entheogens
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A Single Dose of Psychedelic Ibogaine Might Help People With Traumatic Brain Injuries
The psychedelic drug ibogaine may be able to give brain injury sufferers some much-needed help. A new, small study found that military veterans with a history of traumatic brain injury experienced a significant improvement in their symptoms of depression, anxiety, and PTSD following treatment with ibogaine and magnesium. The findings merit larger clinical trials of…
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Largest Trial Yet Shows Promising Results for Psilocybin as Depression Treatment
A study out this week is the largest of its kind to suggest that psilocybin — the key ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms — can be a potential treatment for depression. The randomised trial found that people with treatment-resistant depression who received a large dose of psilocybin along with psychological support experienced a significant reduction in…
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Bar-Goers Were Poisoned by Ecstasy-Laced Champagne, German Police Say
A group of people attending a bar in Bavaria, Germany, were poisoned over the weekend by tainted champagne containing the drug ecstasy, authorities say. Several people were hospitalized after drinking the spiked concoction, while one person has since died. Police have reportedly ruled out the possibility of the group being intentionally targeted, but no motive…
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Archaeologists Say They have Found the Earliest Evidence of Humans Using Tobacco
In the summer of 2015, a team of archaeologists in Utah found duck bones and charred plant matter just beneath the ground, in an arid stretch of northwestern Utah now known as the Wishbone site. The team realised it was an open-air hearth, some 12,000 years old, and now the same group has reported their…