The Microdose
The Microdose, jane c. hu, Chloe Garcia Roberts, Robin Berghaus, Michael Pollan, Anna Marie Yanny, Shayla LoveAn independent journalism newsletter supported by the U.C. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
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Do psychedelics lead to major life changes? 5 Questions with health behaviorist Nic Carlisle
An often-shared piece of advice is to not make a huge life change immediately after a psychedelic experience. In the afterglow of a trip, it might be tempting to quit your job or move cities. It’s better to process the experience first, rat...
Psilocybin changes people’s brains after their first trip; Anthropologists share first evidence of traditional psilocybin use outside of the Americas
Happy Friday and welcome back to The Microdose, an independent journalism newsletter brought to you by the U.C. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics.
Psilocybin changes people’s brains after their first trip, a new study led by...
Do psychedelics create a shared reality? 5 Questions with health psychologist Talea Cornelius
During the pandemic, Talea Cornelius, a health psychologist at Columbia University, read The Hidden Lives of Trees, a book about the invisible ways that trees are connected to each other through underground root and mycelium networks. It re...
FDA issues priority vouchers for psychedelics developers Compass Pathways, Usona Institute, and Transcend Therapeutics
At the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, psychedelics advocates were hopeful his administration would take swift action to advance psychedelic medicalization. His appointees from Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert...
What do police think about psychedelic therapy? 5 Questions for psychologist Alexandra Hopkins
Last week, when President Donald Trump signed an executive order focused on accelerating psychedelic access and research, he said at the press conference, “It’s for a lot of people, but it’s for our military in particular.”
Many researcher...
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Chloe Garcia Roberts is a poet and translator from the Spanish and Chinese. She is the author most recently of Fire Eater: A Translator’s Theology. She works as deputy editor of Harvard Review and teaches poetry at MIT.
Robin writes and produces feature articles, documentaries, and podcasts on advances in science, health, medicine, and technology.
Author, Professor at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, and co-founder of the Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
I'm a neuroscience researcher turned science journalist.
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