In contrast to the primary hypothesis, psychedelics had no long-lasting effects on the ADE (alcohol deprivation effect) in male and female rats… …when administered in a high dosage regime that is comparable to the one used in clinical studies… Original Article (Nature):Psilocybin and LSD have no long-lasting effects in an animal model of alcohol relapseArtwork…
While the health benefits of psychedelic mushrooms… are still very much under debate, you can try out this wellness approach for yourself — that is, if you have a couple thousand dollars to spare. When you consider that the average American spends about $271 per day on international vacations (or about $1,900 for a week including airfare), the…
…the issue with the “Dame, Zettai” motto is that it conflates all controlled substances as something unknown and scary, without any historical and societal context… As of June 6, 2002, possession of magic mushroom carries a penalty of up to seven years’ imprisonment… While this authoritarian approach may have been permissible in the past, it’s…
The success of the campaign “just shocked people,” [Kevin Matthews of IP-301 which allows individuals to cultivate psilocybin-containing mushrooms at home for personal use] said… through a combination of education, outreach and innovation – as well as the open-mindedness of the local electorate – the campaign prevailed. More remarkable than the policy change in Denver,…
…mental health clinic that provides IV ketamine infusions to treat mood disorders and chronic pain, is keeping its… facility open… Chief Operating Officer Sam Mandel says, “Our aim is to help patients and their families make well-informed decisions about their mental health by providing the latest data in a compassionate manner.” Original Article (Digital Journal):Ketamine…
The legal pressure on the prominent family behind the company that makes OxyContin, the prescription painkiller that helped fuel the nation’s opioid epidemic, is likely to get more intense … Having Sackler family members named as defendants in Massachusetts “indicates that the government attorneys believe they have the ‘smoking guns’ necessary to broaden the potential liability…
New York’s attorney general… told a U.S.bankruptcy [on April 29th, 2020] court that the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma LP, have slow-rolled and resisted discovery requests into their finanancial information. AG Letitia James said that the Sackler’s have produced few primary documents in the six months to make voluntary disclosures about their finances. The…
These restrictions were not just for children or for recreational use, but for all use, with the exception of very expensive and highly regulated research, and some religious ceremonies—and these exceptions were only allowed after legal battles. These agencies even banned potential drugs based on the existing ones so people couldn’t develop new variants. In a sense,…
…scientific team [claims it] sees tremendous opportunities for both composition of matter as well as process innovations in the psychedelic arena, and we will simultaneously pursue these opportunities to expand Mindset’s IP library. Mindset CEO James Lanthier commented: “Synthesizing patentable, next-generation compounds is a critical step in our pre-clinical work as we make progress towards…
…part of what psychedelic therapy [ie, particularly in clinical settings] seems to do for individuals is reconcile them to death. And that sort of acceptance is the last thing you want in a climate activist! You are less likely to objectify nature after a psychedelic experience. A high dose psychedelic experience often shrinks the ego.…
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