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Around the world there is a rapidly growing body of scientific evidence suggesting that psychedelic drugs are safe and highly effective when used under medical supervision. Why did promising [...]

Nigel Strauss and Paul Liknaitzky contend that, at least initially, all training should take place within clinical trials overseen by experienced international clinicians and be limited to [...]

People who use drugs understand drugs and drug use in ways that are often different to the way knowledge of drug use is constructed within the dominant medico-legal discourse. Their experiences [...]

There’s a landmark project underway in Melbourne to find out whether psilocybin – the hallucinogenic compound in magic mushrooms – can be used to improve end-of-life [...]

PRISM President Dr Martin Williams talks with ABC Radio’s Beyond the Lab about the Psychedelic Renaissance.

Dr Martin Williams, president of Psychedelic Research in Science & Medicine talks on ABC Radio Alice Springs

MDMA — more commonly known as ecstasy — is one step closer to becoming a legal form of treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the United States.

A recent review in Pharmacological Reviews highlights that over the last decade, a renaissance has occurred in psychedelic drug research

When Martin Williams’ research plan was first rejected by an ethics committee in 2012, he understood why. The medicinal chemistry researcher could see some valid sticking points.

Click here to listen: https://soundcloud.com/enpsychedelia/the-psychedelic-inquirer-prism-interview

In April 2014 PRISM’s President Martin Williams and Vice President Stephen Bright were invited to join a panel discussion at the Melbourne screening of Neurons to Nirvana,

If you’ve taken MDMA (usually the active ingredient in ecstasy) you’ll know the euphoria and hugging and evangelical sense of “if everyone tried this, we could save the WORLD.

Martin Williams from PRISM talks to The Feed at SBS TV: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is often a symptom of prolonged violence, sexual abuse, wars, and serious accidents.

By PRISM President Martin Williams PhD

PRISM will be presenting a panel discussion at the 2013 Australian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Scientific Conference 24-27 November in Brisbane.