November 26, 2019
Cannabis and pain: New findings on headaches add a piece to the puzzle
Despite long-standing anecdotal reports suggesting cannabis is an effective pain-relieving drug, the medical research community…
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Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Therapy by FDA
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted psilocybin therapy a Breakthrough Therapy designation…
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November 25, 2019
What Are the Medicinal and Spiritual Benefits of Psilocybin Mushrooms?
Psilocybin cubensis, a psychedelic species of fungi commonly known as “magic mushrooms,” has been part…
Read More November 25, 2019
Kicking the Habit: Psilocybin Mushrooms Proven to Help Long-Term Smokers Quit
We’ve come a long way from doctors endorsing cigarettes and authority figures saying that nicotine…
Read More November 25, 2019
Can Cannabis Prevent Dyskinesia in Long-Term Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease?
In 1970, Oliver Sacks wrote five letters to various medical journals in the U.S. expressing his concern…
Read More November 25, 2019
Ending the Obsession: Psilocybin Found to Effectively Treat Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder, also known as OCD, is a subversive and hard-to-treat condition that in extreme…
Read More November 25, 2019
How Cannabis Helps People with Peripheral Neuropathy Manage Pain and Get Back on Their Feet
I was recently reading through the comment section on a University of Glasgow study that indicated that…
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November 25, 2019
Psychedelic Treatments for Cluster Headaches
Most of the time when we think about how psychedelics can help people, we think…
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November 25, 2019
CBD Oil for Depression, Schizophrenia, ADHD, PTSD, Anxiety, Bipolar & More
You can extract more than 70 different components from a marijuana plant, technically known as cannabis…
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November 25, 2019
Active Ingredient in Shrooms Could ‘Reset’ Brains of Depressed People
Psilocybin, the psychoactive compound found naturally in "magic mushrooms," has shown promising results in treating anxiety…
Read More November 24, 2019
MDMA-Assisted Therapy Shows Promise as Treatment for Alcohol Addiction
Supplementing psychotherapy with small doses of MDMA could be an effective strategy to prevent relapses…
Read More November 24, 2019
World-first trial investigating psilocybin psychotherapy for anorexia commencing in US
Scientists from the Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Unit are commencing a landmark human clinical trial…
Read More November 24, 2019
DARPA attempting to remove hallucinatory “side effects” from psychedelic medicines
Scientists from the Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Unit are commencing a landmark human clinical trial…
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November 24, 2019
A Detox Drug Promises Miracles—If It Doesn’t Kill You First
The heavy hallucinogen ibogaine is illegal in the US, but some addicts are flocking to…
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September 9, 2019
Johns Hopkins Opens New Center for Psychedelic Research
The research center, with $17 million from donors, aims to give “psychedelic medicine” a long-sought foothold in the…
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August 2, 2019
The Future of Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy
Psychedelics Take the TED Talk Stage for the First Time Preparing for this talk has…
Read More August 1, 2019
People Are Hungry for Shroom Legalization, and the Money to Fund It Is Growing
A lobbying group called "SPORE." A "psychedelic caucus" in Congress that includes AOC. And lots…
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July 2, 2019
Party Drug or Breakthrough Treatment? Israel Approves Compassionate Use of MDMA to Treat PTSD
Recreational use of MDMA, also known as ecstasy, is forbidden in Israel where the drug…
Read More July 2, 2019
New insights into how a mammalian brain naturally produces psychedelic DMT
A compelling new study has revealed how a mammalian brain can produce an incredibly powerful…
Read More June 27, 2019
If Everyone Tripped on Psychedelics, We’d Do More About Climate Change
Scientists are looking into what psychedelics do to inspire people to act pro-environmentally. fter taking…
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June 11, 2019
The Heady, Thorny Journey to Decriminalize Magic Mushrooms
IN AN AIRY Denver café populated almost entirely by young people staring at laptops, Travis Tyler…
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June 5, 2019
Oakland decriminalizes shrooms and other natural psychedelics
The Oakland City Council passed a resolution Tuesday night that decriminalizes certain natural psychedelics, including…
Read More May 23, 2019
Psychedelic Medicine 101: LSD and psilocybin vs alcoholism
A newly published study examining the use of psychedelics in non-clinical settings to treat alcoholism…
Read More March 19, 2019
Short-acting psychedelic offers promising new treatment pathway for depression and anxiety
A new survey into the anti-depressant qualities of a short-acting psychedelic has reported extraordinarily positive…
Read More February 13, 2019
Ketamine-inspired nasal spray for depression on cusp of landmark FDA approval
A new nasal spray for depression, utilizing a novel drug called esketamine, has passed the…
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F.D.A. Panel Recommends New Depression Treatment
The active ingredients of ketamine, a popular club drug, show promise in battling deep despair.…
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February 8, 2019
The Future of Psychedelics, As Explained by Michael Pollan
Trying to figure out what to put in our bodies to make them healthier is…
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February 8, 2019
Brazil Is Giving Ayahuasca To Prison Inmates On Their Path To Redemption
In a quest to ease pressures on the Brazilian prison system, mental health workers have…
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Inside the push to legalize Magic Mushrooms for depression and PTSD
WHEN TODD’S PSYCHIATRIST suggested he start taking psychedelics, he figured it was a joke. IT…
Read More January 7, 2019
Campaign to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms in Denver says it has enough signatures to make the ballot
Denver for Psilocybin said it will turn in more than 8,000 ballot signatures following a…
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December 31, 2018
Investors and entrepreneurs need to address the mental health crisis in startups
Colin Kroll, was the co-founder of Vine and HQ Trivia, both consumer sensations that brought…
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December 26, 2018
The Science of the Psychedelic Renaissance
Three new books suggest that psychedelic drugs did not necessarily have the power to rewrite…
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December 26, 2018
LSD and magic mushrooms could heal damaged brain cells in people suffering from depression, study shows
Psychedelic drugs like LSD and ecstasy ingredient MDMA have been shown to stimulate the growth…
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December 26, 2018
A Single Dose of 5-MeO-DMT Stimulates Cell Proliferation, Neuronal Survivability, Morphological and Functional Changes in Adult Mice Ventral Dentate Gyrus
The subgranular zone (SGZ) of dentate gyrus (DG) is one of the few regions in…
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December 26, 2018
Reclassification recommendations for drug in ‘magic mushrooms’
If phase III clinical trials are successful, researchers suggest categorizing the drug as schedule IV…
Read More December 26, 2018
Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Closer to Medicinal Use (It’s Not Just Your Imagination)
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have suggested that psilocybin, which is found in hallucinogenic mushrooms,…
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December 26, 2018
How LSD Changes Perception
Researchers report LSD triggers a reduction in functional connection between areas of the brain that…
Read More December 26, 2018
Can tiny doses of magic mushrooms unlock creativity?
Preliminary study suggests that 'microdoses' of psychedelics may enhance a person's creative problem solving abilities…
Read More November 20, 2018
MDMA promotes cooperative behavior but only with trustworthy people
Commonly referred to as ecstasy or molly, MDMA is anecdotally known to make people more…
Read More November 2, 2018
MDMA therapy achieves astounding 76% success rate for treating PTSD
Newly published results from a Phase 2 clinical trial into the efficacy of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy…
Read More November 1, 2018
For $1,000, These ‘Sitters’ Will Save You from a Bad Acid Trip
Yes, being a professional trip sitter is actually a job. Before getting on a plane,…
Read More November 1, 2018
ketamine’s antidepressant effects
Breakthrough study finds new mechanism explaining ketamine's antidepressant effects A team at the University of…
Read More November 1, 2018
Psychedelic Medicine 101: DMT and the near-death experience
A new study from Imperial College London has found significant overlap between the experiences reported…
Read More November 1, 2018
Brain scans highlight a hidden, “higher” state of consciousness
Reaching a higher state of consciousness is a concept you're more likely to hear a…
Read More November 1, 2018
Psilocybin therapy
Psychedelic psilocybin therapy for depression granted Breakthrough Therapy status by FDA In an extraordinary step…
Read More September 21, 2018
Groundbreaking trial finds MDMA reduces social anxiety in autistic adults
As final trials move to establish MDMA-assisted psychotherapy as a legal and legitimate clinical treatment, a new…
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September 21, 2018
Scientists Gave MDMA to Octopuses—and What Happened Was Profound
When humans take the drug MDMA, versions of which are known as molly or ecstasy,…
Read More September 1, 2018
How and Why Silicon Valley Gets High
Everyone’s hoping a little LSD can lead them to the next billion-dollar idea. Over the…
Read More September 1, 2018
Scientists Are Starting to Test Claims about “Microdosing”
Dennis van der Meijden isn’t aiming to see the face of God, feel one with…
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September 1, 2018
FDA Approves Magic Mushrooms For Treating Depression
The Food and Drug Administration has taken an active role in approving new therapies to…
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