Science

FDA approves first clinical trial using naturally sourced psychedelics

With… propriety technology… stable formulations of both psilocin and psilocybin from magic mushrooms.  …drug development efforts are focused exclusively on extracting, purifying, and standardizing natural psychedelic compounds. Original Article (Psychedelic Spotlight):FDA approves first clinical trial using naturally sourced psychedelicsArtwork Fair Use: Perdula

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Biography/Memoir

Psychedelics patent claim raises questions from researchers who say they did it first

Their research was not cited in the patent application. Yet, if this patent application was granted… it could block others… The application, published on May 20 2020, was originally filed on November 15, 2019. (Patent applications are kept secret for 18 months)… the application has claims on organisms genetically modified to produce psilocybin by giving them…

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Modern Culture

Detroit down-ballot results… shrooms

The onset of mental illnesses appears for the first time before the age of 25 62.5% of the time… one solution to this dilemma is right in front of us and has been throughout our country’s history – psychedelics… read about them, look into the work of psychedelic plant activists, do your own research and develop your…

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Biography/Memoir

Patents for psychedelics…

…nearly every day, another psychedelics company announces its work in securing patents for the intellectual property represented by the product they developed… a quick search of the USPTO site shows that there are currently hundreds of patents related to LSD and Psilocybin products and formulations. Psilocybin (U.S. Patent No. 3,183,172, “Obtaining Psilocybin and Psilocin from…

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Psychology

LSD vs. psilocybin microdosing for mental health and workplace productivity

[Case reports]: LSD… was better for more puzzle-like creativity – for solo pondering over a question or engaging in a writing task…. …[psilocybin] reminded me of what psychologists call the fundamental attribution error, or the tendency to attribute someone else’s poor performance to inherent defects in their personality but blame our own slip-ups on someone else.…

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Science

Shrooms and lsd linked to lower heart disease and diabetes risk

“The findings suggest that lifetime classic psychedelic use is associated with lower odds of having had heart disease or diabetes in the past year,” lead study author and Oxford sociologist Otto Simonsson, [said]. A team of scientists identified the unexpected trend after poring over ten years’ worth of data from the National Survey on Drug…

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Anthropology

…psychedelic… rush

The future of psychedelic therapy is also uncertain. While it seems likely that at least some psychedelic drugs will be approved for certain medical conditions in the years to come, it’s also possible that recreational use could be widely decriminalized or legalized. The status quo could also stay in place. The companies and people hoping…

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Science

Optimal dosing for psilocybin… considering weight-adjusted and fixed dosing approaches

Across a wide range of body weights (49kg [approx. 108lbs] to 113 kg [approx. 249lbs]) the present results showed no evidence that body weight affected subjective effects of psilocybin. In the 20 mg/70 kg and 30 mg/70 kg weight-adjusted groups, and in the fixed dose group, no significant associations were found between subjective effects and demographic variables including body weight…

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