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Marijuana use among young people in U.S. at record high, study says
Young people used marijuana and some hallucinogens at record levels last year, according to a new report funded by the National Institutes of Health, as recreational cannabis became legal in...
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Psychedelic drugs take on depression
Mind-altering drugs might provide relief for those who don’t respond to conventional therapies — but does the hype outweigh the hope? Dried mushrooms containing psilocybin.Credit: Joe Amon/Denver Post via Getty...
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Ann Arbor psychedelic shroom fest plans return to University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR, MI — A festive celebration of entheogenic plants and fungi, including psychedelic mushrooms, is planned to return to the University of Michigan campus. Organizers have scheduled Ann Arbor’s...
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Psychedelic drug helped people with alcohol use disorder reduce drinking, study shows
Psilocybin, the ingredient in magic mushrooms, along with talk therapy, showed significant benefit in the largest clinical trial of its kind. Two doses of psilocybin pills, along with psychotherapy, helped people with...
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More kids hospitalized for cannabis poisonings after edibles legalized, study finds
Alberta, B.C. and Ontario saw spike in cases A study into unintentional cannabis hospitalization rates for children found a spike in provinces where edibles were legal between January 2020 and...
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DMT is Effective at Treating Depression, New Study Finds
DMT is a powerful hallucinogen that can conjure visions of entities and alien worlds, but new research shows it can also treat depression. In the quest to discover the most...
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Restrictions on Psilocybin ‘Magic Mushrooms’ Are Easing as Research Ramps Up
Magic mushrooms are undergoing a transformation from illicit recreational drug to promising mental health treatment. Numerous studies have reported positive findings using psilocybin—the mushrooms' main psychoactive compound—for treating depression as...
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You Could Win This Drug Lord Mansion in Mexico City for $10
A huge house worth $4.5 million, formerly owned by the infamous cartel kingpin Amado Carrillo Fuentes, aka “El Señor de los Cielos,” is being put up for auction by the...
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Space hurricane of plasma spotted above Earth’s North Pole
This large, rotating pattern of plasma roiled the ionosphere — similar to its surface counterparts. Plasma and the spiral auroral arms of a space hurricane twirl high Earth's polar region...
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Canadian Firm Seeks Approval to Manufacture MDMA and Other Psychedelics
Optimi Health has submitted a request to Canadian authorities that would allow the company to produce MDMA and other psychedelics at its facility in British Columbia. A Canadian company that...
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Here’s How Bees and Butterflies See Flowers. No Wonder They Love Them!
Humans are blind to ultraviolet light, but bugs can see it, and boy are they lucky! Ultraviolet florescence photography gives us a hint of how flowers look to pollinators. Credit: Craig...
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Soak Up Your Bacon Grease With Rolled Oats and Feed it to the Birds
Birds love bacon fat! Don’t pour it down the sink or waste paper towels putting it in the trash! My family loves bacon (pasture-raised and organic, of course),...
