by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Nov 5, 2020 | Addiction
Anxiety and depression are common mental health conditions that negatively impact one’s quality of life and increase the risk for developing a variety of chronic physical ailments. Therapists have used various intervention methods to try and treat these conditions,...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jul 13, 2020 | Addiction
The Great Waxy tree frog from the arboreal regions of the upper Amazon seems, at first glance, to have leapt too far when found in the inner cities of Europe and America. Its use has spread widely since the investigative journalist Peter Gorman first brought it to the...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jun 12, 2020 | Addiction, Anxiety
People are coming down with a condition known as ‘wood-lovers paralysis’ after eating certain species of shrooms—and scientists don’t know why. Anecdotally, the issue seems most widespread in Australia, so we spoke with several users from the states...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jun 12, 2020 | Addiction, Anxiety
As magic mushrooms make the shift from recreational drug to mental health treatment, patients won’t be eating caps and stems, but a synthetic product made in a lab—one that can be patented and profited from. This article appears in VICE Magazine’s Means of...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Apr 30, 2020 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Ayahuasca, Bipolar Disorder, Kambo
This isn’t the psychedelic you remember from college. It isn’t an eight-hour marathon experience tripping through the woods like Alice. It’s fast-acting, short-duration — sometimes lasting as briefly as seven minutes — and is a rocket-ship ride into the center of the...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Apr 15, 2020 | Addiction
Decades after LSD and ecstasy were banned, therapists are tuning in again November 16, 1938, Albert Hofmann, a Swiss chemist working at Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, was attempting to create a stimulant when he synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) instead. The...
