Participants at leading research centers go through intense therapy and six hour psychedelic journeys to do things like quit smoking and worry less.
Studies like the one done at UCSF are important because they bolster both the scientific and legal cases for ayahuasca use.
These are not drug trials, they are ‘medication-assisted psychotherapy session' trials looking at psilocybin for the treatment of PTSD in veteran populations.
The long-term effects of microdosing have been largely unstudied, but aside from building a tolerance, there may be other risks or benefits we don't know about
Four cancer patients in end-of-life care will be become the first people in decades to legally possess and consume psilocybin mushrooms in Canada.
Dr. Gasser has pioneered the legal, medical use of psychedelics through clinical research & compassionate access in Switzerland.
The preparation beforehand & integration afterward are more important than the drug. The medicine is just a tool to remind us of what we already know.
LSD chemist and longtime drug war prisoner, William Leonard Pickard, was officially released from prison on July 27, 2020 at 3PM PT.