The Center for Psychedelics Health and Research launched in Kingston, Ontario. The facility, which is supported by a partnership between Queens University and Providence Care Hospital, will provide training for health-care professionals using psychedelics as a therapeutic tool.

Here’s what the center’s director Dr. Claudio Soares had to say …

“Providence Care is at the forefront of psychedelic health and research in Ontario and in Canada. I have no doubt that the Centre will help our health-care system make informed choices about the efficacy and safety of psychedelics in the future… The work to be conducted at the Centre will not only benefit the greater Kingston community; it will help shape the future of psychedelics in health care.”

Here’s more: https://providencecare.ca/centre-for-psychedelics-health-and-research-grand-opening-at-providence-care/

Supporters of a Massachusetts psychedelic decriminalization and legalization measure scored a big win after the Cambridge City Council voted to endorse it. The measure is due to be put to Massachusetts voters as Question 4 on the November 5 ballot.

The formal endorsement by city leadership makes Cambridge the second Massachusetts municipality to officially back the statewide ​bill. It comes just a few weeks after Somerville’s council voted in favor of endorsing the ballot measure.

The proposed measure would decriminalize personal use, possession, home cultivation and personal distribution of psilocybin, psilocyn, mescaline, ibogaine and DMT at the state level. Additionally, the bill would create a regulatory structure for psychedelic-assisted therapy, similar to the state’s battle scarred Cannabis Control Commission. Check it out: https://filtermag.org/cambridge-ma-endorse-psychedelic-measure/

Researchers at the University of California, Davis announced the development of a rapid, noninvasive tool to track the neurons and biomolecules activated in the brain by psychedelic drugs.

This research provides scientists with a new technique that could be used to track the molecular signaling processes that are responsible for these compounds’ beneficial neuroplasticity effects. As well, this new technology accomplishes the task of cellular tagging in rapid time, taking 10 to 30 minutes rather than the hours typical of other tagging methods.  Here’s more: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-024-02375-7

Did you know there’s a new documentary that explores the intersection between music and psychedelics?

It’s called Music for Mushrooms, and it documents the personal journey of the musician / psychonaut known as East Forest, who was a long-time collaborator with the late Ram Dass.

Music for Mushrooms will debut at select theaters on September 13th. You can check out the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zC-FwDBdBQ&themeRefresh=1