Hacker News with Generative AI: Psychedelic Drugs

Dose-dependent effects of LSD in double-blind placebo-controlled study (2020) (nature.com)
Growing interest has been seen in using lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in psychiatric research and therapy.

Psychedelic Drugs, Science, Research, Medicine, Mental Health

39 points by 1832 9 days ago | 33 comments

A Leftist Activist Group Helped Torpedo a Psychedelic Therapy (nytimes.com)
After more than three decades of planning and a $250 million investment, Lykos Therapeutics’ application for the first psychedelic drug to reach federal regulators was expected to be a shoo-in.

Politics, Psychedelic Drugs, Healthcare, Business

13 points by domofutu 9 days ago | 6 comments

Psychology, Psychedelic Drugs, Guides, Manuals, Self-Help

70 points by andsoitis 52 days ago | 61 comments

Oakland's Psychedelic Mushroom Church (oaklandside.org)
Despite a police raid and global pandemic, Zide Door has accumulated members and slowly begun to resume in-person sermons.

Oakland, Religion, Psychedelic Drugs, Churches

25 points by agnosticmantis 118 days ago | 4 comments

Metabolic engineering of yeast for the production of psilocybin (sciencedirect.com)
Psilocybin is a tryptamine-derived psychoactive alkaloid found mainly in the fungal genus Psilocybe, among others, and is the active ingredient in so-called “magic mushrooms”.

Metabolic Engineering, Biotechnology, Psychedelic Drugs, Fungi, Chemistry

10 points by confused_boner 129 days ago | 3 comments

Psychedelic Drugs May Give a Glimpse into Near-Death Experiences (nytimes.com)
A survey revealed similarities between these two altered states of consciousness.

Psychedelic Drugs, Near-Death Experiences, Consciousness, Science, Surveys

8 points by bookofjoe 164 days ago | 1 comments

Health, Food Safety, Science, Psychedelic Drugs

9 points by mooreds 184 days ago | 7 comments

Psychedelic Drugs, Neuroscience, Human Evolution, Consciousness

34 points by rayrrr 212 days ago | 4 comments

Science, Neuroscience, Psychedelic Drugs, Consciousness

7 points by ready2operate 218 days ago | 0 comments