by EmpathiCSubstanceS | May 28, 2018 | Addiction
Regular doses of acid have become the creativity enhancer of choice for some professionals Let’s call him “Ken.” Ken is 25, has a master’s degree from Stanford and works for a tech startup in San Francisco, doing a little bit of everything:...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | May 28, 2018 | Addiction
In 1938, the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, seeking a new drug to stimulate blood circulation, accidentally invented lysergic acid deithylamide, or LSD. Later, after inadvertently absorbing a minuscule quantity through his skin, he was obliged to stagger home and lie...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | May 28, 2018 | Addiction
Microdosing is hot. If you haven’t heard — but you probably have, from reports of its use at Silicon Valley workplaces, from Ayelet Waldman’s memoir “A Really Good Day,” from dozens of news stories — to microdose is to take small amounts of LSD, which generate...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | May 28, 2018 | Addiction
It’s difficult to turn on the radio or open a magazine at the moment without hearing about psychedelics. A quick skim of the headlines might suggest the drugs are imbued with medicinal superpowers and Silicon Valley is collectively on one long trip. There’s currently...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | May 25, 2018 | Addiction
The endgame for psychedelic drugs isn’t “microdosing Fridays.” It’s treating major mental illness. The idea of using psychedelic drugs to expand consciousness or disrupt negative patterns of thinking had a well-documented moment in the 1950s and 1960s. Now it’s having...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | May 17, 2018 | Addiction, Depression
For years, the field of mental health has been largely barren of meaningful treatment advances. But now, scientists have new hope in the least likely of places: psychedelic drugs. Recent research suggests that certain psychedelic substances can help relieve anxiety,...
