A Clinical Trial Is Exploring How MDMA Could Help People With Autism
"It seemed natural to ask: what other populations, beyond people with PTSD, could we help with MDMA?"
27 November 2015
Tag: Drugs
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
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
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