Misc. news stories

Imperial College London researchers conducted largest placebo-controlled trial of psychedelics

With a growing body of research showing psilocybin as an effective mental health treatment, many journalists reporting on these studies have dubbed the lab-made psilocybin capsules used in scientific research as “synthetic magic mushrooms.” However, does such a simplification ignore the range of potentially psychoactive compounds found in these mushrooms, most of which we currently know little about?

Prof David Nutt supports study into whether move could cut violence and deaths

Psychedelics have saved my life several times over, including helping me to heal from childhood abuse. So, it’s with a very heavy heart that I’ve come to accept several sad truths.

New Jersey effectively legalized marijuana on Monday, following voters’ approval of marijuana legalization in the November general election.

Many people have a spiritual experience on psychedelics. How they make meaning of it could be influenced by the metaphysical beliefs of their therapists.

Penis Envy mushrooms were encountered by ethnobotanist Terence McKenna in the Amazon…the story unfolds from there.

Neuroscientist Prof Carl Hart argues that addiction isn’t the only way to think about drug use.

The bill touts the benefits of the drugs and would expunge the criminal records for those already convicted of possession or use of a substance.

We need alternatives to over-the-counter painkillers. Could microdosing for chronic pain be the answer?

On Wednesday (February 3), Cambridge became the second city in Massachusetts to decriminalize natural psychedelics, such as ibogaine, ayahuasca, and psilocybin mushrooms.

I feel therefore I am … In this fascinating study, a neuropsychologist argues that the mystery of consciousness centres on emotions

Psychedelic drug DMT could help stroke victims recover by rewiring their brains faster, according the first clinical trial of its kind.

Gullickson, executive director of the Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon…. pushed for the passage of Measure 110,first-of-its-kind legislation that decriminalizes the possession of all illegal drugs in Oregon, including heroin, cocaine, meth and oxycodone.

The treatments of the future may arise from a long-stigmatized class of drugs

Professor David Nutt explains recent scientific discoveries – and how substances like LSD have influenced creative breakthroughs.