Psychedelic

A Senate report is recommending the federal government “immediately” conduct a “major research program” into how psychedelics can help veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In a press conference Wednesday,…

<!-- -->Patients are being warned not to expect a miracle cure. (Representational)Sydney: Australia on Saturday became one of the first countries in the world to allow the use of MDMA and magic mushrooms for medical treatment, in a…

Neuroscientists have long searched for ways to reopen "critical periods" in the brain, when mammals are more sensitive to signals from their surroundings that can influence periods of brain development. Now, researchers at Johns Hopkins…

The number of young adults using psychedelics has doubled in just three years in the United States, a study suggests.Researchers led by the University of Michigan found that 6.6 percent of 19 to 30-year-olds said they had used a…

Synopsis: As soon as an undercover cop Sumair (Shahid Kapoor), busts a drug delivery racket in Gurugram, he gets blackmailed into returning the seized cocaine, after his son is kidnapped by a notorious drug lord Sikander (Ronit Roy).Review:…

Psychedelic therapy is on its way to becoming a mainstream medical treatment for mental health. In 2020 and 2022, residents of Oregon and Colorado voted to legalize the use of psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in hallucinogenic…

A new study takes a closer look at the neurobiology of psychedelic experiences caused by nitrous oxide, ketamine and LSD. Nitrous oxide, colloquially known as laughing gas, has been used clinically as an anesthetic to dull pain since the…

As It Happens6:39People were using psychedelic drugs in Bronze Age Europe, study findsPeople have been using mind-altering substances for a long, long time.While archaeologists and historians have long suspected that people in Bronze Age…

Scientists have gleaned new insights into how psychedelics alter conscious experience via their action on brain activity. In a study at Imperial College London, detailed brain imaging data from 20 healthy volunteers revealed how the potent…

'The shaman poured the dense, black liquid and summoned us forward individually. It tasted disgusting, it smelt vile but it felt good to drink.'It soon kicked in. I was locked in a prison. Then the door flew open. It was my dad, dressed as…