by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jan 7, 2019 | Anxiety
Denver for Psilocybin said it will turn in more than 8,000 ballot signatures following a rally outside of the Colorado Capitol on Monday afternoon. The campaign to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms in Denver said it has more than enough signatures to make the May...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Dec 31, 2018 | Bipolar Disorder
Colin Kroll, was the co-founder of Vine and HQ Trivia, both consumer sensations that brought joy to millions; Anthony Bourdain, had been a chef, journalist and philosopher, who brought understanding and connectedness to millions of lives; while Robin Williams built a...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Dec 26, 2018 | Anxiety
Three new books suggest that psychedelic drugs did not necessarily have the power to rewrite society, but, instead, brought on revelations concerning earthly themes. In 1960, Allen Ginsberg wrote a letter to Timothy Leary, then a professor at Harvard. Leary had...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Dec 26, 2018 | Addiction
Psychedelic drugs like LSD and ecstasy ingredient MDMA have been shown to stimulate the growth of new branches and connections between brain cells which could help address conditions like depression and addiction. Researchers in California have demonstrated these...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Dec 26, 2018 | Depression
The subgranular zone (SGZ) of dentate gyrus (DG) is one of the few regions in which neurogenesis is maintained throughout adulthood. It is believed that newborn neurons in this region encode temporal information about partially overlapping contextual memories. The...