by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jul 20, 2018 | Kambo
This post is in partnership with Consequence of Sound, an online music publication devoted to the ever growing and always thriving worldwide music scene. The opening minutes of Psychedelic Pill, the second of two albums Neil Young has released this year with Crazy...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jul 20, 2018 | Addiction
The psychedelic drug in magic mushrooms may have lasting medical and spiritual benefits, according to new research from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. The mushroom-derived hallucinogen, called psilocybin, is known to trigger transformative spiritual states, but at...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jul 20, 2018 | Anxiety
Drug users insist that marijuana, amphetamines, LSD and other psychedelic agents give them pleasure, a euphoric “high” and a marvelous expansion of consciousness. A growing body of medical data suggests that they are kidding themselves on all these counts....
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jul 20, 2018 | Addiction
The psychedelic drug psilocybin (the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms”) may produce lasting, positive changes in personality, new research finds. People who took the drug showed increases in the key personality dimension of openness — being amenable to new ideas,...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jul 20, 2018 | Anxiety, Cancer
Cancer is a brutal disease on both the body and mind. Not only do treatments like chemotherapy take a massive toll, but the emotional side effects can be hard to bear. Depression and anxiety are high among people with cancer, including those in remission. But two new...