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APRIL 30th, 2025 [MICHIGAN]: In a world growing more curious about the potential benefits and risks of psychedelic substances, a new survey aims to hear directly from consumers across the world. 

The Global Psychedelic Survey (GPS) 2025, launched by the University of Michigan Medical School’s Michigan Psychedelic Center, invites psychedelic consumers worldwide to share their unique experiences, offering insights into how psychedelics are currently used — and their potential for future use. 

The survey will run from May 1-16 and is open to adults 21 and older who have consumed a psychedelic substance. It will be available in 18 languages.

“The personal experiences of those who have consumed psychedelic substances are critical to enhancing our understanding of the health effects of psychedelic use,” said Jacob Aday, PhD, a principal investigator of the project. “Hearing real-world experiences from the community adds a rich layer to the clinical trials and laboratory science of psychedelic research.”  

The survey includes questions about self-reported therapeutic benefits, acute and longer term challenges and harms, Indigenous uses and perspectives, and a number of other topics of academic and community interest. 

GPS 2025 builds on earlier work that sought to engage community-based voices — including the Global Psychedelic Survey 2023 and the Canadian Psychedelic Survey 2022 — while broadening access to participants. However, this marks the first time the survey will be offered in languages other than English.

“The use of psychedelics can vary from region to region, culture to culture, and from one person to the next,” said Philippe Lucas, PhD, a principal investigator of the project. “To be able to conduct a survey of this magnitude and to thereby hear from people across various cultures and backgrounds will provide an unprecedented resource for researchers, policy makers, the psychedelic community and the general public, and may inform future policy development and research priorities.” 

More than 20 NGOs will help distribute the survey to their communities, including the OPEN Foundation, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), ICEERS, Chacruna, PsychedeliCare, PAREA, and the Global Psychedelic Society. Additionally, more than 70 international researchers and community members contributed to the survey design.

Participants can access the survey starting May 1 at . For further details about GPS 2025, including a list of collaborators, past research and privacy-related measures to ensure participant confidentiality, please visit .