by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 1, 2019 | Alcoholism
A lobbying group called “SPORE.” A “psychedelic caucus” in Congress that includes AOC. And lots of cash. It was a nail-biter finish three months ago, when Denver residents narrowly voted to decriminalize psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jul 2, 2019 | PTSD
Recreational use of MDMA, also known as ecstasy, is forbidden in Israel where the drug is considered dangerous. But a trial treatment may soon change that. MDMA, popularly known as ecstasy, is a drug more commonly associated with raves and nightclubs than a...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jul 2, 2019 | Addiction, Depression, OCD
A compelling new study has revealed how a mammalian brain can produce an incredibly powerful hallucinogen called DMT. The research shows the psychedelic is endogenously produced in a number of brain regions, including the visual cortex, and spikes in concentrations...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jun 27, 2019 | Anxiety
Scientists are looking into what psychedelics do to inspire people to act pro-environmentally. fter taking LSD, Bill stood in his kitchen in Merseyside, England, staring at a large tree. When the tree started to speak to him, Bill only found it strange that the tree...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jun 11, 2019 | Anxiety
IN AN AIRY Denver café populated almost entirely by young people staring at laptops, Travis Tyler Fluck—dressed in an orange velour jacket, over which is draped a thin braided lock of hair—takes out his phone and pulls up Craigslist. A quick search lands him on a post...
