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A bonanza of new state psychedelics bills, including ones to fund ibogaine research and new trigger laws for synthetic psilocybin
Plus: A death and other troubles at ibogaine centers in Mexico, and MAPS releases policy guidebook
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Dreaming While Under: 5 Questions with anesthesiologist Harrison Shong-Wen Chow
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