Psychedelic researchers confront the hard questions as medical research expedited

By: Isiah Holmes

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: May 18, 2026

Words: 2,291

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

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To understand psychedelics — those powerful and cryptic agents of the mind — scientists are exploring uncharted landscapes. “We don’t yet really know why psilocybin or other psychedelic drugs seem to have the effects that they do,” Professor Paul Hutson, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Transdisciplinary Center for Research in Psychoactive Substances, told the Wisconsin Examiner. “We don’t know to what extent the magnitude or the type of psychedelic experience, altered state of consciousness, …

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