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The growing push for medical use of psilocybin in Canada
TORONTO -- Growing evidence about the powers of psilocybin, a naturally occurring psychedelic compound produced by several species of mushrooms, being used to treat anxiety and depression has inspired advocates to file a federal court challenge next month to allow its...
Can magic mushrooms and LSD treat depression and anxiety? Scientists are optimistic.
When Marc Morgan tried lysergic acid diethylamide, better known as LSD or acid, for the first time as a teenager, he noticed that he could emotionally disconnect from traumatic memories of the sexual abuse he had suffered as a child. “It allowed me to dissociate from...
Psychedelics Help You Become Emotionally Adaptable, Study Finds
Recent studies have found that psychedelics could provide answers for multiple psychiatric disorders, with significant results in combatting treatment-resistant anxiety and depression. A systematic review of previous studies showed that administering psychedelics...
Study: Psilocybin From Magic Mushrooms Plus Therapy Delivers Benefits Nearly Five Years Later
A new study adds support to claims that the psychedelic drug psilocybin, when combined with psychotherapy, can effectively treat depression and anxiety years after taking the drug. The research follows up on a 2016 study that tested the effects of a single-dose,...
Scientists studying psychoactive drugs accidentally proved the self is an illusion
Philosophers and mystics have long contemplated the disconcerting notion that the fixed self is an illusion. Neuroscientists now think they can prove it or, at least, help us glimpse this truth with some help from psilocybin, the psychoactive property in magic...
Yale Research Confirms Lingering Mood Benefit of Psychedelics Like LSD and Magic Mushrooms
The research team found that people who recently took psychedelics such as LSD and psilocybin, more commonly known as magic mushrooms, were more likely to report having “transformative experiences” so profound that they came out of the experience radically changed....
‘Magic mushroom’ ingredient could be used to treat depression, study says
More than 264 million people worldwide are affected by depression, according to the World Health Organization. The most common pharmaceutical treatment is to take antidepressants like Prozac, which increase levels of serotonin in the brain to improve mood. But this...
AOC Says She’ll Introduce More Psychedelics Legislation In Congress
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said she supports the national movement to decriminalize psychedelics and plans to again introduce legislation promoting research into such substances, according to an activist who spoke with her following a town hall meeting on...
Meet DoubleBlind, The New Magazine Focused On Psychedelics
The psychedelics market is growing, as more jurisdictions legalize or decriminalize different form of them. In this context, Shelby Hartman and Madison Margolin are launching DoubleBlind, a biannual print magazine and digital media company focused on psychedelics....
A step closer to legalizing magic mushrooms as FDA lets second research group use the ‘breakthrough’ drug in clinical trial to treat 80 patients with depression
FDA official designated Ursona Institute's phase 2 clinical trials using psilocybin to treat depression in 80 patients Breakthrough Therapy status Wednesday The psychoactive chemical comes from 'magic mushrooms' and has now been given 'Breakthrough Therapy'...