BD940B78-72A7-4FCF-9875-98CD1565847E&amp;utm_source=SmartBrief\">Head shaping<\/a><br \/>\nscience | Live Science | March 6<br \/>\nAn ancient practice finds an explanation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countryandtownhouse.com\/culture\/britains-land-energy-healing-secret\/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.countryandtownhouse.com\/culture\/britains-land-energy-healing-secret\/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\">Healing<\/a><br \/>\nculture | Country &amp; Town House | March 6<br \/>\nBritish landowners are turning to druids and shamans to heal their land<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pharmacy.wisc.edu\/2026\/03\/09\/new-professorship-propels-psychedelic-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/pharmacy.wisc.edu\/2026\/03\/09\/new-professorship-propels-psychedelic-science\/\">University of Madison-Wisconsin<\/a><br \/>\npsychoactive | UW School of Pharmacy | March 9<br \/>\nA professorship for psychedelic science for the eminent researcher Paul Hutson<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2846155?resultClick=1&amp;utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2846155?resultClick=1&amp;utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\">To stop smoking<\/a><br \/>\npsychoactive | JAMA Network | March 10<br \/>\nPsilocybin patch helps more than one with nicotine<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0955395926000691\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0955395926000691\">Cannabis<\/a><br \/>\npsychoactive| Science Direct | March 10<br \/>\nIllegal market recedes as a result of legalisation<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/environment\/new-magic-mushroom-species\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/environment\/new-magic-mushroom-species\/\">Magic mushrooms<\/a><br \/>\npsychoactive | Popular Science | March 10<br \/>\nNewly discovered fungus rewrites origins of psilocybe<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.noemamag.com\/what-are-psychedelic-entities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.noemamag.com\/what-are-psychedelic-entities\/\">Transpersonal<\/a><br \/>\npsychoactive | NOEMA | March 17<br \/>\nOn psychedelic entities<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamapsychiatry\/article-abstract\/2846479?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamapsychiatry\/article-abstract\/2846479?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\">Comparisons<\/a><br \/>\npsychoactive | JAMA Network | March 18<br \/>\nDisappointment leads to low scores for psychedelics in unblinded comparative studies<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcn.org\/articles\/congress-contemplates-sweeping-investigation-of-native-boarding-schools\/?utm_source=wcn1&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-20-Newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.hcn.org\/articles\/congress-contemplates-sweeping-investigation-of-native-boarding-schools\/?utm_source=wcn1&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-20-Newsletter\">Native boarding schools<\/a><br \/>\nculture | High Country News | March 20<br \/>\nGovernment plans\u00a0Truth and Reconciliation Commission<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/hamnets-forest-witch-how-agnes-hathaway-chimes-with-the-growing-interest-in-green-witchcraft-278634?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2023%202026%20-%203712537973&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2023%202026%20-%203712537973+CID_5fed385f144ca348a8beeb03efbf4902&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=Hamnets%20forest%20witch%20how%20Agnes%20Hathaway%20chimes%20with%20the%20growing%20interest%20in%20green%20witchcraft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/hamnets-forest-witch-how-agnes-hathaway-chimes-with-the-growing-interest-in-green-witchcraft-278634?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2023%202026%20-%203712537973&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2023%202026%20-%203712537973+CID_5fed385f144ca348a8beeb03efbf4902&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=Hamnets%20forest%20witch%20how%20Agnes%20Hathaway%20chimes%20with%20the%20growing%20interest%20in%20green%20witchcraft\">Witches<\/a><br \/>\neco | The Conversation | March 20<br \/>\nEcofeminist symbols for our times<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/21\/world\/deadly-drugs-paper.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VVA.gPBB.kjnWSE9rtYyQ&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/21\/world\/deadly-drugs-paper.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VVA.gPBB.kjnWSE9rtYyQ&amp;smid=url-share\">New drugs<\/a><br \/>\npsychoactive | The New York Times | March 21<br \/>\nPoisoning people with paper<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/24\/health\/mdma-therapy-ptsd-psychedelic-australia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VlA._9fT.jknp-1QYXYDR&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/24\/health\/mdma-therapy-ptsd-psychedelic-australia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VlA._9fT.jknp-1QYXYDR&amp;smid=url-share\">MDMA<\/a><br \/>\npsychoactive | New York Times | March 24<br \/>\nHigh cost hampers greater number of positive therapy results in Australia<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ls.berkeley.edu\/news\/using-virtual-reality-and-psychedelics-restore-brain-function\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/ls.berkeley.edu\/news\/using-virtual-reality-and-psychedelics-restore-brain-function\">Restoring the brain<\/a><br \/>\npsychoactive | UC Berkeley | March 26<br \/>\nVirtual reality and psychedelics help stroke patients regain motor and cognitive function<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/health\/reproductive-health\/endometriosis-messes-with-the-immune-system-and-causes-ripple-effects-across-the-body?utm_term=A6762672-EBE8-41F9-96F5-6AB097337CE2&amp;lrh=ff0d32275af49102b3eef6f6a1c5f5404481ac1b633d38ef2ba618bfce72add6&amp;utm_campaign=368B3745-DDE0-4A69-A2E8-62503D85375D&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=05D64090-60BB-4333-952D-9F59DD4DB916&amp;utm_source=SmartBrief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/health\/reproductive-health\/endometriosis-messes-with-the-immune-system-and-causes-ripple-effects-across-the-body?utm_term=A6762672-EBE8-41F9-96F5-6AB097337CE2&amp;lrh=ff0d32275af49102b3eef6f6a1c5f5404481ac1b633d38ef2ba618bfce72add6&amp;utm_campaign=368B3745-DDE0-4A69-A2E8-62503D85375D&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=05D64090-60BB-4333-952D-9F59DD4DB916&amp;utm_source=SmartBrief\">Long ignored<\/a><br \/>\nscience | Live Science | March 29<br \/>\nEndometriosis drives a whole body immune response due to inflammation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/03\/30\/science\/nasa-artemis-ii-moon-mission-what-to-know.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XVA.sb9y.7-657h6wQc8Y&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/03\/30\/science\/nasa-artemis-ii-moon-mission-what-to-know.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XVA.sb9y.7-657h6wQc8Y&amp;smid=url-share\">Around the moon<\/a><br \/>\nscience | New York Times | March 30<br \/>\nGoing to the moon without landing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psilocybin psychoactive | MedRXiv | March 1 Mental health outcomes following psilocybin sessions within Oregon\u2019s state-regulated model Ibogaine psychoactive |\u00a0New York Times | March 1 Used against trauma all over the world Relief psychoactive | Reality Sandwich\u00a0 March 2 Psychedelics and pain management Psychedelic Retreats psychoactive | DoubleBlind | March 4 A critique of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/2026\/04\/01\/goodnews-april-2026-good-to-know\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue 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