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New study may not surprise experienced LSD users: LSD increases associative thinking, makes it harder to tell apart objects from the same category.

LSD administered in a medically supervised psychotherapeutic setting can be safe and generate lasting benefits in patients with a life-threatening disease.

“End the Drug Wars” Says a committee of five Nobel Prize winning economists.

LSD doesn’t just treat mental illness, ‘it could actually heal the brain’.

New Study Shows Cannabis Does Not Lower IQ, But Alcohol Does

NPR discusses recent LSD research: ‘How LSD Makes Your Brain One With The Universe’

Psychedelics Could Trigger A ‘Paradigm Shift’ In Mental Health Care

xpost from R science; study finds LSD impairs recognition of negative emotions and increases empathy and prosociality

Could LSD cut crime? Psychedelic drugs prevent criminals from re-offending, claims study

Scientific American: End the Ban on Psychoactive Drug Research

The War on Consciousness – Graham Hancock (Removed TED Talk)

Magic Mushrooms Can Cause Positive Personality Changes According To New Study

LSD helps you find personal meaning in music that wasn’t there before

Just in case you missed it in r/science: LSD is good for you, say Norway researchers

Actual scientists find that ayahuasca helps with creativity and “divergent” thinking

The Federal Government [USA] Finally Admits That Cannabis Kills Cancer

Are Psychedelics The Wonder Drug We’ve Been Waiting For?

Psychosis related to marijuana is caused by legal policy and not by the bio-chemical substance itself, resaerch suggests.

Psychedelics linked to reductions in distress and suicide (new study)

Study: ‘Bad trips’ from magic mushrooms often result in an improved sense of personal well-being (X-Post from /r/science)

Psychedelics Don’t Cause Mental Health Problems—And They Might Keep You Sane

Less Fear: How LSD Affects the Brain – “Scientists at the University of Basel have shown that LSD reduces activity in the region of the brain related to the handling of negative emotions like fear.”

Ayahuasca shown to have long lasting antidepressant effects in Brazilian study

New study finds ‘psychedelic use was associated with a lower rate of mental health problems.’

Psychedelic drugs can be the shortcut to a mental state we may be wired to crave: cooperation

Johns Hopkins follow-up study shows that psilocybin keeps smokers abstinent for over a year

What LSD tells us about human nature

“Drugs Aren’t the Problem”: Neuroscientist Carl Hart on Brain Science & Myths About Addiction

LSD makes the brain more ‘complete’, scientists say as they claim to have unlocked secrets of hallucinogenic drugs

Study: Prohibition on Psychedelics a Violation of Human Rights, Their Use not a Risk Factor for Mental Health Problems

Founder Of Alcoholics Anonymous Said LSD Experience Could Help Addicts Stay Clean

Psychedelics do not cause mental illness, according to several studies. Lifetime use of psychedelics is actually associated with a lower incidence of mental illness.

Under pressure to perform, Silicon Valley professionals are taking tiny hits of LSD before heading to work

“You cannot say that LSD fries your brain because we’ve shown that if anything it makes your brain work better.” – interview with neuropsychopharmacologist David Nutt

LSD reduces activity in the amygdala, the region of the brain related to the handling of negative emotions like fear, compared to placebo, in a double-blind, randomised, cross-over study. This may explain it’s therapeutic action in addiction, depression and anxiety, especially with psychotherapy.

Carl Sagan’s Profound Essay On Why Cannabis Consciousness is Desperately Needed in This Mad and Dangerous World

LSD’s impact on the brain revealed in groundbreaking images

Magic mushrooms lifts severe depression in trial

Scientists Have Discovered Why Magic Mushrooms Are So ‘Magical’: New research results indicate that psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, facilitates increased connectivity in the human brain | Mic

Growing theory says magic mushrooms are responsible for human evolution.

(Xpost TIL) The Johns Hopkins University conducted a study of mushrooms with 36 college-educated adults (average age of 46) who had never tried psilocybin nor had a history of drug use. More than two-thirds reported it was among the top five most spiritually significant experiences in their lives.

The brain becomes ‘unified’ when hallucinating on LSD (Cross post from /r/news).

The outlawing of drugs such as cannabis, magic mushrooms and other psychoactive substances amounts to scientific censorship and sets back research in key areas such as consciousness, leading scientists argue.

Magic Mushrooms and LSD Help Cancer Patients Overcome Fear of Death, Say Scientists

Study shows magic mushrooms network neurons together

A Study of These LSD, Psilocybin and Mescaline Found They Do No Harm but Actually Improve Mental Health

Major new psilocybin research released today (Nov 30 2016)

TIL a study gave LSD to 26 scientists, engineers, and other disciplines, and they produced a conceptual model of a photon, a linear electron accelerator beam-steering device, and a new design for the vibratory microtome, amongst others. (X-post from todayilearned)

The active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms may erase frightening memories and encourage new brain cell growth, a new study suggests.