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early history of ( state-sanctioned ? ) MDMA research in the USA ...

  CIA experiments, Mormon ravers and reformed racists: the untold history of MDMA | Drugs | The Guardian

an interesting perspective on age being no barrier to re-adjusting your view of things ...

  https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/may/22/a-new-start-after-60-i-had-my-first-psychedelic-experience-at-68

A BIT MORE DETAIL FROM DANISH SOURCES FOR THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF PSILOCYBIN ...

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  Exploring how the hallucinogenic substance in psilocybin mushrooms works on the molecular level (phys.org)

another positive step towards legally using psilocybin to alleviate intractable clinical depressions ...

  The big idea: should doctors be able to prescribe psychedelics? | Drugs | The Guardian The big idea: should doctors be able to prescribe psychedelics? A move to allow Australian psychiatrists to treat depression with psilocybin may herald a new era Farrah Jarral Mon 10 Apr 2023 12.30 BST S o-called magic mushrooms (those that contain the molecule psilocybin) have been used by people around the world medicinally and ceremonially for a very long time. Rock art in Kimberley, Western Australia, that depicts mushroom-headed beings, suggests people were using them 10,000 years ago to attain trance-like states. Strikingly similar images have been found in the Sandawe paintings of eastern Tanzania and in the Algerian Sahara. Now, after decades of these hallucinogenic fungi being consigned to the grubby margins of legality, humans appear to be rediscovering their benefits. From July, authorised psychiatrists in Australia will be permitted to prescribe psilocybin to patients with treatment-res

The human brain doubled in power, very suddenly, 200,000 years ago. Why?

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  https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/stoned-ape-return/

psychedelics used to treat depression ... interview/podcast

https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/medical-psychedelics-clinical-trial/?fbclid=IwAR1wNhuCVSO8L5ZbKLdFPOkqjef2ht6blld9YYcvHeHbj1mc6VkpalT02GY

can psychedelics repair broken neural circuits ?

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https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/exploration-survival/psychedelics-research-paralysis-treatment-jim-harris/