This week marks the debut of a new History Channel miniseries that many are calling a landmark cultural event in terms of popular discourse about the failed and disastrous drug war. “America’s War on Drugs” takes viewers on a 50 year journey that chronicles everything from the military’s early MKUltra experiments with LSD, to the […]
The journey out of chronic stress, anxiety and addiction can seem like an arduous one requiring continuous effort, but emerging research is showing that sometimes doing absolutely nothing at all- not even fighting gravity- can have long term benefits that bear many similarities to the effects of psychedelic treatments. Sensory deprivation or “flotation” tanks have […]
A recent clinical review of psilocybin, the active compound in “magic mushrooms”, shows that it holds great promise in treating psychiatric conditions such as anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. This review of seven independent studies, authored by Kelan Thomas of Toura University California and published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, highlights both psilocybin’s safety and […]
