Psychedelics Headlines: Substitution Survey, Frank Herbert’s Magic Mushrooms, Celestial Plans And News Review
Welcome to Benzinga’s psychedelic headlines roundup. This is our pick of must-read news items concerning the first two weeks of March 2024.
See previous edition Psychedelics Headlines: Predicting Readiness, Correcting The Hype, Good And Bad Drugs, Training Programs And More.
Research
The therapeutic alliance between study participants and intervention facilitators is associated with acute effects and clinical outcomes in a psilocybin-assisted therapy trial for major depressive disorder (original read.)
Review: Making sense of psychedelics in the CNS (original read.)
The effect of psilocybin on empathy and prosocial behavior: a proposed mechanism for enduring antidepressant effects (original read.)
Perceived attachment history predicts psychedelic experiences: A naturalistic study (original read.)
Psychiatric risks for worsened mental health after psychedelic use (original read.)
Psychedelic substitution: altered substance use patterns following psychedelic use in a global survey (original read.)
Diminished psychedelic returns on distress: Marital status and household size (original read.)
Tune In, Get Smart
Mushroom Extract Outperforms Synthetic Psilocybin in Psychiatric Therapy, by Neuroscience News (read.)
UN Body Reaffirms that Marijuana Legalization Violates International Treaties while Addressing Germany Cannabis Reform and U.S. Psychedelics Movement, by Marijuana Moment (read.)
Bioethics, Psychedelic Therapy Abuse, and the Risk of Ethics Washing, by Harvard’s Petrie Flom Center (read.)
Psychedelic Lobbying and Regulatory Capture, by Vincent Joralemon for Petrie Flom (read.)
Frank Herbert’s Magic Mushrooms and the Psychedelic Science Behind Dune, by The Telegraph (read.)
AA Founder Bill Wilson Did Not Use Psychedelics to Get Sober, by the Chemical Collective (read.)
Psychedelic Legacies of American Religion: A review of Psychedelic Cults and Outlaw Churches by Mike Marinacci, by Psychedelic Press (read.)
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