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Ancient Romans Used to Trip on Hallucinogenic Seeds, Archeologists Say

A recent discovery of seeds hidden in a container made out of bone gives archeologists a clue about how Ancient Romans used psychedelics.

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Ketamine: The Psychedelic Painkiller that Could Halt the Opioid Crisis?

Mainstreaming ketamine as a pain management tool could help mainstream psychedelic medicine more broadly.

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Near-Death Experiences and Psychedelic Trips Are Scientifically Similar

Researchers found striking similarities between near-death experiences and psychedelic trips, particularly in mystical effects like time distortion and feelings of unity.

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Landmark Study Reveals How Psilocybin Helps Treat Alcohol Dependence

Magic mushrooms help people process difficult emotions and feel more self-compassion, study suggests

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This Is Your Brain on Psilocybin Mushrooms

A new study published in the journal Nature looked at the effects of mushrooms on the brain and how desynchronization impacts us therapeutically.

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Combining Ozempic with Psychedelic Compound May Treat Diabetes, Research Suggests

Though further research is required, scientists have found that combining drugs like Ozempic with harmine, an alkaloid in Syrian rue and Banisteriopsis caapi, may boost insulin production.

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Farmer in India Pioneers a Way to Grow Mushrooms in Sub-Zero Temperature

In recent decades, mushroom cultivation has transformed the lives of thousands in the Northern part of the country

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The FDA Releases First-Ever Guidelines For Psychedelic Medicine

The guidelines will shape what the future of psychedelic therapy and treatment looks like

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LSD Is on Deck As New Treatment for PMS and PMDD

MindBio Therapeutics is launching a study to find out if LSD can be a tool for improving the challenges of women's moon cycles.

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Scientists are Using AI to Develop New Psychedelic Drugs

Using supercomputers and machine learning, the next generation of psychedelics may look like nothing we've ever seen before.

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How Long Does It Take for Shrooms to Kick In?

Well, it depends on a lot of things—from your body to how you take them.

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Psilocybin Mushrooms Have Been Growing on Earth Since Dinosaurs Went Extinct

Psilocybe mushrooms appear to have started producing psilocybin roughly 67 million years ago, right around the dinosaurs’ demise, new research shows.

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Is Palo Santo Actually Endangered?

A conservation report raises concerns about the sustainability of this sacred wood.

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Why Does the Brain Make Its Own DMT?

Scientists are grappling with the question of what biological role DMT plays in the human body.

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Psilocybin Found in “Legal” Amanita Muscaria Gummies at Florida Shroom Dispensary

These “legal” gummies may not be so legal—but it’s impossible to confirm the results

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Why Are Scientists Dosing Fish with Ayahuasca?

Apparently, they're the "lab rats of the sea." But will it really help us understand this sacred brew?

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Cluster Headache Patient Wins Federal Court Case to Access Mushrooms

A "suicide headache" patient wins a federal court case in Canada that will grant him access to legally use psilocybin mushrooms.

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Company Seeks to Patent Psilocybin for Weight Loss

But does it work?

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Psychedelic Visuals Are Produced in the Backs of Our Eyeballs, New Theory Suggests

Why do we trip? One neuroscientist out of Maastricht University says our retinas are responsible for the visuals we experience on psychedelics.

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What Permaculture Teaches Us About Psychedelics

Permaculture helps us recognize systemic patterns and relationships—here's how that applies to the psychedelic movement.

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It Turns Out Mushrooms Have a Language—And We’re Just Figuring Out How to Decipher It

Mushrooms generate electrical signals that bear a striking resemblance to human nerve impulses

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Shrooms Won’t Make You Believe in God, But They Might Convince You That Robots Have Feelings

Contrary to earlier evidence, researchers now say psilocybin mushrooms won't make you religious — but they could make you think that Chat GPT or your Roomba is conscious.

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Your Brain on Psychedelics Might Look the Same as Your Brain on Religious Mysticism

What’s “neurospirituality” all about? Spiritual experiences induced by psychedelics may have common neuronal pathways with traditional religious and mystical experiences.

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Why Psychedelic Trips are So Much More Than a Series of Neurological Mechanisms

The mind is greater than the sum of its neurological parts.

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We Lab Tested a Bunch of “Magic Mushroom” Products, and Here’s What We Found

You can find "mushroom" products everywhere these days, but do they actually contain psilocybin? Here are the preliminary results of our recent investigation. A full feature will be available in Issue No. 11 of DoubleBlind Magazine hitting stands in May.

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A Colorado Neuroscientist Wants to Give MDMA to Dogs

A neuroscientist at the CU Denver Center for Psychedelic Research says he wants to study MDMA’s effects on abused dogs.

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Psychedelic Church Sues for Defamation After Lab Test Raises Hope for Presence of Novel Drug

The Church of Sacred Synthesis, formerly known as the "Church of Psilomethoxin," says lab tests confirm their sacrament contains a rare psychedelic called psilomethoxin. Now, they're suing everyone who discredited them on the internet.

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Psilocybin Mushroom Potency Can Degrade by Nearly 50% in Six Months, New Data Shows

A preliminary experiment by Hyphae Labs shows that the potency of psilocybin mushrooms can drastically decrease in less than a year.

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DMT in Plants—Is It Really Everywhere?

We made a list of common and not-so-common psychedelic herbs

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Mushroom Seizures in the US Are Up 273 Percent From 2017, New Research Shows

New data from US law enforcement agencies shows that access and use of psilocybin products have increased over the past five years—and so have mushroom seizures.

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Adults Are Using More Psychedelics, But Teens Aren’t, Studies Find

Data from new federally-backed studies suggest that adults are tripping more, but teen use is decreasing.

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Entheogen: What Does This Word Actually Mean?

'Entheogen' is rebranding psychedelics, evoking the language of divine medicine.

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Did Viking Berserkers Take Magic Mushrooms?

A scientific look into the tale that Viking berserkers used magic mushrooms to achieve feats of near-godlike strength.

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What Colleges Are (and Aren’t) Doing for Undergrads Interested in Psychedelics

There’s not much out there for students interested in the psychedelic field, but that’s slowly changing

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Is Your Gut Controlling Your Emotions?

According to emerging research, we really are what we eat—or what the microbes inside us eat, anyway

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Older People Don’t Trip As Hard on Psychedelics As Younger Demographics, According to Research

This might make psychedelics safer for them, according to research published in The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

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Synthetic Psilocybin: What’s Lost Without The Mushroom?

For research in the United States, volunteers typically receive synthetic psilocybin. Does that matter?

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Explaining the Mystery of Sacred Geometry

From the mandala to fractals, people across cultures have given spiritual significance to repetitive patterns for millennia. But is there an explanation?

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This Company is Developing a Drug Based on Ibogaine for the Opioid Crisis

18-MC allegedly puts an end to unhealthy cravings while sparing patients a brutal trip

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An Outdated Law Has Stopped All Psychedelic Research in California

Numerous studies looking at the efficacy of psychedelics on mental health are on indefinite hiatus due to a law enacted more than 50 years ago.

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This Weird, Futuristic Helmet Will Let People Scan Their Brains While Tripping

Could brain imaging help us understand how psychedelics work?

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Can Psychedelics Treat Long-Covid’s Debilitating Symptoms? 

A new case study suggests that psychedelics might offer long Covid sufferers relief from chronic ailments.

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DMT to be Researched for Depression for the First Time

Researchers are hopeful "the spirit molecule" will also treat OCD and PTSD, among other conditions.

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Lykos Therapeutics Quietly Moves to Patent MDMA

Lykos Therapeutics, formerly known as MAPS PBC, files patent applications on various elements of the MDMA molecule and its applications.

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Are Teenagers Who Trip on Psychedelics More Likely to Develop Psychosis?

A recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry looks at thousands of adolescent twins to get a better understanding of how psychedelics impact teens.

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US Military Granted $27 Million to Research Psychedelics—Without the Trip

The program will expire, but the question remains: are psychedelics without the journey really psychedelic at all?

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Why Closing Your Eyes Makes You Trip Harder

A recent study suggests that closing our eyes intensifies the effects of psychedelics, potentially enhancing their therapeutic benefits.

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Even Small Doses of LSD Can Expand Consciousness

LSD drastically impacts neural complexity and boosts theta and delta waves in ways that the majority of other drugs don’t.

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Not Just a Daydream—Can Mushroom Trips Impact Your Sleep?

We asked the experts what we know (and don’t) about shrooms and sleep

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Nearly 9 in 10 Americans Think Using Psilocybin Is ‘Morally Positive,’ Study Finds

Public attitudes toward using mushrooms as a treatment for mental health and well-being have drastically shifted in the US, new data shows.

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This Startup is Developing a DMT-Based Addiction Treatment

Does pharmaceuticalizing the DMT experience make it more accessible, or detract from the therapeutic value of ego death and mysticism?

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Athletes Want Access to Psychedelic Therapy for Concussion Recovery

New research shows that athletes and sports staff are open to psychedelic therapy as a treatment for concussions and head injuries.

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Prescription Psychedelics are Almost Here—But Western Medicine Isn’t Ready

A paradigm shift needs to happen as psychedelics go legal. PEACH—Psychedelic Education and Community Healing—is the path forward.

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Redesigning Psychedelic Mushrooms to Never Cause a “Bad Trip”

The key to "good trips only" may lie in aeruginascin, the CBD of psilocybin mushrooms.
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