Yearly Archives: 2020

Neo Kuma psychedelics VC fund interview: The lawyer who started the UK’s first dedicated psychedelics venture fund lays out how she placed her initial bets

The lawyer who started the UK’s first dedicated psychedelics venture fund lays out how she placed her initial bets DR. CATHERINE SCHUSTER-BRUCE DECEMBER 17, 2020 Magic mushrooms psychedelic psilocybin Psilocybin mushrooms Anitram/Shutterstock This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Neo Kuma Ventures is a new venture…

New Magic Mushrooms Could Fix Depression, Addiction, Epilepsy, and More

In the late 1950s, Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who “discovered” LSD mostly by accident, started experimenting with something even more powerful: magic mushrooms. Indigenous people in Mexico had been observed using mushrooms in religious rituals by western visitors several years earlier. One of the interlopers sent a sample to Hofmann, who became the first…

This Drug Designer Is Creating a New Psychedelic to Treat Anxiety and Depression

Imagine a psychedelic that promises you’ll never have a bad trip and resets your brain in such a way that you wouldn’t have to depend on antidepressants. We speak with a scientist making just that.   This article originally appeared on VICE India. Learning about carbon molecules and atomic bonds may not be everyone’s preferred…

Mental illness is on the rise due to COVID-19. Could psychedelic drugs be the ‘game changer’?

Thomas Hartle is a 52-year-old IT technician from Saskatoon who doesn’t smoke, rarely drinks and never dabbled in drugs before trying medicinal cannabis. As part of his profession, the soft-spoken, detail-oriented father of two typically spends much of his time planning and researching.   But these days his preparations have taken a devastating turn —…

After Legal Win, What’s Next for Magic Mushrooms?

On August 4, Canada’s Health Minister Patty Hajdu granted, by way of a Section 56 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, permission for four terminally-ill Canadians to consume psychedelic drugs. The decision comes after months of careful maneuvering by TheraPsil, a Canadian non-profit seeking to treat end-of-life distress with psilocybin, the active ingredient in…

2nd Gen Psychedelic Drugs For Depression Can Be Safer For Older Adults

Psychedelic drugs for treating depression can no longer be ignored, we are informed in a recent opinion piece by leading psychedelic drug researcher Robin Carhart-Harris. In fact, not since the advent of SSRI antidepressants has a new treatment modality for this massively prevalent and devastating condition generated such hope. As pioneers in the field, MAPS…

From Troubled to Bright Minds: One Company’s Search for More Effective Psychedelics

Humanity’s interest in a different way of life and a better existence is growing. Mushrooming. Our timing on this couldn’t be better or more urgent as we are currently slogging through an ongoing pandemic and a nationally divided political landscape with the “scandal of our times” looming ahead, if there’s even a 2020 election. War,…