Users and some researchers say taking small doses of psychedelic drugs like LSD can enhance creativity and relieve anxiety. Others worry about long-term effects. Share on Pinterest Alexandra is in her early 30s. She works as an artist in San Francisco and for the past two months has been microdosing lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). She …
In this May 6, 2018 photo, Italian national Pamela Moronci attends an ayahuasca session in Nuevo Egipto, at a remote village in the Peruvian Amazon. Every year thousands of tourists visit jungle retreats in Peru, Colombia and Ecuador to try ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic elixir made of native plants that is thought to heal some mental …
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You may have heard stories of people traveling to foreign destinations to experience taking Ayahuasca, a psychoactive brew. Typically, these anecdotes tend to focus on the immediate effects that take place during an Ayahuasca “trip,” some of which are enlightening, while others are downright distressing. However, scientists have uncovered several long-term health benefits of taking …
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