Recent LSD use linked to lower odds of alcohol use disorder 🍄🥂 | This finding stands in contrast to the use of other psychedelic substances, which did not show a similar protective link in the past year.
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PsyPost
Recent LSD use linked to lower odds of alcohol use disorder
While clinical trials investigate psychedelics for addiction treatment, new population-level research indicates that LSD is associated with reduced alcohol use disorder in naturalistic settings.
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Low doses of LSD alter emotional brain responses in people with mild depression. Research points to specific shifts in electrical brain activity following the administration of a small dose in patients experiencing mild depression.
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PsyPost
Low doses of LSD alter emotional brain responses in people with mild depression
A double-blind trial suggests that microdosing the psychedelic drug LSD can reverse blunted neurological responses to emotional rewards, potentially offering targeted biological interventions for individuals struggling with mild to moderate depression.
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Researchers have stripped down LSD to its base features and synthesized new, simplified versions of it, successfully developing several compounds with reduced hallucinogenic and cardiotoxic effects while also identifying one compound that produced antipsychotic-like effects.
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UC Davis
Deconstructing LSD for Therapeutic Discoveries
UC Davis researchers have stripped down LSD to the base features responsible for its hallucinogenic and therapeutic effects.
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