Ayahuasca

This article was originally published on The Bluntness and appears here with permission. New discoveries about what psychedelics do inside the human brain to help treat depression, PTSD, addiction, dementia and even phantom limb pain are coming fast and furious as...

This article was originally published on Microdose and appears here with permission. A brief history of DMT N,N-Dimethyltryptamine, known as DMT or the “spirit molecule”, is a compound found throughout nature that has profound effects on human consciousness. The importance of...

If a lawmaker has a generally harsh anti-drug policy and is specifically opposed to legalizing recreational cannabis, yet supports the benefits of medical marijuana, it might not come as any surprise that he or she would come out in favor of, well, ayahuasca use as...

This article was originally published on The Bluntness, and appears here with permission. The Benefits of Ayahuasca Just a few years ago, ayahuasca was an unknown entheogenic tea shrouded in mystery.  “The Medicine” originated in the jungles of South America where the ayahuasca...

This article by Carrie Dagenhard was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight and appears here with permission.   After two long years of preparing documents and presenting to various committees, the program is in its final stages, and the University of Ottawa will soon begin accepting...

This article by Greg Gilman was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight, and appears here with permission. “If I’m this beautiful, I don’t need #1 movies to feel good about myself,” Will Smith writes in new memoir detailing his first ayahuasca ceremony. Did anyone have...

This article by Travis Reilly was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight, and appears here with permission. Will Smith's wife, and her son, Jaden, lead a great conversation about psychedelics with author Michael Pollan and other guests on the Facebook Watch show "Red Table Talk....

Small Pharma Inc. (OTCQB: DMTTF) (TSXV: DMT), a biotech company focused on psychedelic therapies, has begun its phase 2a clinical trial on SPL026. SPL026 is a proprietary version of DMT, also known as the active ingredient in ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic beverage used ceremonially by native...

Psychoactive brew ayahuasca is known for having a fast-onset antidepressant effect. With serotonergic psychedelics, such as ayahuasca, giving promising results in the quest for alternative treatments for depression and anxiety, many companies are turning their focus to developing psychedelic-...

This article was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight, and appears here with permission. Changa is a psychedelic beginning to show potential for a number of issues. The field of psychedelics is rooted in tradition. Ayahuasca and psilocybe mushrooms have been used in...

This article was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight, and appears here with permission. Could ayahuasca be the key to erasing conflict between Israel and Palestine? New research from Imperial College London has investigated whether the psychedelic ayahuasca could be used in...

This article by Evan Lewis-Healey was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight, and appears here with permission. What did ancient cultures know about peyote's benefits? Modern psychedelic research is touting the benefits of substances such as psilocybin, LSD, and ayahuasca. The...

This article by Magdalena Tanev was originally published on plantmedicine.org and appears here with permission, via Microdose Psychedelic Insights. For centuries, the use of the sacred ayahuasca brew has been a vital healing mechanism for indigenous communities in the Amazon rainforest,...

Boston Suburbs Look To Decriminalize Natural Psychedelics Two Boston suburbs are the latest U.S. jurisdictions to eliminate penalties on the possession and cultivation of entheogenic plants and fungi. That includes psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, the peyote cacti and the iboga...

A Boston suburb recently became the latest U.S. jurisdiction to eliminate penalties on the possession and cultivation of entheogenic plants and fungi, including psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, the peyote cacti and the iboga plant. Cambridge, Massachusetts, which has a population of over 105,...