by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 27, 2018 | Anxiety
Why psychedelic drugs could transform how we treat depression and mental illness? The first time I tried ayahuasca, a plant concoction containing the natural hallucinogen DMT, I remember thinking: “Just let go. Whatever happens, just let go.” Eventually, I did let go,...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 9, 2018 | Depression
In the heart of the Amazon, women travel by boat to the wild town of Iquitos before driving deep into the jungle. Inside thatched huts, the symphony of frogs and insects builds to a crescendo and the jungle seems to come in through the netted walls, expanding like...
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 | Jul 20, 2018 | Addiction
A huge amount of research is currently underway investigating the compelling, and novel, effects of ketamine on depression. The entirely unique way the drug interacts with the brain is revealing new and exciting pathways for neuroscientists investigating everything...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jul 20, 2018 | Anxiety
It is exhilarating to witness a resurgence in the study of psychedelics, something President Nixon and his disastrous drug war halted (“The New Science of Psychedelics,” Review, May 5). But of equal, if not more important, value would be a study of those among us who...
