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According to the NYT, Elon Musk likes to pass around a chart, which explains why MDMA and magic mushrooms are a healthier choice than alcohol.
Developments

Elon Musk Has Reportedly Been Telling Friends About Benefits of Shrooms and MDMA

By Victor Tangermann

According to new research, LSD-assisted therapy could be a surprisingly effective and long-lasting treatment for anxiety and depression-related symptoms.
Health & Medicine

Study Finds LSD Therapy Strikingly Effective at Reducing Anxiety and Depression

By Victor Tangermann

A psychedelic church is suing the city of Oakland and its cops for infringing upon their civil right to get high — as a religious sacrament, that is.
Health & Medicine

Church Sues Cops, Saying Psychedelics Are Its Sacrament

By Noor Al-Sibai

Psychedelics like LSD may improve brain function, including boosting learning and memory. It also improves mental health and brain injury.
Neuroscience and Brain

Evidence Is Growing That LSD Improves Learning and Memory

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Isness-D — a therapeutic VR experience — reportedly works just as well as medium doses of LSD or psilocybin at bringing users to self-transcendence.
Virtual Reality

This Therapeutic VR Experience is Just Like Tripping on Acid

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A new "edible QR code" can determine whether or not you're drinking counterfeit liquor — but it looks a whole lot like a hit of acid.  
Future Society

This Edible QR Tag Looks like a Big Ol’ Hit of Acid

By Noor Al-Sibai

Some users who've taken "magic" mushrooms have experienced "wood-lover's paralysis," also called WLP, and lose control of their body through temporarily.
Neuroscience and Brain

People Who Took Psychedelic Mushrooms Say They Lost Control of Their Bodies

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Two researchers and psychiatrists published research about taken from an AI's interpretation of almost 7,000 psychedelic trip reports written by users.
Artificial Intelligence

Poor AI Has To Suffer Listening to People Describing Their Drug Experiences

By Lonnie Lee Hood

There are apparently some drug researchers who hate fun and think that microdosing is fake. 
Studies

Microdosing Acid Doesn’t Have Any Benefits, Say Scientists With No Sense of Fun

By Noor Al-Sibai

DMT is joining the ranks of party drugs including LSD, MDMA, ketamine and psilocybin mushrooms as a promising mental health treatment.
Medical

Scientists Are Now Testing Medical DMT on Human Subjects

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientists have found that having taken psychedelics at any point in people's life seems to be correlated with a reduced risk of heart disease and diabetes.
Chemistry

LSD and Shrooms Linked to Lower Heart Disease and Diabetes Risk

By Dan Robitzski

The UFC is working with Johns Hopkins University to see if psychedelic drugs can help fighters with traumatic brain injuries.
Chemistry

UFC Investigating Whether Psychedelics Help Fighters With Traumatic Brain Injuries

By Dan Robitzski

Recreating the impacts of psychedelics in neural networks could help scientists understand how these drugs cause hallucinations in human brains.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Want to Give Neural Networks Virtual Drugs

By Dan Robitzski

The City Council of Ann Arbor, Michigan, just unanimously voted to decriminalize all psychedelic plants and mushrooms, citing potential health benefits.
Developments

A City in Michigan Just Decriminalized Magic Mushrooms

By Dan Robitzski

Veterans are spending several thousand dollars to go on special ayahuasca retreats in central America to treat a variety of mental disorders.
Health & Medicine

Veterans Are Taking a Psychedelic Plant to Fight PTSD

By Victor Tangermann

Havn Life wants to build a safe, standardized supply chain for psilocybin researchers in Canada in hopes of developing new medical treatments.
RX and Medicine

Meet the Woman Who Wants to Sell Psychedelic Drugs to Scientists

By Dan Robitzski

Recreating the feeling of a psychedelic trip using virtual reality technology isn't easy, but that isn't stopping several artists from trying.
Virtual Reality

These Technologists Are Trying to Recreate Psychedelic Trips in VR

By Kristin Houser

Johns Hopkins announced a new privately-funded research center to develop psychedelics-based medical treatments for conditions like depression and PTSD.
Health & Medicine

The First Center for Psychedelics Research is Opening in the US

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers from the University of Michigan found widespread traces of naturally-occurring dimethyltryptamine (DMT) in the mammalian brain.
Brain

Naturally-Occurring “Mystical” Psychedelic Found in Mammal Brains

By Victor Tangermann

The leader of the world's first formal center for research into magic mushrooms and other psychedlics thinks they could replace traditional antidepressants.
Health & Medicine

Professor: “Magic Mushrooms” Could Replace Antidepressants

By Kristin Houser

A new study suggests that consuming psychedelics, such as LSD or magic mushrooms, may help people overcome their alcohol dependency.
Health & Medicine

LSD Is Helping People End Their Alcohol Dependence

By Kristin Houser

The practice of microdosing psychedelic drugs is reaching the mainstream, according to a newly published piece in The Guardian.
Health & Medicine

Moms Are Microdosing Magic Mushrooms, Just Like Tech Execs

By Kristin Houser

A UK college has launched the Imperial Centre for Psychedelic Research — the world's first formal center for research into psychedelics.
Health & Medicine

World’s First Center for Psychedelics Research Opens in UK

By Kristin Houser

The positive benefits of ingesting psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, can last for up to a week, according to a new study.
Health & Medicine

Psychedelic Mushrooms Can Boost Creativity and Empathy for a Week

By Kristin Houser

By scanning the brains of people while they tripped on LSD, researchers think they've figure out how the drug causes its effects.
Science & Energy

Scientists Might Have Finally Figured out How LSD Works

By Kristin Houser

During an interview, the head of psychedelic research at Imperial College in London said that "the climate's looking good" for psychedelic treatments.
Health & Medicine

Scientist Tells World Leaders MDMA and Magic Mushrooms Should Be Legal

By Victor Tangermann

A Microdose Of “Magic Mushrooms” Could Unleash Your Creativity
Health & Medicine

A Microdose Of “Magic Mushrooms” Could Unleash Your Creativity

By Kristin Houser

Magic Mushrooms “Reset” Key Brain Circuits in Depressed People
Brain

Magic Mushrooms “Reset” Key Brain Circuits in Depressed People

By Dom Galeon