Ibogaine treatment facilities are popping up all around the world offering those addicted to opioids hope at long-lasting recovery without enduring painful withdrawal. Yet, the therapy is outlawed in the United States, a country in the throes of an opioid epidemic. That could all soon change. The Opioid Tsunami The opioid crisis hit the United States […]
“Career suicide!” That’s what Allison Feduccia’s graduate advisor told her when she told her in 2009 she wanted to use her PhD to explore the therapeutic possibilities of psychedelic medicine. “She was like, ‘Are you sure? I mean, once you affiliate yourself with something like psychedelics…,’” she recalls, her voice momentarily trailing off. “Well, working […]
People say Mother Ayahuasca calls you when you’re ready. Her voice begins as an intuitive whisper. It reaches a crescendo until you finally take notice and come to her. And when you do, she does her magic and your life is changed forever. That’s the way it happened for 34-year-old Marc McLean, he wrote in […]
Could you be a candidate for taking part in a psychedelic study? What impact could it have on your mental health? Clinical studies are crucial to medical knowledge. They help researchers obtain valuable information about the safety and efficacy of medical drugs, devices, and procedures. This information is necessary for medical products to be granted approval […]
The idea to write about his quarter-century psychedelic experience had been rolling around in Derek Beres’ head for a while. Perhaps it would be something that would appeal to others who dabble in ‘shrooms or acid. Or maybe it could be a primer for those curious about trying psychedelics one day. Thing is, Beres never […]
If you ask Veronika Gold about Polaris Insight Center, the San Francisco-based ketamine-assisted psychotherapy clinic she founded two years ago with a handful of colleagues, she will tell you it is the actualization of a lifelong dream she never thought would come true. The center uses the psychedelic potential of ketamine to enhance alternative and traditional […]
Rafael was apprehensive at first. Sitting on a yoga mat facing the setting sun, he whispered to his wife, “I’m scared.” R5-MeO-DMT was a religious experience for Rafael. Recounting his second journey on the outlawed chemical on 5Hive, a social media forum of 5-MeO-DMT users, Rafael recalled his wife touching his face and playing one of […]
At his worst, D.F. thought heroin wasn’t his problem. It was his solution. It soothed his physical pain, killed the uncomfortable emotions, and quieted the noise in his head. He began self-medicating with daily doses of heroin, methadone, and Xanax, sometimes topping it off with a stiff drink. “When you’re in agony,” D.F. said, “numbness […]
The wording was key. Use the wrong term or phrase to describe a peculiar experience associated with an experimental drug, and it’s sure to be the old nail in the molecule’s coffin. Find the right words, and you open up a world of pharmacological possibilities. That’s where Drs. Edward Domino and Guenter Corssen were in […]
Exactly 65 years ago, R. Gordon Wasson, a vice president of J.P. Morgan & Co., leaned over the desk of the highest ranking official in a remote Mexican Indian village high atop the Mixeteco mountains and whispered, “Will you help me learn the secrets of the divine mushroom?” Hours later, Wasson and his traveling companion […]
