🍄 America’s 10 Million-Trip Year

👋 Welcome

Hi friends!

The headlines this week feel like they were pulled from a parallel universe where reason occasionally wins.

Germany opens the EU’s first psilocybin compassionate use program, Trump is flirting with marijuana rescheduling, Mississippi lawmakers — many of whom are still spinning the War on Drugs’ greatest hits — are suddenly putting ibogaine treatment front-and-center, and U.S. survey data says over 10 million Americans rode the psychedelic cosmic carousel in 2024.

Let’s dig in before the universe starts pixelating…

🔝 Weekly Highlights

• 🍄  Germany Launches Psilocybin Compassionate Use Program — Patients with severe depression can now access psilocybin therapy under regulated conditions, marking a first for the EU. Read more .
  

• 🧠  Trump Teases Marijuana Rescheduling — The president says his administration is exploring reclassifying cannabis, a big step in rewriting decades of drug war dogma. Details here .
  

• 🏛️ Mississippi Talks Ibogaine — Lawmakers are holding a public hearing on whether ibogaine could help treat addiction. Read more .

🧬 Quick Hits

RESEARCH 🔬

• 🌌  Life Meaning Gets a Dose-Dependent Boost — Higher psychedelic doses tend to bring deeper, longer-lasting gains in life meaning and well-being. Explore the findings .
  

• 🧩  Trip Personality Match — Psychedelic benefits may partly hinge on personality traits. Read study .
  

• 💊  MDMA vs. Depression — MDMA significantly reduced major depressive disorder symptoms in trials. More here .
  

• 🌱  Oregon’s Psilocybin Equity — Psilocybin therapy helped low-income residents battle depression. Read here .

POLICY 🏛️

• 🗺️ Minnesota’s Psychedelic Blueprint — State task force releases recommendations for psychedelic policy. See report .
  

• 🍂  Arizona Joins Ibogaine Push — Arizona partners with Texas to fund trials for veterans and first responders. Read more .

BUSINESS 📈

• 📊  MindMed’s Winning Quarter — Strong Q2 performance and clinical expansion. Full details .

CULTURE 🎭

• 🤠  Rick Perry’s Psychedelic Pivot — From Texas governor to ibogaine advocate. Read feature .
  

• 🏅  Athletes on the Medicine Path — Film spotlights pro athletes’ psychedelic healing journeys. Watch here .
  

• 🎙️ Dr.   Matthew Johnson Talks Psychedelics — One of the OG 21st Century researchers shares insights on the Danny Jones Podcast. Watch now .

🌈 Main Features

1. 📊 10 Million Trips: Psychedelic Use in America Hits Record Numbers

The U.S. federal government survey reports that 10 million Americans used psychedelics in 2024 - a new high in more ways than one. From psilocybin to MDMA, the numbers reflect a major cultural shift as psychedelic conversations move from fringe retreats to dinner table debates. And to be honest, this is only the number of reported users. It’s a safe bet to assume that number is higher because, let’s be honest, not many people want to brag to the feds about the mushrooms they found behind their cousin’s barn.

This isn’t just a youth movement, either. Adults across age brackets are exploring psychedelics for everything from mental health to creativity. While legal frameworks lag far behind, the data paints a clear picture: the psychedelic renaissance isn’t coming - it’s already here.

👉 See the full report

2. 🌐  Influencers of the Inner Realms

Dennis Walker’s latest for High Times highlights the rise of psychedelic influencers - content creators blending education, advocacy, and memes into a new cultural wave. From harm reduction TikToks to podcast deep-dives, these voices are shaping public perception faster than policymakers can book their first ayahuasca retreat.

He also gave our team a very kind shoutout (thanks, Dennis!) while making a broader point: in a space with so much misinformation, credible and creative voices are vital. This is more than just “influencing” - it’s cultural stewardship with a splash of psychedelia.

👉 Read the feature

💡 Honorable Mention

🌸  Why Do We See Fractals When Tripping?

Our recent Instagram deep-dive into psychedelic visuals sparked a kaleidoscopic conversation. From brain wiring to nature’s math, here’s why your trip sometimes looks like a Mandelbrot screensaver.

👉 See the post

🎁 Psychedelic Utility Belt

• 🍄  Mushroom Media Hub — You can never have too much Dennis Walker in your newsletter. His latest creation is a global, niche news site covering all things fungi - from cultivation to culture. Support Mycopreneur
  

• 🎟️ Show-Me the Psychedelics — The Psychedelic Freedom Conference is bringing the movement to Missouri. Turns out the “Show-Me State” wants to see more than just barbecue. Get details

👋 Signoff

Every movement worth anything has two speeds: glacial and lightning . And psychedelics are somehow doing both at once.

Culture shifts in a heartbeat; laws shift in slow motion. In between is where we live: the liminal space, the awkward middle, the place where change is still small enough to be ignored and big enough to scare the hell out of the people in charge.

That’s our terrain. The trick is to keep your curiosity sharper than your cynicism, to meet the absurdity of the world without letting it shrink you. Stay grounded, stay generous, and keep pushing the conversation past where it’s comfortable.

See you on the edge!

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