How Psychedelics Bind to the Brain
Node Smith, ND Psychedelic drugs such as LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline cause severe and often long-lasting hallucinations, but they show great potential in treating serious psychiatric [...]
How do Psychedelics Work?
Node Smith, ND Perhaps no region of the brain is more fittingly named than the claustrum, taken from the Latin word for “hidden or shut away.” The claustrum is an extremely thin sheet [...]
Mindfulness Meditation Combined with Psilocybin May Have Better Effects
Node Smith, ND University of Zurich Recent years have seen a renewed interest in the clinical application of classic psychedelics in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders. Researchers [...]
Reclassification Recommendations for Psilocybin From Schedule I to Schedule IV
Press Release: John Hopkins Press Release (9/28/2018) If phase III clinical trials are successful, researchers suggest categorizing the drug as schedule IV In an evaluation of the safety and [...]
Connecting Depressed Patients to Their Emotions Using Psychedelics
Node Smith, ND Research Continues to Support Psychedelic Substances for Mental Health Two new studies add to the growing body of research supporting the use of psychedelic substances in mental [...]
Psychedelic Science: Spirituality as Medicine
Erica Zelfand, ND Tolle Totum Are psychedelic users happier than the rest of us? According to a recent study in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, the answer is yes. Whereas lifetime use of [...]
