By Haley Weiss — 2019
A study on rats offers the first biological evidence that small doses of hallucinogenic drugs could have therapeutic benefits.
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As the trend of microdosing illustrates, if people want to reap the benefits of a substance, they’ll find the most effective way to do it. Everyone from entrepreneurs to artists are microdosing psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline for spiritual, creative, and productive enhancement.
French photographer Mathias de Lattre's project "Mother's Therapy" examines the relationship between mental illness and psychedelic therapies.
Microdosing has a bit of an avant-garde mystique around it, as though it is leading the way towards a new era for humanity. In the 60s, some psychedelics users hoped to change an unjust world in a radical way.
According to a 2019 survey-based study published in the Harm Reduction Journal, researchers found that microdosers experience a number of emotional, physical, and cognitive benefits.
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The authors found that micro-dosers tend to harbor less dysfunctional attitudes, exhibit less negative emotionality, and score higher on measures of wisdom, open-mindedness, and creativity.
We've long known that taking psychedelic drugs could have a profound therapeutic effect on people's mental health and outlook, but new research points to what's actually going on "under the hood" in the brain.
From Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop promoting the healing benefits of 'magic mushroom therapy' to success-hungry professionals, there's an ongoing mental health revolution being fuelled by 'natural medicines' that can’t be found over the counter.
You’ve probably heard about microdosing, the “productivity hack” popular among Silicon Valley engineers and business leaders. Microdosers take regular small doses of LSD or magic mushrooms.
We just ran the first ever pre-registered scientific study on the microdosing of psychedelics and found some very promising results.
There is an emerging push within the scientific community to study these known recreational drugs as treatments for psychiatric conditions that could potentially be more effective with fewer side effects than traditional psychiatric medications.