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January 2026 Psychedelic Bill Round-up

January 30, 2026

A state-by-state and federal review of psychedelics-related bills introduced or advanced in January 2026, including pilot programs, trigger laws, and research programs.

Op-Ed: From Psychedelic Prohibition to Psychedelic Public Health

January 26, 2026

Missi Wooldridge, Heather Kuiper, Doris Payer, and Logina Mostafa argue that public health has been largely missing from this rapidly evolving landscape, and that 2025 marked an inflection point for “psychedelic public health” as an emerging field.

Pα+ Psychedelic Bulletin #218: FDA’s Farchione Says Psychedelic INDs Are “a Third” of Her Workload; Ipsos/Psychedelic Alpha Poll; Reunion Eyes Single Phase 3 in PPD; America’s 10 Million Microdosers

January 22, 2026

FDA’s Farchione Says Psychedelic INDs Now “a Third” of Her Workload; NIDA’s Volkow Questions Schedule I Placement • Ipsos/Psychedelic Alpha Poll Probes Americans’ Attitudes Towards Psychedelics • RAND Estimates 10 Million U.S. Adults Microdosed Last Year • Reunion Targets Single Phase 3 Path in PPD; Releases Additional Phase 2 Data • MindMed Rebrands to Definium, Launches LSD Education Push • Interview: Independent Psychedelic Evidence Assessment Working Group • New Jersey Governor Signs $6M Psilocybin Pilot Program Into Law • and more…

Psychedelic Funding, Public Markets, and M&A in 2025

January 20, 2026

We have tracked every investment for the past ten years. Each year, we provide a review of the previous year’s psychedelics fundraising activity, public markets, and M&A. Here, we explore Q4 and full year 2025 via data visualisation and commentary.

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The Library

Through our years of reporting we have covered many of the topics we believe to be important to the present and future of the psychedelics space, broadly defined. However, much of this commentary is scattered across Bulletins, deep dives, special reports and year-end reviews.

The Library provides digestible explainers on salient topics across psychedelic drug development, policy and business: from basic explainers such as “what is psychedelic-assisted therapy?” through to more complex matters such as REMS programs and bifurcated scheduling.

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Pα+ Library: Bifurcated Scheduling

December 6, 2023

Pα+ Library: we introduce some of the key concepts in the matter of bifurcated scheduling; a process by which an approved drug product may be placed in a different schedule to the substance itself. As we discuss in this piece, this could have significant repercussions for psychedelic research, legality, and even taxes.

Pα+ Library: Psychedelic REMS

November 15, 2023

Pα+ Library: we sketch out what a psychedelic REMS might look like, highlighting how these programs could have an outsized impact on the post-approval delivery and accessibility of these treatments.

The Psychedelic Practitioner

The Psychedelic Practitioner by Psychedelic Alpha is a new publication designed specifically for therapists, clinicians, facilitators, and other professionals working with—or preparing to work with—psychedelic therapies and related treatments.

The Psychedelic Practitioner Issue 2: Preparation

December 11, 2025

The Psychedelic Practitioner by Psychedelic Alpha is a new publication designed specifically for therapists, clinicians, facilitators, and other professionals working with—or preparing to work with—psychedelic therapies and related treatments. In this Issue, we take a deep dive into the science and practice of psychedelic preparation through interviews, research reviews, and practitioner perspectives.

The Psychedelic Practitioner: Issue 1

October 9, 2025

The Psychedelic Practitioner by Psychedelic Alpha is a new publication designed specifically for therapists, clinicians, facilitators, and other professionals working with—or preparing to work with—psychedelic therapies and related treatments.

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