Tag Archives: Psychedelics

Once synonymous with hippies and hallucinatory experiences, psychedelic drugs are now being explored for their medical potential. The stigma of that era resulted in research being suppressed by drug laws, yet with mental health treatments hitting limits, scientists have returned to this controversial corner of medicine. Substances like psilocybin (found in magic mushrooms) and ayahuasca are now being taken seriously …

Neuroscientists just rewrote our understanding of psychedelics with a groundbreaking receptor-mapping study  PsyPost Source link

Summary: Classical psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline are known for activating the 5-HT2A serotonin receptor, but a new study reveals their effects go far beyond. Researchers profiled 41 psychedelics against over 300 human receptors and found potent activity at serotonin, dopamine, and adrenergic sites. The study also showed that psychedelics activate multiple intracellular pathways, which may help separate their …

President Donald Trump has signed a bill into law that will permanently ban analogues of fentanyl—though it also contains provisions that would remove barriers to conducting research into the risks and benefits of marijuana, psychedelics and other Schedule I drugs. The president signed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act on Wednesday, accompanied by his yet-to-be-confirmed pick for …