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21/01/2022

After a century of research and many life-changing progressions in science, Alzheimer’s disease remains unhindered and incurable. Remarkably, it appears as though psychedelic drugs may offer unprecedented potential.

19/01/2022

People who take psychedelics are more likely to report psychosis-like symptoms, but this is largely explained by the presence of other mental health conditions and the use of other psychoactive drugs. This finding comes from a study published in the journal Scientific Reports, which further found im...

04/11/2021

A psychedelic integration and ketamine-assisted therapy specialist shares how her experience giving birth compares to a psychedelic trip.

03/11/2021

Way to go Detroit!

"Detroit Voters Approve Psychedelics Decriminalization Ballot Measure.

Detroit voters approved a ballot initiative to widely decriminalize psychedelics, making it the latest in a growing number of jurisdictions to enact the reform.

Unofficial results on Tuesday evening showed the measure, which states that the city will “decriminalize to the fullest extent permitted under Michigan law the personal possession and therapeutic use of Entheogenic Plants by adults,” leading by a margin of 61 percent to 39 percent, with 100 percent of precincts reporting.

The new policy will also 'make the personal possession and therapeutic use of Entheogenic Plants by adults the city’s lowest law-enforcement priority.'"

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29/10/2021

Gonna have to add this to the Trip Movie list

With "Dune" back in theaters, explore how Frank Herbert's masterpiece novel was inspired by psychedelics and mirrors the Indigenous struggle.

22/10/2021

Switzerland will draw up a draft law for the legalisation of cannabis usage, after a parliamentary commission ruled the drug should no longer be banned.

14/10/2021

06/10/2021

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Thomas Hartle, the first Canadian to legally undergo psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy, after being granted a section 56 exemption on August 4th 2020.In this...

06/10/2021

Nearly two years after Santa Cruz became the second California city—and the third in the U.S.—to decriminalize a broad range of psychedelic plants and fungi, the City Council has rolled back the law’s provision on pe**te, effectively recriminalizing the cactus. Local lawmakers voted at a meeti...

05/10/2021

Seattle’s City Council approved a resolution Monday to decriminalize noncommercial activity around a wide range of psychedelic substances, including the cultivation and sharing of psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, ibogaine and non-pe**te-derived mescaline. The landmark measure extends what is alrea...

05/10/2021

Psychedelics offer a way to look at professional and economic systems more, well, psychedelically

03/10/2021

A growing body of clinical evidence points to the efficacy of ketamine-assisted KAP in the treatment of depression, anxiety, PTSD and trauma

03/10/2021

Stoned Ape Facts

"Our hominin ancestors inevitably encountered and likely ingested psychedelic mushrooms throughout their evolutionary history. This assertion is supported by current understanding of: early hominins’ paleodiet and paleoecology; primate phylogeny of mycophagical and self-medicative behaviors; and the biogeography of psilocybin-containing fungi. These lines of evidence indicate mushrooms (including bioactive species) have been a relevant resource since the Pliocene, when hominins intensified exploitation of forest floor foods. Psilocybin and similar psychedelics that primarily target the serotonin 2A receptor subtype stimulate an active coping strategy response that may provide an enhanced capacity for adaptive changes through a flexible and associative mode of cognition. Such psychedelics also alter emotional processing, self-regulation, and social behavior, often having enduring effects on individual and group well-being and sociality. A homeostatic and drug instrumentalization perspective suggests that incidental inclusion of psychedelics in the diet of hominins, and their eventual addition to rituals and institutions of early humans could have conferred selective advantages. "

"Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution" a research published by José Manuel Rodríguez Arce & Michael James Winkelman.
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02/10/2021

The campaign makes history as the first-ever psychedelic billboard campaign in the United States, and aims to destigmatize psychedelics while creating a conversation about their use.

02/10/2021

Movie star Will Smith reveals in a new interview and memoir that he's participated in over a dozen ayahuasca ceremonies in Peru.

01/10/2021

Algernon Pharmaceuticals is investigating DMT microdosing as a potential stroke treatment, and a preclinical study shows promising results.

29/09/2021

NEWSWEEK "Magic Mushrooms May Be the Biggest Advance in Treating Depression Since Prozac"

"Depression, often characterized by feelings of worthlessness, profound apathy, exhaustion, and persistent sadness, affects 320 million people around the world. In a typical year in the U.S., roughly 16 million adults or 7 percent, suffer from a depression-related illness such as major depression, bipolar disorder or dysthymia. Roughly one-third of those who seek treatment won't respond to verbal or conventional drug therapies.

Psilocybin Mushroom therapy is offering some hope for these hopeless cases. In the John Hopkins University study, published last year in JAMA Psychiatry, this therapy was four times more effective than traditional antidepressants. Two-thirds of participants showed a more-than 50-percent reduction in depression symptoms after one week; a month later, more than half were considered in remission, meaning they no longer qualified as being depressed.

Remarkably, this rewiring of the brain after a single dose appears to be long lasting: a month afterwards, the psilocybin-fed mice had 10 percent more neuronal connections than before they had taken the drug. The increased density of these crucial neuronal connectors had observable benefits: mice showed behavioral improvements and increased neurotransmitter activity."
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28/09/2021

M**A-assisted therapy for PTSD: Leading trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk shares his personal experiences with this cutting edge psychotherapy.

27/09/2021

Maybe that's the point, but it threatens to derail the progress researchers have made in psilocybin use for severe mental illness.

27/09/2021

Bosses say the drug 'undoes what has been done by either the stress you’ve been through or the depressive thoughts you have'

26/09/2021

More than 700,000 people die by su***de every year, and there is increasing scientific evidence that psychedelics treat related risk factors.

24/09/2021

In 2014, former British Para Keith Abraham flew to Peru to see if he could cure his PTSD with a dose of the psychedelic drug, ayahuasca. He returned a changed man and is now on a mission to extend access to other members of the armed forces and beyond

23/09/2021

A three year psilocybin study to treat to***co addiction is being funded by a U.S. federal drug research agency under a U01 grant.

23/09/2021

The researchers from the University of Basel concluded that L*D caused no acute psychological or physical harm to the participants.

23/09/2021

A special book reading and discussion with Charley Wininger, author of "Listening to Ecstasy: The Transformative Power of M**A"

23/09/2021

Psilocybin, the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms," is now undergoing clinical trials. If all goes well, treatments could be available by 2024.

22/09/2021

Muscimol, the psychoactive component of the Amanita Muscaria mushroom, can treat stress and anxiety, muscular pain, and promote better sleep.