So as an industrial medicinal chemist, I have some problems with the way the FDA is making its case here. It’s true that computational models of drug function have become more common, but “reliable” is a tricky word. If these things were truly reliable, to the point that you’d be comfortable setting government policy according…
From a physiological perspective, however, LSD is known to be non-toxic and medically safe when taken at standard dosages (50–200 μg). The scientific literature, along with recent media reports, have unfortunately implicated “LSD toxicity” in five cases of sudden death. On close examination, however, two of these fatalities were associated with ingestion of massive overdoses,…
*molecule of naloxone [Eugene] police are increasingly coming into contact with illicit drugs on patrol, including fentanyl…a synthetic opioid. Eugene Police have a new tool in their efforts to help addicts in crisis: the drug naloxone, which can reverse opioid overdoses. Besides using naloxone sprayers on [people who use drugs], officers can use them on…
…a substance called psilocybin. This is the principal psychedelic component in shrooms, responsible for their mind-bending, mood-altering properties. This study builds on an earlier experiment, which found that psilocybin can reduce blood flow in the amygdala, as well as symptoms of depression. At the time, researchers explained that the drug had produced an “after-glow” that…
The figures show the depth of the impact parental alcohol abuse can have on young people’s physical and mental health. The pressure they are exposed to can lead some of them to run away from home or to be excluded from school. Whilst parents seem to be self-medicating with alcohol to cope with their condition…
“I believe that psychedelics hold a potential to cure deep psychological wounds, and I believe that by investigating their neuropsychopharmacological mechanism, we can learn to understand this potential,” study author Leor Roseman, a PhD student at Imperial College London told PsyPost. A study has revealed that majority of patients taking mushrooms, seemed to have eased…
“I believe that psychedelics hold a potential to cure deep psychological wounds, and I believe that by investigating their neuropsychopharmacological mechanism, we can learn to understand this potential,” explained study author Leor Roseman, a PhD student at Imperial College London. “It is important to emphasize that psilocybin-assisted therapy is a model in which the patient…
Number 6: First evidence for higher state of consciousness found. In mid-April (2017), neuroscientists from the College’s Department of Medicine and partner universities revealed they had observed a sustained increase in the diversity of brain signals of people under the influence of psychedelic drugs, compared with when they were in a normal ‘awake and aware’…
Number 24. Magic mushrooms can help with depression. Scientists put tripping patients into fMRI machines to observe what their brains did under the influence of psilocybin, the active ingredient in hallucinogenic, “magic,” mushrooms. They found that patients with depression described feeling “reset” after a trip, and brain scans supported this conclusion. Patients who reported feeling…
Also in 2016, researchers at Imperial College London released what they say is the first modern brain imaging of people taking LSD. Researchers gave 20 people the drug and scanned their brains. They found that during the psychedelic state, volunteers processed information from many parts of their brain, not just the visual cortex as normally…
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