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Once taboo, psychedelics are making an enlightening medical comebackby Jennifer Bleyer / GSAS ’12On a spring day in 2010, “Sandra,” then a 63-year-old ice-skating instructor with short graying hair and an impish smile, received her diagnosis: ovarian cancer, stage 1C. The rock-hard tumor growing inside...

Brazil’s, CIENCIA  (SCIENCE) has again profiled the Heffter Research Institute, this time focusing on President, and co-founder, Dr. Dave Nichols. The article written by Dr. Cibele Ruas reports on  Dr. Nichols extensive research on psycho-active substances....

The Los Angeles Times on November 29, 2011 featured a very positive survey article on the status of hallucinogenic research and the changing  perceptions concerning these compounds in the medical community.  As the Times states, “Hallucinogens and other street drugs are increasingly being studied for legitimate therapeutic...

The Heffter Research Institute is honored to present its Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Stanislav Grof. The award was presented to Dr. Grof at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center in Joshua Tree, California on September 23, 2011 by Heffter Board Member, Dr. Charles Grob. Dr. Grof is one of...