Use of Psychedelic Drug Psilocybin (Magic Mushrooms) Associated With Lower Risk of Opioid Addiction

by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Apr 20, 2022 | Cancer, Iboga, Kambo, LSD, Parkinson's Disease, Psilocybin Magic Mushroom, Psychotropics, PTSD

Adults who have at some time in their life used psilocybin – a psychedelic substance produced by some types of mushrooms – are 30% less likely to have opioid use disorder, according to a nationally representative survey of US adults reported in the journal Scientific...

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...

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...

Most Influential People in Psychedelics

by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Feb 2, 2022 | DMT, Pain, Parkinson's Disease, Psilocybin Magic Mushroom, PTSD

What are the Types of Altered States of Consciousness?

by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jan 13, 2022 | Ayahuasca, Cannabis Marijuana, OCD, Parkinson's Disease, Psilocybin Magic Mushroom, Psychotropics, PTSD

Altered states of consciousness can be broken up into two distinct types: exogenous or endogenous experiences, meaning they come from the outside or the inside respectively. Typically, we consider psychedelic states to be those that originate from either plant...