by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Apr 17, 2018 | Depression
Ketamine has “shown promise” in the rapid treatment of major depression and suicidal thoughts, a US study says. Ketamine has a reputation as a party drug but is licensed as an anaesthetic. The study found use of the drug via a nasal spray led to...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Apr 10, 2018 | Pain
Joel Brown says that he didn’t know a lot about pot’s properties before he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma cancer in 2014. “But when you’re facing death, you want to really become part of the treatment and figure out what’s going on,” he says. “So I started...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Apr 9, 2018 | Addiction
Researchers at the Imperial College of London have for the first time mapped the effects of LSD on the brain using fMRI and other scans while patients were under the influence of the drug. The images show the remarkable neurological activity produced by the powerful...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Apr 3, 2018 | Alcoholism
Colorado residents voted for the legalization of cannabis back in November 2012, becoming one of the first states in the country to legalize the plant for recreational use and sale. Now there is an effort there to decriminalize psilocybin, the active psychoactive...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Apr 2, 2018 | Pain, Parkinson's Disease
House lawmakers have introduced legislation that would make it easier for veterans to get medical marijuana in states where that is legal. The Veterans Equal Access bill, sponsored by Reps. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., and Earl Blumenaur, D-Ore., would allow Veterans...
