Tag Archive for: psilocybin

Can Psychedelics Cure Chronic Pain? This Promising Study Lays Groundwork for Future Clinical Trials

Nine out of the 11 chronic pain sufferers interviewed say they experienced some kind of lasting pain reduction while self-medicating with psychedelics.
New Study Suggests SSRI Drugs Can Be Used Safely with Psilocybin to Treat DepressionShutterstock.com

New Study Suggests SSRI Drugs Can Be Used Safely with Psilocybin to Treat Depression

“If the results are confirmed in subsequent studies ... antidepressants may no longer need to be stopped for psilocybin treatment,” says MindMed Executive President Dr. Miri Halperin Wernli.
Combining Psychedelics: Is It Safe?

Combining Psychedelics: Is It Safe?

Mixing psychedelics goes by many names in pop culture: hippie flipping (MDMA and mushrooms) and candy flipping (MDMA and LSD), to name two. Depending on how you go about it, the experience can be life-affirmingly euphoric or severely overwhelming. But is it ever worth the risk?
How the COVID Pandemic Inspired Wakeful Travel's Psychedelic Integration Journals

How the COVID Pandemic Inspired Wakeful Travel’s Psychedelic Integration Journals

A travel journal company pivots from external trips to those unfolding in the mind, and the psychedelic community is embracing the one-of-a-kind integration workbook with open arms.
Manhattan Hospital Partners with Cybin to Provide Psychedelic Therapies to Marginalized CoShutterstock.com

Manhattan Hospital Partners with Cybin to Provide Psychedelic Therapies to Marginalized Communities

“It’s time for psychedelic medicine to climb down from the ivory tower and into the community,” says Cybin Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Alex Belser.

Jon Stewart ‘Would Love’ to Try Microdosing Psychedelics

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The comedian publicly expresses interest in the mental health treatment trend the same day as Paul Stamets' massive microdosing study results were published.

New Evidence Microdosing Psychedelics Reduces Anxiety and Depression

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This study also showed microdosers were less likely to use alcohol and were most likely to abstain from consuming alcohol entirely.

Psychedelic Business Spotlight: November 19

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This week in psychedelic business news: Companies partner on new dosage method; MindMed investigates LSD microdosing; Health Canada allows a psilocybin production campus.
DEA Quadruples Psilocybin Manufacturing for Research in Final 2021 Production QuotasShutterstock.com

DEA Quadruples Psilocybin Manufacturing for Research in Final 2021 Production Quotas

Drug Enforcement Agency also hugely boosts MDMA and DMT quotas “in response to the nationwide public interest in hallucinogenic controlled substances research.”

Animals That Eat Psychedelics and Enjoy the Trip

Is drug use a natural instinct? From mandrils ingesting ibogaine to deer munching on red and white-spotted mushrooms like antlered Super Mario characters, humans aren’t the only mammals that seek out and consume psychoactive substances.