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“There’s incredible potential here”

L*D is helping people end their alcohol dependence Most of this study's participants drank far less after tripping.

Washington Post: If you thought legalized ma*****na truly put the “high” in the Mile High City, wait until you hear what Denver is up to now.

As legal ma*****na booms, Denver votes on decriminalizing hallucinogenic mushrooms Proponents say “magic mushrooms” can help with depression, chronic pain, addiction, PTSD and anxiety. Opponents say too much is unknown and don't want Denver to be a drug hotspot.

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Psychedelic drug M**A may reawaken 'critical period' in brain to help treat PTSD Johns Hopkins neuroscientists have found that the psychedelic drug M**A reopens a kind of window, called a "critical period," when the brain is sensitive to learning the reward value of social behaviors. The findings, reported April 3 in Nature, may explain why M**A may be helpful in treating people...

Reopen

M**A can "reopen" a part of the brain that closes after puberty. Scientists taught old mice new tricks.

VICE: Hippies and hipsters are corrupting the ancient practice with psychedelic tourism. 😃

Millennials on Spirit Quests Are Ruining Everything About Ayahuasca Ayahuasca was a sacred medicine. Now it's a global 'it' drug, and the trendiness is threatening the source.

“Our findings tentatively raise the possibility that given in this way, psilocybin may produce sustained changes in outlook and political perspective, here in the direction of increased nature relatedness and decreased authoritarianism”

Scientists find magic mushrooms could help fight fascism Magic mushrooms may spur people to feel more connected to nature.

The New York Times: In the 1960s, mind-altering drugs like L*D helped fuel the counterculture. Today, psychedelics are turning on a new generation – of scientists.

L*D-Like Drugs Are Out of the Haze and Back in the Labs Researchers are again looking at hallucinogens, which were demonized in the wake of the 1960s, as a way to help with illnesses of the mind.

There are things known, and there are things unknown - and they’re all in Rob Chapman’s cultural history of L*D, "Psychedelia and Other Colours".

How psychedelia transformed pop culture If Aldous Huxley had got his way, this book would have been titled Phanerothymia and Other Colours. That was the term Huxley proposed for the experience of taking lysergic acid diethylamide (L*D), the hallucinogenic drug first synthesised in a Swiss laboratory on the eve of the Second World War. It....

"The brain might start over-interpreting, or misinterpreting," Niell told LiveScience. "And that could end up as a hallucination."

How Psychedelic Drugs Create Such Weird Hallucinations Hallucinogenic drugs seem to weaken the brain's visual processing.

L*D appears to cause information to disintegrate as it is passed through a neural circuit that determines how we process internal and external stimuli.

This story is part of When the Drugs Hit, a MOTHERBOARD journey into the science, politics, and culture of today's psychedelic renaissance.

Scientists Identify Key Neural Mechanisms Behind an L*D Trip L*D appears to cause information to disintegrate as it is passed through a neural circuit that determines how we process internal and external stimuli.

BBC Culture: The Brotherhood of Eternal Love emerged from the hippie culture of ‘60s California – but their ambitions were global. Benjamin Ramm looks at the books and ideas that shaped the group.

The L*D cult that transformed America The Brotherhood of Eternal Love emerged from the hippie culture of ‘60s California – but their ambitions were global. Benjamin Ramm looks at the books and ideas that shaped the group.

BBC Culture: A new play, All You Need is L*D, tracks the importance of psychedelic drugs beyond just flower power. Is it time for a third ‘summer of love’?

How L*D influenced Western culture A new play, All You Need is L*D, tracks the importance of psychedelic drugs beyond just flower power. Is it time for a third ‘summer of love’?

Medical Xpress - Medical and Health News: Researchers at Yale and the University of Zurich provide new insight into the psychedelic effects of L*D on the brain and potential therapeutic uses of the drug.

Researchers explain how L*D changes perception Psychedelic drugs such as L*D have a profound impact on human consciousness, particularly perception. Researchers at Yale and the University of Zurich provide new insight into the psychedelic effects of L*D on the brain and potential therapeutic uses of the drug.

Tonic: Magic mushrooms improves two types of thinking important for creativity.

Microdosing Mushrooms Could Make You More Creative It improves two types of thinking important for creativity.

Нещо за гледане от The Guardian:

Tripping on L*D could unlock child-like creativity – video A long-awaiting study has produced groundbreaking images of the heightened brain activity unleashed by L*D

MOTHERBOARD: The effects of psychedelic drugs on neurite density is a promising sign that they may be useful in treating depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.

L*D and DMT Caused the Brain to Form New Connections in Flies and Rats The effects of psychedelic drugs on neurite density is a promising sign that they may be useful in treating depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Време е психеделиците да бъдат изкарани от черния списък на опасните наркотици и да започнат да се предписват като лекарства за различни психични разстройства.

Researchers Want Doctors to Be Able to Prescribe Magic Mushrooms for Depression

The New York Times In the 1960s, mind-altering drugs like L*D helped fuel the counterculture. Today, psychedelics are turning on a new generation – of scientists.

L*D’s Long, Strange Trip In the 1960s, mind-altering drugs like L*D helped fuel the counterculture. Today, psychedelics are turning on a new generation – of scientists.

The Guardian: Psychedelic drugs could prove to be highly effective treatments for depression and alcoholism.

Psychedelic drugs like L*D could be used to treat depression, study suggests Researchers warn that patients are missing out on potential benefits due to prohibitive regulations on research into recreational drugs

CNN: Images of the brain under a hallucinogenic state showed almost the entire organ lit up with activity.

This is your brain on L*D, literally Scientists have for the first time visualized the effects of L*D on the human brain.

Кратка история на психеделиците в психиатрията от The Guardian.

A brief history of psychedelic psychiatry | Mo Costandi In the 1950s a group of pioneering psychiatrists showed that hallucinogenic drugs had therapeutic potential, but the research was halted as part of the backlash against the hippy counterculture.

“Ал Джазира” с експертно мнение за ползите от психеделиците.

Are psychedelics the new wonder drugs? We ask a panel of experts if there are benefits to hallucinogenics.

Същински Ренесанс изживяват психеделиците през последните 5 години. Ето как премина “първата вълна” през 60-те:

The Psychedelic Renaissance: Trip Reports from Timothy Leary, Michael Pollan, and Tao Lin Three new books suggest that these drugs did not have the power to rewrite society, but, instead, brought on revelations concerning earthly themes.

L*D e като хигс бозонът за неврологията.

What L*D tells us about human nature | Marc Lewis Our brains, with their intrinsic tendency to segregate, are designed to veer toward over-control. Psychedelics blow all that apart – and we can learn from them

L*D може да подобри познавателните способности.

L*D could improve cognitive functioning, study finds But the Australian study found that not all the effects were positive.

L*D размива границата между нас и останалите.

L*D blurs line between ourselves and others, study finds Drugs targeting the same brain networks as L*D could help patients with a variety of mental disorders

I Fu***ng Love Science на гъби тематика.

Magic Mushrooms Could Boost Your Creativity For Up To A Week Taking magic mushrooms could cause an expansion of consciousness that lasts for up to a week at a time, according to a new study in the Journal of Psychoac

Know your hero.

Surfing through the eyes and mind of Timothy Leary, the guru of L*D Timothy Leary was once considered the most dangerous man in America. The king of acid and psychedelic drugs saw surfing and barrel riding as a metaphor of life. Here's what the L*D guru had to say about surfers.

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Mind menders: how psychedelic drugs rebuild broken brains

“By having the psilocybin experience they can see death in a whole different way and they’re much more comfortable with it.”

A Melbourne Hospital Will Trial Magic Mushroom Therapy for Dying Patients Australia's first shroom trial is set to take place at St Vincent's Hospital in April.

Ego Death

Competitive Psychedelic Users Are Chasing 'Ego Death' and Losing Their Sense of Self

Know Your Hero.

Ken Kesey, Novelist and Hero of 1960s Counterculture Ken Kesey, novelist and author of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," became a hero of the 1960s psychedelic counterculture.