Drugs – Page 2 – Zoe Cormier

Chemsex: how dangerous is it?

People have been mixing sex and stimulants since Roman times and before. But the British Medical Journal warns that the risks from chemsex – taking a specific cocktail of drugs to have sex for up to three days – are a public health priority

5 November 2015

The Guardian

Banning laughing gas is a serious matter. The balloon protest treats it as a joke.

The proposed ban on nitrous oxide is irrational and unworkable, and requires serious challenge, not an inane demo in Parliament Square

31 July 2015

The Guardian

How magic mushrooms induce a dream-like state

Anyone who has enjoyed a magical mystery tour thanks to the psychedelic powers of magic mushrooms knows the experience is surreally dreamlike. Now neuroscientists have uncovered a reason why: the active ingredient, psilocybin, induces changes in the brain that are eerily akin to what goes on when we're off in the land of nod.

4 July 2014

New Scientist