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Team publishes largest-ever dataset on real-world psychedelic support interactions (opens in a new tab)

medicalxpress.com · 2026-10-30

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Claim 1 of 7Not checked"The Fireside Database: Large-Scale Evidence from 25,419 Psychedelic Support Interactions," published in Science Advances, provides researchers and policymakers with an empirical window into psychedelic use and support outside clinical settings.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 2 of 7Not checkedThe study analyzes 25,419 interactions with Fireside Project's Psychedelic Support Line conducted by 220 trained peer supporters between April 2021 and February 2026, along with 2,777 post-interaction satisfaction surveys.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 3 of 7Not checkedPsilocybin was the most commonly reported substance, appearing in 59.9% of substance-coded interactions.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 4 of 7Not checkedCannabis accounted for 12.8% and generated the highest pooled distress rate, although the authors found this was largely explained by cannabis users being more likely to contact Fireside while actively intoxicated; within comparable call types, distress rates did not differ significantly among major substances.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 5 of 7Not checkedWhether someone sought help during or after an experience was more predictive of distress than which substance they reported, suggesting implications for crisis-support and harm-reduction training across multiple drug categories.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 6 of 7Not checkedForty-three interactions were classified as reports of facilitator abuse, and these reports were disproportionately associated with ceremonial settings and plant medicines; Fireside did not independently investigate or verify individual reports.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 7 of 7Not checkedThe authors emphasize that the database represents people who chose to contact a support line, not a representative sample of all psychedelic or cannabis users, so the distress rates should not be interpreted as population-level drug risk.View evidenceHide evidence

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Lifetime classic psychedelic use is associated with greater psychological distress in unemployed job seekers

Journal of Psychedelic Studies · 2023 · Crossref

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