by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Feb 8, 2020 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Depression
While psychedelic drugs such as LSD, psilocybin, and DMT are most commonly associated with recreational highs and headtrips, a groundswell of academic opinion suggests that the substances could be utilized to serve a raft of therapeutic benefits as well. In Australia,...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Feb 8, 2020 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Anxiety
As more people become interested in trying psychedelics, spa-like retreats are popping up all over the world. Should people with mental health issues feel safe trying them? On a Saturday afternoon last year, I sat in a 100-year-old renovated church in Zandvoort, a...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Feb 8, 2020 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Depression
Does microdosing actually do anything, or is it a posh urban myth? A research team in New Zealand is about to find out in the world’s first randomized, controlled clinical trial. LSD has largely been ignored while the world gushes over legal weed and...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Feb 8, 2020 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder
The movement to decriminalize psychedelics has spread so rapidly this year that it can be hard to keep track. But Decriminalize Nature, the group coordinating many of these initiatives, is up to the task. The group recently shared a map with the most up-to-date...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Feb 8, 2020 | Addiction, Alcoholism
Santa Cruz voted on Tuesday to decriminalize “magic mushrooms” and other natural psychedelics, making it the third city in the US to take such a step. (CNN)The city of Santa Cruz, California, has become the latest city to decriminalize “magic...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Nov 24, 2019 | Addiction
Scientists from the Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Unit are commencing a landmark human clinical trial to explore the effects of psilocybin in persons with chronic anorexia nervosa (AN). The new trial adds to a growing body of evidence finding psychedelic...
