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Magic mushrooms could be effective treatment for cocaine addiction, study shows

Participants who got single dose of psilocybin were more likely to abstain from cocaine than those who got placebo

The Guardian - US

Scientists work to discover how a single psychedelic trip may cause physical changes in the brain

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month directing the FDA to accelerate access to psychedelics

The Independent UK

Single dose of magic mushroom psychedelic can cause anatomical brain changes, study finds

Participants took 25mg of psilocybin, reporting deeper psychological insight and better wellbeing a month later

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Can psychedelics treat depression? Maybe, and you might not even have to take a trip

The use of the drugs in treating low mood has sparked debate, not least about the necessity of a hallucinogenic experience. But a new discovery may provide an answer

The Guardian - UK

‘I took part in a radical psychedelic clinical trial and it changed my life forever’

Alexander Beiner was dosed intravenously with the powerful hallucinogenic DMT as part of a clinical trial at Imperial College London. In the months afterwards, he found himself changing in some interesting ways

Evening Standard

Psychedelic drug trip improves symptoms of depression for six months, breakthrough study finds

Dimethyltryptamine is a powerful hallucinogenic found in several plants and can be smoked, snorted or mixed with ayahuasca

The Independent UK

Psychedelic drug improves symptoms of depression for six months – study

Dimethyltryptamine is a powerful hallucinogenic found in several plants and can be smoked, snorted or mixed with ayahuasca.

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Psychedelic brew ayahuasca’s profound impact revealed in brain scans

Study gives most advanced picture yet of DMT compound’s effect on advanced functions such as imagination

The Guardian - UK

Psychedelic research: balancing trippyness with a new scientific rigor – The Conversation Weekly podcast transcript

This is a transcript of The Conversation Weekly podcast episode: Psychedelic research: balancing trippyness with a new scientific rigor, published on September 29, 2022.

The Conversation

Psychedelics researchers balance trippyness with scientific rigor after history of legal and cultural controversy – podcast

As research into psychedelics and their medical uses makes a comeback, scientists are having to deal with the legacy – both scientific and social – of a 40-year nearly total freeze on psychedelics research.

The Conversation

Get Ready for the Magic Mushroom Pill

The medical benefits of psychedelic drugs have gone from Age of Aquarius punchline to solid science, but the startups racing to market might still be getting ahead of themselves.

Businessweek

Michael Pollan's 'How To Change Your Mind' Now On Netflix, Here Are Reactions From Experts

Michael Pollan's 2018 book “How To Change Your Mind: What the science of psychedelics teaches us about consciousness, dying, addiction, depression, and transcendence” is available on Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX).

Benzinga

'Magic mushrooms drug could help depression sufferers in the years to come'

Dr Miriam Stoppard looks at promising new research that shows how a psychedelic substance found in magic mushrooms could help people who are trapped in negative thought patterns

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