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Psilocybin… promise for treating alcohol addiction…

Alcohol misuse kills around 95,000 people in the U.S. every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control, shortening lives by an average 26 years. “One of the reasons is to prevent it from being grabbed by other people who might use it to get a monopoly and make it harder for people to receive this treatment,”…

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Compass pathways sued for purported theft of psilocybin trade secrets

This action arises out of Compass’s misappropriation of highly confidential and sensitive, proprietary information that Terran and the University of Maryland, Baltimore (“UMB”) spent years and substantial resources to develop. Thompson kept his research confidential until he started filing patent applications “disclosing and claiming certain of his then-trade secret inventions”, in August 2019. As Terran…

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Psilocybin supply chain… production… explained

1. Whole Fungi 2. Full-spectrum psilocybin, 3. naturally-sourced isolated psilocybin, 4. biosynthesized psilocybin, 5. chemically-synthesized psilocybin. Original Article (Greentrepreneur):The psilocybin supply chain every production method explainedArtwork Fair Use: LKaiser1

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…alcohol study… published in the Lancet… finds only risks, zero benefits for young adults

The analysis published in The Lancet Medical Journal suggests that for young adults ages 15-39, there are no health benefits to drinking alcohol, only health risks. “Our message is simple: young people should not drink, but older people [ages 40+ without underlying health conditions] may benefit from drinking small amounts… it’s important to communicate the…

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Restrictions on psilocybin ‘magic mushrooms’ are easing as research ramps up

Following the 1971 United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances, psilocybin was classed in the U.S. as a Schedule I substance—defined as having “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” Psilocybin production was limited, and a host of administrative and financial burdens effectively ended study for decades. “It’s the worst censorship of…

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Psilocybin microdosers demonstrate greater observed improvements in mood and mental health at one month relative to non-microdosing controls

To our knowledge, this is the largest longitudinal study to date of microdosing psilocybin and one of the few studies to engage a control group. In light of these methodological strengths, the comparability of our findings with those of prior research from diverse locations and with different methodologies suggests a relatively consistent association between microdosing…

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[Beer… coffee… fentanyl…]

….beer twice as expensive… That’s because the cost of a key ingredient, malted barley, could soar as…barley becomes harder to grow. The price of a six-pack in the United States might rise by as much as $8 on average, the study found… [coffee] six-in-ten of the known species of coffee are now under threat of…

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Anti-inflammatory effects of four psilocybin-containing magic mushroom [psilocybe & panaeolus] water extracts 

Mushrooms were grown and extracted with boiling hot water. Effects of the four water extracts on 15-LOX activity were determined… natural [fungi] with medicinal properties have been used to treat all sorts of inflammatory conditions and studies have shown that natural products have advantageous structural diversity over synthetic compounds, which thus make them a potential…

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Comparing… mushrooms and truffles…

…psilocybin truffles have “a lot of psilocybin but little psilocin.” This hypothesis is corroborated in the literature. …, Pellegrini et al. reported: “…no trace of psilocin could be found at least at the limit of the detection of the assay” (0.3 µg per 100 mg truffles). In stark contrast, a 2019 study… found that a…

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