Psychedelic Science Articles | Research & Studies

Psychedelics sharply distort time perception during a trip, but the lasting brain rewiring they trigger can reshape a person's relationship with time long afterwards, helping them escape the stuck, past- or future-fixated temporality of depression, anxiety, and trauma.

Psychedelics and the Phenomenology of Time After the Trip

David Blackbourn - 09/30/2026

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Psychedelics like psilocybin and LSD disrupt sleep in the short term, mainly by delaying and reducing REM. But by treating underlying causes such as trauma, depression, and anxiety, they may improve sleep in the long run.

Psychedelics and Sleep

David Blackbourn - 09/27/2026

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Britain's private medical cannabis clinics are aggressively marketing the drug for mental health conditions that the evidence doesn't support.

Britain's Cannabis Gold Rush - Part One: The Evidence Gap

Britain's private medical cannabis clinics are aggressively marketing the drug for mental health conditions that the evidence doesn't support.

Ed Prideaux - 09/21/2026

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Part two of this investigation explores how Britain's private ketamine clinics operate with questionable testimonial practices, inconsistent safety and GP-liaison standards, unclear home-dosing arrangements, and no single regulator overseeing the whole pathway.

Are Britain's Ketamine Clinics in Need of Regulation? Part Two: Delivery, Testimonials, and Regulation

Ed Prideaux - 09/18/2026

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This investigation into Britain's roughly fifteen private ketamine clinics finds that their marketing claims about efficacy, safety, and prescriber credentials often outrun the evidence. Several declined to answer questions about safeguards.

Are Britain's Ketamine Clinics in Need of Regulation? Part One: The Claims

Ed Prideaux - 09/15/2026