by SpiSafConf | Aug 2, 2018 | Anxiety
How do a few pounds of gray goo in our skulls create our conscious experience—the blue of the sky, the tweet of the birds? Few questions are so profound and important—or so hard. We are still very far from an answer. But we are learning more about what scientists call...
by SpiSafConf | Mar 14, 2018 | Cluster Headaches
Scientists are beginning to unravel the mechanisms behind the therapeutic effects of psychedelic drugs. Lying in a room at Imperial College London, surrounded by low lighting and music, Kirk experienced a vivid recollection of visiting his sick mother before she...
by SpiSafConf | Mar 13, 2018 | Addiction, Anxiety
Every year on 4/20, marijuana enthusiasts light up in hopes of reaching a higher plane — miles above the dreary monotony of everyday reality. Achieving “higher consciousness,” however, has always been more of a feeling than a fact, as scientists have never been able...
by SpiSafConf | Mar 1, 2018 | Alcoholism
Roland Griffiths’ psilocybin experiments have produced striking evidence for therapeutic uses of hallucinogens Roland Griffiths first tried meditation as a grad student in the early 1970s. He lasted only a few weeks. He wanted to follow the directions, to quiet...
by SpiSafConf | Mar 1, 2018 | Addiction, Anxiety, Depression
NEW YORK (AP) — The psychedelic drug in “magic mushrooms” can quickly and effectively help treat anxiety and depression in cancer patients, an effect that may last for months, two small studies show. It worked for Dinah Bazer, who endured a terrifying hallucination...
