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Wounds of War
Osama Bin Laden’s Enduring Legacy
Jul 26, 2024 U.S. troops are still haunted by the lingering demons of the war on terror.
Health & Wellness
California Debates Legalization of Psychedelics
May 14, 2024 A new bill would require the state to begin accepting facilitator license applications in April 2026.
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Building Better Killing Machines — With Ecstasy!
Mar 21, 2024 Rick Doblin, the pioneer of MDMA therapy, advocates for dosing soldiers upon enlistment.
Military
The VA Is Failing Veterans on Mental Health
Jan 10, 2024 A ProPublica analysis of 313 studies conducted by the agency’s inspector general in recent years shows repeated failures in behavioral care. The breakdowns have had fatal consequences.
Health & Wellness
Wildfires Are Taking a Toll on Rural America’s Mental Health
Jan 8, 2024 Besides physical effects, wildfire smoke can create economic anxiety, isolation, and despair.
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Part II: Who’s Researching the Researchers?
Mar 23, 2023 This is the concluding feature story in the multi-part Dig series, “The Ecstasy of Agony,” investigating the politics of psychedelic research and its commercialization, with a focus on the historic and present-day links between psychedelia and the military. The first feature explored how veterans were deployed by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies' (MAPS) as public relations mascots to gain public sympathy for psychedelic pharmaceutical agendas. This piece delves deeper into the lived experiences of veterans recruited by MAPS and explores allegations of manipulation tactics on the part of MAPS and its researchers — allegations that raise serious questions about MAPS' methods and relationships with veterans over the last decade.
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The Psychedelic Renaissance and the Military
Feb 17, 2023 The video and full transcript from Truthdig's recent livestream event featuring a discussion between Psymposia co-founder, Brian Normand, and Dig curator, Russell Hausfeld.
Editorial Cartoons
Mass Shooting Punishment
Nov 30, 2022
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MAPS advances its agenda to treat active-duty soldiers with psychedelics
Nov 10, 2022
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Part I: A Long Strange Loop
Nov 1, 2022 The emergence of veterans and active duty soldiers as the face of psychedelic research is the result of a controversial political strategy.
