#psychoactive — Public Fediverse posts
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@Karl_Theodor/116911713039715387
cannabis, (genus #Cannabis), genus of 1–3 species of aromatic flowering #plants cultivated for #fiber, #oilseed, #medicinal preparations, and #psychoactive products. Native to Central Asia, cannabis is now grown #worldwide in a range of forms adapted for different uses. The taxonomy of the group is contentious, with many botanists holding that the genus comprises a single species, Cannabis sativa. https://www.britannica.com/plant/cannabis-plant
#Hanfwissen #Hanf #Hanfindustrie #Nachhaltigkeit #Mitweltschutz #Botanik
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cannabis, (genus #Cannabis), genus of 1–3 species of aromatic flowering #plants cultivated for #fiber, #oilseed, #medicinal preparations, and #psychoactive products. Native to Central Asia, cannabis is now grown #worldwide in a range of forms adapted for different uses. The taxonomy of the group is contentious, with many botanists holding that the genus comprises a single species, Cannabis sativa. https://www.britannica.com/plant/cannabis-plant
#Hanfwissen #Hanf #Hanfindustrie #Nachhaltigkeit #Mitweltschutz #Botanik
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And while some people #escape from it by turning to #psychoactive substances, others may simply ‘drop out of life,’ cutting off social ties and retreating painfully into other worlds.
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And while some people #escape from it by turning to #psychoactive substances, others may simply ‘drop out of life,’ cutting off social ties and retreating painfully into other worlds.
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I was inspired by this, Michael Pollan's review of Coffeeland:
https://michaelpollan.com/articles-archive/review-capitalisms-favorite-drug/
Even as a #coffee drinker, I understand that this vastly profitable #psychoactive drug is a key ingredient in the fuel of industrial capitalism's #productivity engines ~ not to mention its engines of #exploitation and #colonialism, both of which are covered in the review. 1/3 🧵
#capitalism #dhamma #samadhi #insight #desire #suffering #cultural #revolution
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I'll never stress enough on the fact that the sheer existence of #psychoactive #drugs (that you cannot just cancel from the universe) requires toward people, drug #education, because
Educated people won't fry their life over a pill offered by a random hand somewhere
And I saw that now, the ultimate entry point to this education, the perfect tool that Venn Diagram for Drugs is, now people (#people are awesome) rent a domain name for it and…
Captions are Wikipedia links
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I'll never stress enough on the fact that the sheer existence of #psychoactive #drugs (that you cannot just cancel from the universe) requires toward people, drug #education, because
Educated people won't fry their life over a pill offered by a random hand somewhere
And I saw that now, the ultimate entry point to this education, the perfect tool that Venn Diagram for Drugs is, now people (#people are awesome) rent a domain name for it and…
Captions are Wikipedia links
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The Drugs Used by the #AncientGreeks and #Romans
November 26th, 2021
"Many of us living in the parts of the world where marijuana has recently been legalized may regard ourselves as partaking of a highly modern pleasure. And given the ever-increasing sophistication of the growing and processing techniques that underlie what has become a formidable #cannabis industry, perhaps, on some level, we are. But as intellectually avid enthusiasts of #psychoactive substances won’t hesitate to tell you, their use stretches farther back in time than history itself. 'For as long as there has been civilization, there have been #MindAlteringDrugs,' writes Science’s Andrew Lawler. But was anyone using them in the predecessors to western civilization as we know it today?
"For quite some time, scholars believed that unlike, say, Mesoamerica or north Africa, 'the ancient Near East had seemed curiously drug-free.' But now, 'new techniques for analyzing residues in excavated jars and identifying tiny amounts of plant material suggest that ancient Near Easterners indulged in a range of #psychoactive substances.'
"The latest evidence suggests that, already three millennia ago, 'drugs like cannabis had arrived in #Mesopotamia, while people from #Turkey to #Egypt experimented with local substances such as blue water lily.' That these habits seem to have continued in ancient Greece and Rome is suggested by archaeological evidence summarized in the video above.
"In 2019, archaeologists unearthed a few precious artifacts from a fourth-century Scythian burial mound near Stavropol in Russia. There were 'golden armbands, golden cups, a heavy gold ring, and the greatest treasure of all, two spectacular golden vessels,' says narrator Garrett Ryan, who earned a PhD in Greek and Roman History from the University of Michigan. The interiors of those last
'were coated with a sticky black residue,' confirmed in the lab to be #opium with traces of #marijuana. 'The #Scythians, in other words, got high' — as did 'their Greek and Roman neighbors.' Ryan, author of Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans, goes on to make intriguing connections between scattered but relevant pieces of archaeological and textual evidence. We know that some of our civilizational forebears got high; how many, and how high, are questions for future scholastic inquiry."Source:
https://www.openculture.com/2021/11/the-drugs-used-by-the-ancient-greeks-and-romans.html#MysteryCults #Rituals #RomanHistory #GreekHistory #AncientHistory #BlueLotus
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The Drugs Used by the #AncientGreeks and #Romans
November 26th, 2021
"Many of us living in the parts of the world where marijuana has recently been legalized may regard ourselves as partaking of a highly modern pleasure. And given the ever-increasing sophistication of the growing and processing techniques that underlie what has become a formidable #cannabis industry, perhaps, on some level, we are. But as intellectually avid enthusiasts of #psychoactive substances won’t hesitate to tell you, their use stretches farther back in time than history itself. 'For as long as there has been civilization, there have been #MindAlteringDrugs,' writes Science’s Andrew Lawler. But was anyone using them in the predecessors to western civilization as we know it today?
"For quite some time, scholars believed that unlike, say, Mesoamerica or north Africa, 'the ancient Near East had seemed curiously drug-free.' But now, 'new techniques for analyzing residues in excavated jars and identifying tiny amounts of plant material suggest that ancient Near Easterners indulged in a range of #psychoactive substances.'
"The latest evidence suggests that, already three millennia ago, 'drugs like cannabis had arrived in #Mesopotamia, while people from #Turkey to #Egypt experimented with local substances such as blue water lily.' That these habits seem to have continued in ancient Greece and Rome is suggested by archaeological evidence summarized in the video above.
"In 2019, archaeologists unearthed a few precious artifacts from a fourth-century Scythian burial mound near Stavropol in Russia. There were 'golden armbands, golden cups, a heavy gold ring, and the greatest treasure of all, two spectacular golden vessels,' says narrator Garrett Ryan, who earned a PhD in Greek and Roman History from the University of Michigan. The interiors of those last
'were coated with a sticky black residue,' confirmed in the lab to be #opium with traces of #marijuana. 'The #Scythians, in other words, got high' — as did 'their Greek and Roman neighbors.' Ryan, author of Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans, goes on to make intriguing connections between scattered but relevant pieces of archaeological and textual evidence. We know that some of our civilizational forebears got high; how many, and how high, are questions for future scholastic inquiry."Source:
https://www.openculture.com/2021/11/the-drugs-used-by-the-ancient-greeks-and-romans.html#MysteryCults #Rituals #RomanHistory #GreekHistory #AncientHistory #BlueLotus
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#Betel nuts have been giving people a buzz for over 4,000 years
Chewing #betelnuts is a cultural practice in parts of Southeast #Asia. When chewed, these reddish nuts, which are the fruit of the areca palm, release #psychoactive compounds that heighten alertness and energy, promote feelings of euphoria, and help with relaxation. They are usually wrapped in betel leaves with lime paste made from powdered shells or corals, depending on the region.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/ancient-teeth-show-people-were-getting-high-off-betel-nuts-4000-years-ago/ -
#Betel nuts have been giving people a buzz for over 4,000 years
Chewing #betelnuts is a cultural practice in parts of Southeast #Asia. When chewed, these reddish nuts, which are the fruit of the areca palm, release #psychoactive compounds that heighten alertness and energy, promote feelings of euphoria, and help with relaxation. They are usually wrapped in betel leaves with lime paste made from powdered shells or corals, depending on the region.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/ancient-teeth-show-people-were-getting-high-off-betel-nuts-4000-years-ago/ -
31-Jul-2025
4,000-year-old teeth record the earliest traces of people chewing #psychoactive #betelNuts
New methods make the ‘invisible visible’ to find evidence of deeply rooted cultural practice which otherwise might have been lost in the #archaeological record -
31-Jul-2025
4,000-year-old teeth record the earliest traces of people chewing #psychoactive #betelNuts
New methods make the ‘invisible visible’ to find evidence of deeply rooted cultural practice which otherwise might have been lost in the #archaeological record -
23-May-2025
Earliest use of #psychoactive and medicinal plant ‘harmal’ identified in #IronAge #Arabiahttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1084357 #science #plants #archaeology
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23-May-2025
Earliest use of #psychoactive and medicinal plant ‘harmal’ identified in #IronAge #Arabiahttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1084357 #science #plants #archaeology
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Participants report improved mental health and personal transformation after peyote rituals
#health #medicine #mentalhealth #psychology #neuroscience #cognitivescience #psychoactive
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Participants report improved mental health and personal transformation after peyote rituals
#health #medicine #mentalhealth #psychology #neuroscience #cognitivescience #psychoactive
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Natural remedy bests #BigPharma solution for moderate to major depression in humans. “Psilocybin leads to a better overall outcome in the treatment of moderate to severe major depressive disorder (MDD) than the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) escitalopram, results of the first long-term comparison of the two treatments suggest.” #Depression #SSRI #Medications #Psychoactive #Drugs #Psylocibin #Shrooms #Psychiatry #MentalHealth
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Natural remedy bests #BigPharma solution for moderate to major depression in humans. “Psilocybin leads to a better overall outcome in the treatment of moderate to severe major depressive disorder (MDD) than the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) escitalopram, results of the first long-term comparison of the two treatments suggest.” #Depression #SSRI #Medications #Psychoactive #Drugs #Psylocibin #Shrooms #Psychiatry #MentalHealth
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"#Psychoactive drugs have been shown to regulate neurotransmitters, stimulate the growth of cells in the brain, and reduce inflammation in the central nervous system, so it’s possible those properties could translate to improvements in brain-related symptoms of Long COVID. Still, Subaiya is wary of overpromising, particularly given the hype around #psychedelics and the fact that there is no proven cure for #LongCovid."
I've cured my LongCovid with #Ayahuasca.
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"#Psychoactive drugs have been shown to regulate neurotransmitters, stimulate the growth of cells in the brain, and reduce inflammation in the central nervous system, so it’s possible those properties could translate to improvements in brain-related symptoms of Long COVID. Still, Subaiya is wary of overpromising, particularly given the hype around #psychedelics and the fact that there is no proven cure for #LongCovid."
I've cured my LongCovid with #Ayahuasca.
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“This find shows us a rare glimpse of a possible way in which people navigated and mediated the anxieties, stresses, hopes and aspirations of daily life,” Dr. Van Oyen said. “Whoever collected all these seeds in this makeshift container did this deliberately and skillfully — they knew what they were doing.”
#psychedelics #psychoactive
#Archaeology
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/science/archaeology-hallucinogens-henbane.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fk0.lSi8.zOxC8O89mIV5&smid=url-share -
“This find shows us a rare glimpse of a possible way in which people navigated and mediated the anxieties, stresses, hopes and aspirations of daily life,” Dr. Van Oyen said. “Whoever collected all these seeds in this makeshift container did this deliberately and skillfully — they knew what they were doing.”
#psychedelics #psychoactive
#Archaeology
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/science/archaeology-hallucinogens-henbane.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fk0.lSi8.zOxC8O89mIV5&smid=url-share -
"It’s remarkable how fast #psychedelics have gone mainstream. Just look at how so many major universities are racing to set up their own psychedelic institutes. But this is not the first time #psychoactive drugs were hailed as miracle cures. Heroin and cocaine were also once considered wonder drugs. Today, what’s so striking is how the public conversation about psychedelics ignores this deeper #history of intoxicants."
https://www.ttbook.org/show/luminous-brief-history-getting-high
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"It’s remarkable how fast #psychedelics have gone mainstream. Just look at how so many major universities are racing to set up their own psychedelic institutes. But this is not the first time #psychoactive drugs were hailed as miracle cures. Heroin and cocaine were also once considered wonder drugs. Today, what’s so striking is how the public conversation about psychedelics ignores this deeper #history of intoxicants."
https://www.ttbook.org/show/luminous-brief-history-getting-high
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[Paywall] This #psychoactive plant could save lives—and everyone wants to cash in
#Iboga plants smuggled out of #Gabon provide most of the world’s #ibogaine, a drug that can help heal trauma and addiction. As the plant enters fair trade, officials hope regulation ensures equity and sustainability.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/ibogaine-pschedelic-drug-root-fair-trade-gabon
#PTSD #Anxiety #Depression #TraditionalMedicine #NaturalRemedies
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[Paywall] This #psychoactive plant could save lives—and everyone wants to cash in
#Iboga plants smuggled out of #Gabon provide most of the world’s #ibogaine, a drug that can help heal trauma and addiction. As the plant enters fair trade, officials hope regulation ensures equity and sustainability.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/ibogaine-pschedelic-drug-root-fair-trade-gabon
#PTSD #Anxiety #Depression #TraditionalMedicine #NaturalRemedies
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#Psychoactive drug is the only known treatment that heals traumatic brain injuries
Story by Andrei Ionescu
January 10, 2024"In a groundbreaking study, Stanford researchers have discovered a potential treatment for the invisible wounds of war, particularly traumatic brain injuries (#TBIs) that often lead to post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, #depression, and #suicide among military #veterans.
"Published in the journal Nature Medicine, the study reveals that the plant-based psychoactive drug ibogaine, in combination with #magnesium, can significantly reduce symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, and depression, and improve functioning in veterans with traumatic brain injury."
#PTSD #Ibogaine #TraditionalMedicine #Iboga #NaturalRemedies
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#Psychoactive drug is the only known treatment that heals traumatic brain injuries
Story by Andrei Ionescu
January 10, 2024"In a groundbreaking study, Stanford researchers have discovered a potential treatment for the invisible wounds of war, particularly traumatic brain injuries (#TBIs) that often lead to post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, #depression, and #suicide among military #veterans.
"Published in the journal Nature Medicine, the study reveals that the plant-based psychoactive drug ibogaine, in combination with #magnesium, can significantly reduce symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, and depression, and improve functioning in veterans with traumatic brain injury."
#PTSD #Ibogaine #TraditionalMedicine #Iboga #NaturalRemedies
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Traces of #cannabis found in #premodern #humanbones for the first time
A #17thcentury hospital #crypt in #Milan, #Italy has yielded the first #archaeological evidence of cannabis' #psychoactive components in #human #bones
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Western doctors and #psychedelics:
"One of my chronically depressed patients recently found a #psychoactive drug that works for him… He took some #psilocybin from a friend and experienced what he deemed a miraculous improvement in his mood. “It was like taking off a dark pair of sunglasses, everything suddenly seemed brighter.”
I don’t doubt my patient’s improvement. But I’m not convinced that his brief, oceanic experience was the source of the magic."
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Western doctors and #psychedelics:
"One of my chronically depressed patients recently found a #psychoactive drug that works for him… He took some #psilocybin from a friend and experienced what he deemed a miraculous improvement in his mood. “It was like taking off a dark pair of sunglasses, everything suddenly seemed brighter.”
I don’t doubt my patient’s improvement. But I’m not convinced that his brief, oceanic experience was the source of the magic."
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Timeless #Psychoactive #Music for #ambient Music Lovers in freedl https://archive.org/details/spore-designers-a-seed-in-time #experimental #meditative #dreamwave #meditation #avantgarde #newagemusic #cosmic #seed #acid #dronemusic #soundscape #spiritual #fieldrecording #asmr #design #super8 #occult #experience
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A developer of treatments with psychedelic compounds for brain disorders is partnering with a lab at Yale University to assess methylone as a PTSD therapy.
https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=45241
#News #Press #Science #Business #Collaboration #Trama #Methylone #PTSD #Psychedelic #Psychoactive #Neurons #Prelinical #Veterans #DoD #Psychiatry #University #Therapy
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A developer of treatments with psychedelic compounds for brain disorders is partnering with a lab at Yale University to assess methylone as a PTSD therapy.
https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=45241
#News #Press #Science #Business #Collaboration #Trama #Methylone #PTSD #Psychedelic #Psychoactive #Neurons #Prelinical #Veterans #DoD #Psychiatry #University #Therapy
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Ever wonder how your #brain coordinates all your #senses with your #thoughts? There’s a cool little spot between your ears called the #claustrum. It spans across the #corpuscallosum, and has pathways to each different #perception center and your #cortex.
Scientists have evidence that much #mentalillness such as #PTSD may stem from it’s dysfunction.
#Psychoactive drugs like #psilocybin work by disrupting it’s function.
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Ever wonder how your #brain coordinates all your #senses with your #thoughts? There’s a cool little spot between your ears called the #claustrum. It spans across the #corpuscallosum, and has pathways to each different #perception center and your #cortex.
Scientists have evidence that much #mentalillness such as #PTSD may stem from it’s dysfunction.
#Psychoactive drugs like #psilocybin work by disrupting it’s function.
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#Disclosure:
Context: #Psychoactive #drugs can #ReallyFuckYouUp
About thirty years ago now I had a job stress/overwork problem that turned into #psychiatric #malpractice. (Mismanagement of medication by an unqualified therapist who was lying to my doctor.) I'm not gonna go into any more details than that "in public".
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Fast forward. About a month ago I finally got an appointment with a neurologist to diagnose an arm tremor that has been troubling me on and off. The conclusion was that the tremor is benign, but the subject of mitigation came up, and it turns out most of the class of drugs effective against essential tremors are in the class that was misused on me thirty years ago.
Thirty fucking years. All we did was talk about it, and I went into a full-color shaking, weeping flashback there in the office.
DO NOT EVER underestimate how badly this shit, even LEGALLY APPROVED shit, can fuck you up. -
Just finished Mike Jay's fantastic #Psychonauts - Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind. Riveting, richly sourced exploration of #psychoactive #drugs from #chloroform to #cannabis - focusing on self-experimentation and interpretations by scientists, doctors, and artists in the 19th century.
Highly recommended! Perhaps especially for those of us researching #psychedelics as the book provides so much historical context, contrast, and antecedents to what's going on with psychoactives now.
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Just finished Mike Jay's fantastic #Psychonauts - Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind. Riveting, richly sourced exploration of #psychoactive #drugs from #chloroform to #cannabis - focusing on self-experimentation and interpretations by scientists, doctors, and artists in the 19th century.
Highly recommended! Perhaps especially for those of us researching #psychedelics as the book provides so much historical context, contrast, and antecedents to what's going on with psychoactives now.
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Safer Forms of Psilocybin Assessed in Preclinical Study
A #biotechnology company says it identified engineered precursors of a #psychedelic compound that in lab #animals produce safe and intended therapeutic effects.
https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=44815
#News #Science #Business #Psilocybin #MagicMushrooms #Chemistry #Canada #MentalHealth #Psychoactive #Preclinical #Prodrug
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Safer Forms of Psilocybin Assessed in Preclinical Study
A #biotechnology company says it identified engineered precursors of a #psychedelic compound that in lab #animals produce safe and intended therapeutic effects.
https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=44815
#News #Science #Business #Psilocybin #MagicMushrooms #Chemistry #Canada #MentalHealth #Psychoactive #Preclinical #Prodrug
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CW: CW: Drugs
If you're planning to #OpenYourMInd with #Psychedelics this weekend, and need some new tunes... try this out: https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/psychedelic-ghost-stories
Preliminary (trip) reports have been great! Quite the mindfuck, I am told. Hell, I'll even give you a code to download it in high quality, so you can experience it in the best fidelity possible.
#Edible #Psychoactive #SacredPlants #trips #LSD #Shrooms #ketamine #edibles #cannabis #MagicMushrooms #PsychedelicGhostStories
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CW: CW: Drugs
If you're planning to #OpenYourMInd with #Psychedelics this weekend, and need some new tunes... try this out: https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/psychedelic-ghost-stories
Preliminary (trip) reports have been great! Quite the mindfuck, I am told. Hell, I'll even give you a code to download it in high quality, so you can experience it in the best fidelity possible.
#Edible #Psychoactive #SacredPlants #trips #LSD #Shrooms #ketamine #edibles #cannabis #MagicMushrooms #PsychedelicGhostStories
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CW: ancient use of psychadelic drugs
Very interesting article about the newly discovered evidence that humans 3000 years ago in what is now Spain, were #tripping on a variety of #psychoactive substances.
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Trial to Test Low-Dose Psilocybin for Mental Distress
A developer of mental health therapies from #psychedelic compounds says it received #FDA clearance for a clinical trial testing low doses of #psilocybin.
https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=44595
#News #Science #Business #MagicMushrooms #ClinicalTrial #MentalHealth #Demoralization #University #Canada #Psychoactive #LowDose
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Trial to Test Low-Dose Psilocybin for Mental Distress
A developer of mental health therapies from #psychedelic compounds says it received #FDA clearance for a clinical trial testing low doses of #psilocybin.
https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=44595
#News #Science #Business #MagicMushrooms #ClinicalTrial #MentalHealth #Demoralization #University #Canada #Psychoactive #LowDose
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My newsletter on this past week in #Singapore: https://www.wethecitizens.net/this-response-doesnt-work/
The Ministry of Home Affairs is proposing amending the Misuse of #Drugs Act and also the Constitution of Singapore to make the penalties for drug possession even harsher — this time they want to introducing judicial corporal punishment (caning) for possession of drugs, as well as allow #police to #arrest and #detain people who use new #psychoactive substances. The War of Drugs hasn't worked, but they want to double down.
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My newsletter on this past week in #Singapore: https://www.wethecitizens.net/this-response-doesnt-work/
The Ministry of Home Affairs is proposing amending the Misuse of #Drugs Act and also the Constitution of Singapore to make the penalties for drug possession even harsher — this time they want to introducing judicial corporal punishment (caning) for possession of drugs, as well as allow #police to #arrest and #detain people who use new #psychoactive substances. The War of Drugs hasn't worked, but they want to double down.
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Psychoactive Drug Start-Up Raises $40M in Early Funds
A new company is underway developing #drugs to treat #PTSD and other disorders with #psychoactive compounds claimed to be safer than current #psychedelics.
https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=44483
#News #Science #Business #StartUp #Entrepreneurs #Neuroscience #MentalHealth #MDMA #Methylone #ClinicalTrial #Finance #VentureCapital
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Psychoactive Drug Start-Up Raises $40M in Early Funds
A new company is underway developing #drugs to treat #PTSD and other disorders with #psychoactive compounds claimed to be safer than current #psychedelics.
https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=44483
#News #Science #Business #StartUp #Entrepreneurs #Neuroscience #MentalHealth #MDMA #Methylone #ClinicalTrial #Finance #VentureCapital
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An interesting discussion about a little-known and seemingly rare #psychoactive alkaloid (though you never know when you may see it pop up) #corynantheidine (derived from #kratom).
https://tinyurl.com/mr4a332f
