What is psilocybin used for in mental health?
Adriana Fortea|
This compound activates serotonin receptors in the brain, which is a neurotransmitter related to mood and emotions
LSD: The bike ride that changed the course of cultural history
The discovery of this hallucinogen was a fluke, and it started a journey in which science, the CIA, music and medicine all played a role
How the United States embraced psychedelics
After half-a-century of prohibition, the United States is about to legalize psilocybin and MDMA for clinical use, to treat people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or terminal cancer. Scientists, patients, clandestine therapists and war veterans speak with EL PAÍS about the bright spots and shadows of this rebirth
Michael Pollan: ‘There’s a dangerous message that psychedelics will solve all your mental health problems’
The author of ‘How to Change Your Mind,’ a key text in the resurgence of scientific research on psychoactive substances, worries about the creation of a ‘bubble’
Rave culture: More than just drugs and music
Beyond the famous New Year’s Eve parties and the stories and controversies that surround them, Europe’s ‘free party’ movement has an ethics and a history that traces back to its origins in the 1980s
‘Pink cocaine’: The expensive and trendy drug is neither cocaine nor high quality
Also known as ‘tusi’ and ‘tucibi’, in Spain it sells for about 100 dollars per gram and is a mixture of cheaper substances such as ketamine and ecstasy
Ex-Theranos exec finds way to delay start of prison sentence
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Just hours before Balwani was supposed to surrender to authorities, his lawyer filed documents notifying U.S. District Judge Edward Davila that he wouldn’t be doing so
Psychedelics: an amazing world that reveals philosophical phenomena
Treatments have confirmed the therapeutic efficacy of psychoactive substances such as LSD and THC… but the debate about their relationship with consciousness has only just begun