Tag: Mushrooms
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Psychedelics Reduce Depressive Symptoms by Helping Individuals Process Emotions, Yet Another Study Finds
New research provides preliminary evidence that psychedelic drugs can improve mental health by making individuals more accepting of distressing experiences.
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Animals Eat Psychoactive Plants for an Intentional Break from Reality
The United Nations says Animals Eat Psychoactive Plants the drug war’s rationale is to build “a drug-free world — we can do it!” U.S. government officials agree, stressing that “there is no such thing as recreational drug use.” So this isn’t a war to stop addiction, like that in my family, or teenage drug use. It…
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Drugs and the Meaning of Life
Everything we do is for the purpose of altering consciousness. We form friendships so that we can feel certain emotions, like love, and avoid others, like loneliness. We eat specific foods to enjoy their fleeting presence on our tongues. We read for the pleasure of thinking another person’s thoughts. Every waking moment—and even in our…
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Magic Mushrooms Could Have Medical Benefits, Researchers Say
The hallucinogen in magic mushrooms may no longer just be for hippies seeking a trippy high. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have been studying the effects of psilocybin, a chemical found in some psychedelic mushrooms, that’s credited with inducing transcendental states. Now, they say, they’ve zeroed in on the perfect dosage level…
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Magic Mushrooms Could Treat Depression
THE GIST Psilocybin, the active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms, shuts down parts of the brain that are responsible for regulating a sense of self. In controlled settings, the drug may be a useful therapeutic tool for treating depression, anxiety and other psychiatric problems. In the study, the rush of the first 10 to 30 seconds…