What’s striking is the alleviation of depression occurs from emotional receptivity being enhanced – the opposite of SSRI antidepressants. “It has been proposed that decreased amygdala responsiveness to negative emotional stimuli under SSRIs is a key component of their therapeutic action,” the researchers explain, “but the present study’s findings suggest that this model does…
After sexual violence left her struggling with PTSD, Egbert said, “mushrooms gave me the feeling that I’m worth something. It’s like a restart.” And when Egbert started reaching out across Colorado in recent weeks, she was in for a surprise. Turns out, her group wasn’t the only one working toward a vote on mushrooms. There…
‘You can’t stop it so what you have to do is regulate the use.” ‘If they had known it was however strong; had they known it was 80mg in that particular pill for instance, they might have taken one or two. There’s no way they would have taken the whole lot.’ What he is proposing…
It said it acknowledged the “negative impact” of some drug use but added that prohibitionist policies “increased stigma”, telling political leaders not to “stoke fears” about drug use. It added that current laws treated people who use drugs as “sub-human, non-citizens and scapegoats for wider societal problems”. The Global Commission’s latest report advises political leaders…
For the better part of 40 years the recipient of that check [money from various funding sources] has almost exclusively been …drug or alcohol treatment facility based on the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous—a self help-style system developed by and for alcohol abusers more than 80 years ago, when neuroscience was in its infancy. To…
*A comparison of the constant U.S. federal prison population and constant federal debt (in constant 2013 dollars) from the 1940s to 1980, and the dramatic increase in both from 1980 to 2012. There is no causality connecting them other than that they are both caused by the policies of the federal government during those two…
“This partnership gives the public confidence and security in knowing that a medical professional … will be able to share an honest opinion of treatment options,” JJ McKay, the founder and publisher of The Fresh Toast, explained. “This partnership does not view cannabis as a silver bullet that can cure chronic diseases, but rather as…
Among other things, [DuPont] proposed [is] giving doctors the authority to compel suspected substance abusers into treatment against their will. Once in treatment, patients could face as much as five years of monitoring, including random drug tests … [The proposal] is part of a plan to expand the use of drug-testing technology to root out…
Between Jeff Sessions and the Colorado Springs Gazette one could be forgiven for thinking that marijuana legalization is one of the most pernicious political decisions made in the modern era. Except it isn’t. And there is a pretty significant body of evidence that indicates as much. Marijuana opponents … are quick to identify all sorts…
In Toronto, safe injections sites are no longer illegal. One of the locations, which happens to be downtown, looks like a doctor office. It has an area that the user can “do their thing” while they have staff that watches them for any signs of trouble. Unlike other countries, in the United States doesn’t allow…
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