2019 A new rat study from UC Davis is the first to show that microdosing could have beneficial effects on anxiety and depression. *** A study of the University of Maastricht (Netherland) reveals psychedelic psilocybin improves long-term creative thinking. *** Egypt rejects French wheat shipment due to high Ergot contamination. *** The first formal centre for psychedelic research in the world launches at Imperial College London. *** US-city of Denver issues the first bill in the nation that decriminalizes psilocybin mushrooms. *** An old rumor that says that the well-known LSD friend Buchla dipped his infamous ‘Red Panel‘-oscillators in LSD has now been confirmed. 45 minutes after technician Eliot Curtis of San Francisco’s KPIX-TV tried to repair a Buchla Model 100, removing a crystalline substance with his finger, the acid started working and sent him on a trip. *** After ergoalkaloids were discovered, Bavarian company recalls their rye flour because its consumption could lead to nausea, headaches, high blood pressure and in rare cases also to hallucinations. *** A herd of suckler cows, in the north-east of Scotland, suffer from ergot poisoning so that some cattle have to be killed. *** Extinction Rebellion co-founder Gail Bradbook was inspired to begin the climate change protest movement after taking psychedelic medicines. *** Proponent of LSD and author Richard Alpert aka Baba Ram Dass dies at the age of 88.