Tag: Psychedelic

Psychedelic drug ibogaine may treat PTSD by slowing brainwaves

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The psychedelic drug ibogaine is extracted from iboga rootsFARMER DODDS / Alamy The psychedelic drug ibogaine slows down the brainwaves of people with traumatic brain injury, which may explain why it alleviates symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Last year, a study found that ibogaine – a psychedelic substance derived from the African iboga plant…

1 psychedelic psilocybin dose eases depression for years, study reveals

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(Image credit: Yana Iskayeva via Getty Images) DENVER—Psilocybin, the main psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, can alleviate depression for at least five years after a single dose, a new study finds.The research, presented June 18 at the Psychedelic Science 2025 conference in Denver, focused on patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), which is often called…

New Guidelines to Make Psychedelic Trials Safer, FDA-Ready

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Rick and Morty gets a psychedelic season 8 trailer that declares it “the best high concept sci-fi rigamarole in the universe”

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Rick and Morty is coming back in a matter of weeks, and season eight has finally gotten its official trailer, which sends the two eponymous heroes on a whirlwind tour of what appears to be a series of especially psychedelic adventures this time around.Here’s the trailer, which declares the venerable cult favorite animated series “the…