Science

The future of psychedelic medicine

“With each study we do, the extraordinary benefits of psychedelics become clearer, and we gain a better understanding of how a single experience can have such long- lasting effects. Most medicines must be taken regularly and repeatedly, in order to maintain their effect, while psychedelics seem unique in their ability to produce enduring results after…

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Spirituality

Can ayahuasca, the ‘Sacred Plant’ of the Amazon, help addiction and depression?

“Observational studies have also indicated that long-term members of Brazilian ayahuasca religions have apparently recovered from depression, anxiety, and drug dependence (especially alcohol and cocaine).” Recent preliminary, open-label studies, or non placebo-controlled trials, on patients diagnosed with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder have been promising. These studies, led by Jaime Hallak from the University of São…

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Spirituality

How to return to normal life after a crazy ayahuasca trip

Despite the growing body of research on the potential of psychoactive substances to help with anxiety, depression, drug addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder, and a variety of other psychiatric conditions, there continues to be a limited number of clinical trials in the US in which people can legally take these drugs. Thus, Americans like Arlet, who…

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Spirituality

The spirituality of psychedelic drug users

“Only high-dose psychedelic drug users were included, as high doses are required to induce mystical states. Low dose usage is popular with people who primarily enjoy the perceptual effects such as enhancement of music during raves.” These findings do suggest that people who use psychedelic drugs consider themselves more spiritual, and perhaps less materialistic, than…

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Modern Culture

New undergraduate think tank explores psychedelics

“We want to provide students with the correct information right now and hope their mindsets will shift given the information,” said Yonatan Araia ’19, the organization’s treasurer. “Our primary goal is not to have students leaving the talks thinking psychedelics are good. It’s for students to leave with information and research indicating objectively what we…

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Psychology

The future of psychiatric treatment is knocking

“For the first time in many years, people who were at the end of the road with currently available treatments, reported decreased anxiety, increased optimism and an ability to enjoy things. This is an unparalleled success.” Depression blights the lives of over 350 million people worldwide. In Europe, 1 in 15 people suffer from major…

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Politics

In final act as president… commutes 330 drug sentences

“The final batch of commutations — more in a single day than on any other day in U.S. history — was the culmination of the president’s second-term effort to try to remedy the consequences of decades of onerous sentencing requirements that he said had imprisoned thousands of drug offenders for too long.” …has long called…

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