Three years later, Ric Godfrey says he hasn’t had a single symptom of the shakes or night terror since he came back from the jungle. He’s relaxed and holding down a great job. “I’ve always been afraid that someone was out to get me, but I don’t have that fear anymore,” he says. “I still…
Evidence that psychedelic drugs may offer some benefit has caused some psychiatrists to call for a reclassification of the drugs. A reclassification would make it easier to research potential benefits of these drugs. The role of psychedelic drugs in mental health, and especially in mental health treatment, continues to be controversial. Previous research suggests some…
During… [the] tragic opioid crisis, many have written some variation of the sentence, “The war on drugs has failed.” It’s true. Decriminalizing drug use is required to solve this problem. But accompanying a policy shift will need to be a major attitude adjustment, including among us bleeding hearts…. In other words, our imposition of “help”…
Writing in Scientific Reports (13 October 2017), the researchers said the findings were the first time that psilocybin had been shown to change brain activity outside of the active treatment period The team found that depressive symptoms were significantly reduced in all patients at one week, and 47% showed a response at five weeks. There…
“Psychedelic use is associated with 27 percent reduced risk of past-year opioid dependence and 40 percent reduced risk of past-year opioid abuse. Other than marijuana use, which was associated with 55 percent reduced risk of past-year opioid abuse, no other illegal drug was associated with reduced risk of past-year opioid dependence or abuse.” Although more…
With MDMA you may go into all the nice places in the world, have a good feeling and think everything is good, and you have solved the problem, which is not true, because the solution of the problem has to be implemented later on. Have you heard MDMA being called the love drug? Yeah, but…
“Exactly how psychedelics impact the brain is still somewhat of a mystery to scientists, but we’re finding out more and more in recent years. What we do know, however, is that psychedelics have a fundamentally different effect on the brain than addictive drugs like alcohol and cocaine do. This is one of the reasons that…
“Why not extend to primary care physicians the option of prescribing psilocybin to their patients? What would be accomplished is that the purity could be assured. But why should psilocybin use being limited to mental health conditions…? Should we exclude patients who are atheists and only want a satisfying experience, not a spiritual one?” Experience…
“Now if I’m meeting people, the default is to be just present — not just physically, but mentally present to the conversation,” he said. “That switch has been profound.” “In my relationships, I had always approached it from a ‘How do I manage this?’ How do I present myself?’ ‘Am I a good listener?’ type…
After a single dose, her anxiety and depression disappeared. “It was like someone had lit up a lightbulb in Anne’s head. She was a totally different person,” Richard told KPIX. “No one had a bad trip,” said Dr. Grob.” College cannabis clubs are nothing new; many have been around since the 70s. NORML counts at…
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