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Psychedelics can relieve chronic pain, new survey suggests

A new study published in the European Journal of Pain last month [July 2023] found that both macro and micro doses of classic psychedelics — LSD, psilocybin, DMT, mescaline — led to better pain relief compared to conventional medication in volunteers surveyed. “Participants reported that full doses seem to achieve better perceived results in pain relief than…

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Oregon is…

On a balmy… morning, a massive flush of psilocybe mushrooms popped up in a Portland, Oregon city park. This particularly gregarious bloom of Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata, or “ovoids,” stretched over a large mulched area, attracting casual pickers who filled their tote bags to the brim… Fungal evolution experts like Slot stress that many hypotheses regarding psilocybin’s…

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[“Entheobrewers”]… bioreactor… open source…

…cultivates psilocybin-containing mushroom mycelium in microbrewer bioreactor vats, which they call “entheobrewers.” Mycelium contains all the alkaloids of the fruiting bodies (what are typically referred to as mushrooms). …focused on bioreactor creation of psychedelics… new psilocybin production process is expected by year’s end to yield a cost per gram that is less than $100… we…

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World’s largest study on naturalistic [non-clinical, real-world settings] psilocybin use… reveals lasting therapeutic benefits

The study, which represents the world’s largest longitudinal dataset on naturalistic psilocybin use to date, is published in Frontiers in Psychiatry and indicates broad therapeutic potential of a single dose of psilocybin to produce lasting improvements in mental health and wellbeing… data was collected from surveying 8,006 participants over a two year period… self-reported information on the…

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How long do shrooms stay in your system?

Effects of shrooms typically are felt within 10 to 40 minutes after ingestion and peak within 60 to 90 minutes. Effects of psilocybin last four to six hours after ingestion… …people use shrooms for various reasons, from experiencing heightened senses to improving mental health and well-being… shrooms’ lifetime in your system can vary based on…

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Standards without labs: drug development in the psychedelic underground

How, then, might citizen scientists develop standards given the difficulty of obtaining these tools? Our discussion highlights how the pragmatic goals of knowledge production… consumed their medicine in the form of homegrown psilocybe mushrooms because they lacked access… of citizen science differ from the institutionalized scientists’ need to legitimate their findings with academic journals, peers,…

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UC Berkeley… psychedelics survey

The majority of American voters support policy reforms for psychedelics, the survey revealed… over half of voters (56%) polled support obtaining FDA approval for psychedelics by prescription. Almost half (49%) support removing criminal penalties for personal use and possession with support for spiritual and religious use polling at just over four out of ten (44%)……

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Reductions in experiential avoidance play a key role in the therapeutic effects of psilocybin-assisted therapy, study finds

A new study indicates that reductions in experiential avoidance play a significant role in the therapeutic effects of psilocybin-assisted therapy among depressed patients, leading to improvements in well-being and reductions in depression severity, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. The findings, published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, highlight the importance of experiential avoidance as a potential mechanism…

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