Psychedelic Experience

Psychedelic Experience

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The real risks of psychedelics, explained by a Johns Hopkins expert.
How psychedelics work
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Psychedelic medicines are surging in popularity. Here’s how they work.
Abstract image of a person sitting alone in a tiny space to represent PTSD.
Antidepressants can help alleviate PTSD symptoms when paired with psychotherapy, but does our overenthusiasm for them blind us to more effective alternatives?
A key question is how to keep that relief going without relying solely on repeated ketamine infusions.
Fluphenazine, once used to treat schizophrenia, is capable of blocking a compound connected to chronic pain.
inca human sacrifice
A toxicological study shows that the victims of human sacrifice consumed coca leaves and ayahuasca before they were killed, but not for reasons we originally thought.
The results of a 2021 study suggest that the world's most powerful psychedelic may be an underutilized peace-building tool.
The study shows that it’s possible to map the wildly subjective psychedelic experiences to specific brain regions.
microdosing psilocybin
Ingesting tiny doses of hallucinogens might not have the outsized benefits that some people claim it does.
psilocybin
A small, Seattle-based study will look to see if the psychedelic can alleviate the pandemic’s mental health impact.
near-death experience
Our brains might be flooded with the hallucinogen DMT as we die, leading to vivid dreams.
metaphysics
Research shows that psilocybin leads people away from materialism and toward transcendentalism. Apparently, mushrooms teach metaphysics.