by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Feb 2, 2022 | Bipolar Disorder, LSD, MDMA Sassafras Molly, OCD, Pain, Psilocybin Magic Mushroom
On 5 May 1953 the novelist Aldous Huxley dissolved four-tenths of a gram of mescaline in a glass of water, drank it, then sat back and waited for the drug to take effect. Huxley consumed the drug in his California home under the direct supervision of psychiatrist...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jan 14, 2022 | LSD, MDMA Sassafras Molly, Microdosing, Neuropathy, NN-Dimethyltryptamine, OCD, Pain, Parkinson's Disease
Another myth being commercialized is that psychedelic drugs will make you a peaceful, righteous human. The notion that the world’s problems would be solved if more people took entheogens is a hallucination in and of itself. However, there are countless examples of...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jan 13, 2022 | CBC, Cluster Headaches, DMT, Iboga, Kambo, LSD, MDMA Sassafras Molly, Neuropathy, OCD, Parkinson's Disease
Basic and clinical studies demonstrate that depression is associated with reduced size of brain regions that regulate mood and cognition, including the prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus, and decreased neuronal synapses in these areas. Antidepressants can block or...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jan 13, 2022 | Chronic Pain, Depression, Iboga, Kambo, LSD, MDMA Sassafras Molly, Pain, Parkinson's Disease
Perhaps one of the most important psychedelic science articles published in 2021 came when psychopharmacologist Suresh Muthukumaraswamy and colleagues Anna Forsythe and Thomas Lumley called out the big elephant in the room of psychedelic clinical trials. The...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jan 13, 2022 | Iboga, MDMA Sassafras Molly, Neuropathy, OCD, Parkinson's Disease, Psilocybin Magic Mushroom, San Pedro Mescaline
The latest research into psilocybin therapy as a treatment for tobacco addiction has yielded promising results. Johns Hopkins Medicine was awarded a US$4-million grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to further clinical research investigating...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jan 13, 2022 | Cannabis Marijuana, Iboga, Kambo, MDMA Sassafras Molly, Microdosing, OCD
One of the most iconic, possibly apocryphal, drug stories of the 20th century is the tale of Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis throwing a no-hitter while tripping on LSD in 1970. Ellis recounted his story in great detail to NPR shortly before his death, and the...
