Topic
Psychedelics
90 published works
Bill of Health
Event Recap: Toward Psychedelics Access: Go Faster or Slower?
By Erin Lynch
Events Event Recap: Toward Psychedelics Access: Go Faster or Slower? “We’re framing today as a relatively simple debate — perhaps an overly simple one,” began I. Glenn Cohen, Deputy Dean…
Bill of Health
LSD Gospel, Christmas Tidings, and the FDA during the Psychedelic Sixties
By Erin Lynch
Psychedelics LSD Gospel, Christmas Tidings, and the FDA during the Psychedelic Sixties Academics and enthusiasts alike often consider the 1960s a “psychedelics golden age” of access, research, and culture. Published…
Bill of Health
Darśana: A More Inclusive Spiritual Framework
By Erin Lynch
Psychedelics Darśana: A More Inclusive Spiritual Framework The legal category of “religion,” rooted in a Euro-Christian episteme, has outlived its usefulness as a universal category. Published November 29, 2025 Author Deepak…
Bill of Health
What a Psychedelic Church Reveals about Religion and the Law
By Erin Lynch
Psychedelics What a Psychedelic Church Reveals about Religion and the Law On Nov. 11, 2024, Bridger Lee Jensen stepped out of his church, Singularism, and was surrounded by police. They detained him,…
Budding Trends
Makary Says Psychedelics Are Maybe Okay, M’Kay?
By Hillary Campbell, Whitt Steineker
Drugs are bad, m’kay. But what if they’re not? Psilocybin continues to be in the limelight for its potential medicinal uses, including most particularly its potential to combat the nation’s…
Budding Trends
Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Doctor Seeking to Use Mushrooms to Aide Terminal Patients: How We Learned to Question the Rationale of the Controlled Substances Act
By Hillary Campbell, Whitt Steineker
It’s funny how things work out – sometimes you find yourself living in a sort of butterfly effect where the tail seems to wag the dog. In 2023, when we…
Chicago Criminal Law Blog
FDA Approves Clinical Trial for AI Discovered Psychedelic
FDA Gives Early-Stage Approval for Psychedelic Used to Treat Mental Health Issues Psychedelics are enjoying a surge of interest from pharmaceutical companies looking to explore their potential for treatment of…
Religion Clause
DC Circuit: No Tax-Exempt Status for Church Promoting Psychedelics Unless It Has Received DEA or Judicial Exemption
In Iowaska Church of Healing v. Werfel, (DC Cir., June 21, 2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the IRS's denial of tax-exempt status to…
Budding Trends
MDMA DOA at FDA Advisory Committee
By Hillary Campbell, Whitt Steineker
Avid readers know we have speculated that the legalization of psychedelics as a prescription medicine was “closer than ever.” Unfortunately, for proponents of the legalization of psychedelics like MDMA, progress…
Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform
Student presentation examines psychedelics as the next fronteir of drug policy reform
It's opening day for the MLB, but we are mid-season for my Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform seminar as students continue their "take over" of my class through presentations on…