In an emergency
- 911. Call if someone collapses, has a seizure, has trouble breathing or can't be woken up.
- Poison Control, 1-800-222-1222. Free, confidential and answered 24 hours a day. Call right away if a wild mushroom may have been eaten or a child ate any mushroom product. An online tool, webPOISONCONTROL, is also available, but for mushrooms Poison Control advises using it only when an expert has already identified the species; otherwise, call. poison.org
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Call or text 988, or chat online, 24 hours a day. 988lifeline.org
Support lines
- Fireside Project. A free psychedelic peer support line for people during or after a psychedelic experience. Call or text 62-FIRESIDE (623-473-7433), 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Pacific, every day. It isn't a crisis line and directs emergencies to 911 and 988.
- SAMHSA National Helpline. Free, confidential treatment referral and information about substance use, 24/7, in English and Spanish: 1-800-662-4357.
Harm reduction and drug information
- DanceSafe. A nonprofit offering harm-reduction education and drug-checking kits.
- TripSit. Harm-reduction information and a widely used drug combinations chart. It's a community resource, not clinical guidance.
- National Institute on Drug Abuse. The U.S. government's research overview of psilocybin.
- European Union Drugs Agency. A drug profile of hallucinogenic mushrooms covering chemistry, effects and law in Europe.
- Alcohol and Drug Foundation. A plain-language Australian fact sheet on psilocybin's effects and risks.
- Erowid. A long-running library of drug information, history and first-person reports. Useful for history; check claims against primary sources.
- PsychonautWiki. A community-edited reference. Treat it as a starting point, not an authority.
Research centers
- Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research
- Imperial College London, Centre for Psychedelic Research
- NYU Langone Health, Center for Psychedelic Medicine
- UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
- UCSF Translational Psychedelic Research Program
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for the Neuroscience of Psychedelics
- King's College London, Psychoactive Trials Group
- Emory Center for Psychedelics and Spirituality
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Transdisciplinary Center for Research in Psychoactive Substances
Nonprofit research sponsors
- Usona Institute. A Madison, Wisconsin nonprofit developing psilocybin for major depression.
- Heffter Research Institute. Funds psilocybin and psychedelic research.
- Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). A research and policy nonprofit that also publishes quarterly roundups of state legislation.
Official programs and trackers
- Oregon Psilocybin Services. The Oregon Health Authority's program pages, including licensed service centers and data reports.
- Colorado Natural Medicine Division. Licensing and a weekly-updated count of healing centers and other licenses.
- New Mexico Medical Psilocybin Program. The state health department's program page and rulemaking notices.
- ClinicalTrials.gov. The federal registry of clinical trials. Search for "psilocybin" to find studies that are recruiting.
- UC Berkeley Law and Policy Map. A tracker of state and local psychedelic legislation.
Our own summaries: the legal status map, the research tracker and the safety guide.