Psilocybin treatment for major depression effective for up to a year for most patients, study shows

by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Apr 20, 2022 | Cancer, Neuropathy, NN-Dimethyltryptamine, OCD, Pain, Parkinson's Disease, Psilocybin Magic Mushroom, Psychotropics, PTSD, San Pedro Mescaline

Previous studies by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers showed that psychedelic treatment with psilocybin relieved major depressive disorder symptoms in adults for up to a month. Now, in a follow-up study of those participants, the researchers report that the...

What do we know about how hallucinogens work on the brain to produce subjective effects?

by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Feb 2, 2022 | Cannabis Marijuana, Iboga, Kambo, LSD, Microdosing, Neuropathy, NN-Dimethyltryptamine, Pain, Parkinson's Disease, Psilocybin Magic Mushroom, Psychotropics, PTSD, San Pedro Mescaline

This question can be approached from a number of different levels. At the lowest functionally relevant level, how do the hallucinogenic compounds themselves interact with a certain neurotransmitter receptor to alter neuronal activity? Then at the neuronal population...

Cultures of Chemically Induced Hallucinations for Healing

by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Feb 2, 2022 | LSD, MDMA Sassafras Molly, Microdosing, Neuropathy, NN-Dimethyltryptamine, OCD, Pain, Parkinson's Disease

Drug-induced hallucinations are often discussed as if they can be entirely understood in terms of their chemical action in the brain. But the social role of hallucinogens varies greatly between cultures, and, conversely, culture has a large effect on hallucinogenic...

Career in Wellbeing – a Public and Private Trip to Understand the Mind

by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Feb 2, 2022 | MDMA Sassafras Molly, Microdosing, Neuropathy, NN-Dimethyltryptamine, Pain, Parkinson's Disease, PTSD

A personal account of how hallucinogens have influenced her career; and we pass on some advice for first-year undergraduates as they begin their journey in psychology. I am so glad I took LSD – and mescaline, and psilocybin, and even DMT which must surely have given...

Is the Phase 3 Trial Data for MDMA Therapy sets Path for FDA Approval?

by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jan 14, 2022 | Neuropathy, NN-Dimethyltryptamine, OCD, San Pedro Mescaline

The first results from Phase 3 trials testing MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been announced. The extremely promising data are the first Phase 3 results to be revealed for any psychedelic-based therapy, paving the way for a...

Taking Psychedelics doesn’t Make You a Better or More Peaceful Person.

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...