by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 2, 2018 | Anxiety
How do a few pounds of gray goo in our skulls create our conscious experience—the blue of the sky, the tweet of the birds? Few questions are so profound and important—or so hard. We are still very far from an answer. But we are learning more about what scientists call...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Feb 3, 2018 | Addiction, Anxiety
This article is excerpted from Tom Shroder’s “Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy and the Power to Heal,” which comes out Sept. 9. The book focuses on researchers’ attempts to determine whether psychedelic drugs administered with talk therapy can help people with post-traumatic...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Dec 7, 2017 | Psychedelic Medicine
From Modern Healthcare Once dismissed as recreational drugs for the Grateful Dead set and other children of the ’60s, psychedelic drugs are winning new therapeutic credentials thanks to a New York researcher. Dr. Stephen Ross, a psychiatry professor and director...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Dec 6, 2017 | Psychedelic Medicine
Content From Helathline Researchers say ayahuasca improved participants’ general well-being and was less addictive than other substances. 2345 A hallucinogenic brew created in the villages of the Amazon jungle might soon join a growing wave of psychedelic drugs being...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Dec 5, 2017 | Psychedelic Medicine
This is good news for psychedelic research. Ayahuasca, the psychedelic brew that originated in the Amazon, has become popular among Brooklyn hipsters and Silicon Valley biohackers alike as a recreational drug and ticket to a living room spiritual experience. But this...