July 13, 2020
DMT Makes You Believe in God
More than half of users of the “spirit molecule” told researchers they had started to…
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November 26, 2019
Cannabis and pain: New findings on headaches add a piece to the puzzle
Despite long-standing anecdotal reports suggesting cannabis is an effective pain-relieving drug, the medical research community…
Read More November 25, 2019
Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Therapy by FDA
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted psilocybin therapy a Breakthrough Therapy designation…
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November 25, 2019
What Are the Medicinal and Spiritual Benefits of Psilocybin Mushrooms?
Psilocybin cubensis, a psychedelic species of fungi commonly known as “magic mushrooms,” has been part…
Read More November 25, 2019
Kicking the Habit: Psilocybin Mushrooms Proven to Help Long-Term Smokers Quit
We’ve come a long way from doctors endorsing cigarettes and authority figures saying that nicotine…
Read More November 25, 2019
Can Cannabis Prevent Dyskinesia in Long-Term Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease?
In 1970, Oliver Sacks wrote five letters to various medical journals in the U.S. expressing his concern…
Read More November 25, 2019
Ending the Obsession: Psilocybin Found to Effectively Treat Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder, also known as OCD, is a subversive and hard-to-treat condition that in extreme…
Read More November 25, 2019
How Cannabis Helps People with Peripheral Neuropathy Manage Pain and Get Back on Their Feet
I was recently reading through the comment section on a University of Glasgow study that indicated that…
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November 25, 2019
Psychedelic Treatments for Cluster Headaches
Most of the time when we think about how psychedelics can help people, we think…
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November 25, 2019
CBD Oil for Depression, Schizophrenia, ADHD, PTSD, Anxiety, Bipolar & More
You can extract more than 70 different components from a cannabis plant, technically known as cannabis…
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November 25, 2019
Active Ingredient in Shrooms Could ‘Reset’ Brains of Depressed People
Psilocybin, the psychoactive compound found naturally in "magic mushrooms," has shown promising results in treating anxiety…
Read More November 24, 2019
MDMA-Assisted Therapy Shows Promise as Treatment for Alcohol Addiction
Supplementing psychotherapy with small doses of MDMA could be an effective strategy to prevent relapses…
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September 9, 2019
Johns Hopkins Opens New Center for Psychedelic Research
The research center, with $17 million from donors, aims to give “psychedelic medicine” a long-sought foothold in the…
Read More July 2, 2019
New insights into how a mammalian brain naturally produces psychedelic DMT
A compelling new study has revealed how a mammalian brain can produce an incredibly powerful…
Read More June 27, 2019
If Everyone Tripped on Psychedelics, We’d Do More About Climate Change
Scientists are looking into what psychedelics do to inspire people to act pro-environmentally. fter taking…
Read More May 23, 2019
Psychedelic Medicine 101: LSD and psilocybin vs alcoholism
A newly published study examining the use of psychedelics in non-clinical settings to treat alcoholism…
Read More March 19, 2019
Short-acting psychedelic offers promising new treatment pathway for depression and anxiety
A new survey into the anti-depressant qualities of a short-acting psychedelic has reported extraordinarily positive…
Read More February 13, 2019
Ketamine-inspired nasal spray for depression on cusp of landmark FDA approval
A new nasal spray for depression, utilizing a novel drug called esketamine, has passed the…
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F.D.A. Panel Recommends New Depression Treatment
The active ingredients of ketamine, a popular club drug, show promise in battling deep despair.…
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February 8, 2019
Inside the push to legalize Magic Mushrooms for depression and PTSD
WHEN TODD’S PSYCHIATRIST suggested he start taking psychedelics, he figured it was a joke. IT…
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December 26, 2018
A Single Dose of 5-MeO-DMT Stimulates Cell Proliferation, Neuronal Survivability, Morphological and Functional Changes in Adult Mice Ventral Dentate Gyrus
The subgranular zone (SGZ) of dentate gyrus (DG) is one of the few regions in…
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December 26, 2018
Reclassification recommendations for drug in ‘magic mushrooms’
If phase III clinical trials are successful, researchers suggest categorizing the drug as schedule IV…
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December 26, 2018
How LSD Changes Perception
Researchers report LSD triggers a reduction in functional connection between areas of the brain that…
Read More November 20, 2018
MDMA promotes cooperative behavior but only with trustworthy people
Commonly referred to as ecstasy or molly, MDMA is anecdotally known to make people more…
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MDMA therapy achieves astounding 76% success rate for treating PTSD
Newly published results from a Phase 2 clinical trial into the efficacy of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy…
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ketamine’s antidepressant effects
Breakthrough study finds new mechanism explaining ketamine's antidepressant effects A team at the University of…
Read More November 1, 2018
Brain scans highlight a hidden, “higher” state of consciousness
Reaching a higher state of consciousness is a concept you're more likely to hear a…
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Psilocybin therapy
Psychedelic psilocybin therapy for depression granted Breakthrough Therapy status by FDA In an extraordinary step…
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September 21, 2018
Scientists Gave MDMA to Octopuses—and What Happened Was Profound
When humans take the drug MDMA, versions of which are known as molly or ecstasy,…
Read More September 1, 2018
How and Why Silicon Valley Gets High
Everyone’s hoping a little LSD can lead them to the next billion-dollar idea. Over the…
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September 1, 2018
Scientists Are Starting to Test Claims about “Microdosing”
Dennis van der Meijden isn’t aiming to see the face of God, feel one with…
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September 1, 2018
FDA Approves Magic Mushrooms For Treating Depression
The Food and Drug Administration has taken an active role in approving new therapies to…
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July 20, 2018
What Happens When a Blind Person Takes LSD?
How do blind people experience psychedelic drugs? This is the topic of an interesting, but…
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July 20, 2018
Religion as a Product of Psychotropic Drug Use
The notion that hallucinogenic drugs played a significant part in the development of religion has…
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July 20, 2018
The Psychedelic Miracle
Dr. X is a dad. Appropriately – boringly – at 4:37 p.m. on a national…
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LSD May Chip Away at the Brain’s “Sense of Self” Network
From Tom Wolfe’s account of the LSD-loving Merry Pranksters and their bus ride across America…
Read More July 20, 2018
Treating Addiction with Psychedelics
The psychedelic drug ibogaine is known for two things: its reputation in some circles as…
Read More July 20, 2018
Do Psychedelics Expand the Mind by Reducing Brain Activity?
What would you see if you could look inside a hallucinating brain? Despite decades of…
Read More July 20, 2018
Should We Loosen the Restrictions on Psychedelics?
The resumption of clinical research with psychedelics is producing preliminary evidence of benefit for a…
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July 20, 2018
Music helps hallucinogens heal minds, scientist finds
“I’m going to take you on a ride here,” the music seemed to tell a…
Read More July 20, 2018
Psychedelic drugs now used in human studies
After decades of political suppression, studies on psychedelics are now experiencing what top researchers have…
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July 20, 2018
Agony &
As human beings, we are hardwired to experience Ecstasy, Epiphany, Laughter and Bliss. Little children…
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July 20, 2018
LSD May Help Treat Alcoholism
The psychedelic drug LSD can help people with alcoholism quit or cut back their drinking,…
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‘Magic Mushrooms’ Can Improve Psychological Health Long Term
The psychedelic drug in magic mushrooms may have lasting medical and spiritual benefits, according to…
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‘Magic Mushrooms’ Trigger Lasting Personality Change
The psychedelic drug psilocybin (the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms”) may produce lasting, positive changes…
Read More July 12, 2018
Ending America’s War on Drugs Would Finally Unleash the Therapeutic Potential of Psychedelics
It was only after U.S. veteran Jonathan Lubecky pulled the trigger on a loaded gun…
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July 6, 2018
Can meditation and psychedelics have the same benefits for your mind?
(CNN)Do you ever find yourself worrying about an upcoming situation, even though similar past experiences…
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Psychedelic ayahuasca works against severe depression, study finds
"Leon" is a young Brazilian man who has long struggled with depression. He keeps an anonymous…
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June 26, 2018
Psychedelics may pave path to aid PTSD, more
Psychedelic drugs’ mindexpanding properties may be rooted in their ability to prompt neurons to branch…
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June 26, 2018
FDA Approves First Drug Made From Cannabis
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of Epidiolex to treat two…
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