by EmpathiCSubstanceS | May 28, 2018 | Addiction
In 1938, the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, seeking a new drug to stimulate blood circulation, accidentally invented lysergic acid deithylamide, or LSD. Later, after inadvertently absorbing a minuscule quantity through his skin, he was obliged to stagger home and lie...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | May 28, 2018 | Anxiety
Most people know Michael Pollan as a food writer. His 2006 book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, is widely credited with helping spark the modern food movement, in which everyday Americans began asking questions about where their food comes from. But in his new book,...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | May 28, 2018 | Addiction
Microdosing is hot. If you haven’t heard — but you probably have, from reports of its use at Silicon Valley workplaces, from Ayelet Waldman’s memoir “A Really Good Day,” from dozens of news stories — to microdose is to take small amounts of LSD, which generate...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | May 28, 2018 | Addiction
It’s difficult to turn on the radio or open a magazine at the moment without hearing about psychedelics. A quick skim of the headlines might suggest the drugs are imbued with medicinal superpowers and Silicon Valley is collectively on one long trip. There’s currently...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | May 25, 2018 | Addiction
The endgame for psychedelic drugs isn’t “microdosing Fridays.” It’s treating major mental illness. The idea of using psychedelic drugs to expand consciousness or disrupt negative patterns of thinking had a well-documented moment in the 1950s and 1960s. Now it’s having...
