Just take shrooms, and fear will disappear 😅

I hear more and more mixes of various therapies and psychedelics from IFS
+Ketamine and now Exposure therapy +Shrooms.

"Exposure therapy, a widely employed approach in the treatment of PTSD, systematically exposes individuals to the stimuli that trigger their fear with the aim of teaching them that these stimuli no longer predict danger; the effectiveness of exposure therapy varies among individuals."


"Zoladz investigated whether the fungal psychedelic psilocybin has the potential to augment the fear “extinction” process involved in exposure therapy. Psilocybin is well-known for its ability to increase serotonin activity, a neurotransmitter associated with mood regulation and fear processing"

By the way, what about phobias? I have an anecdotal examples of arachnophobia person who met spider in the trip. 🤡 up

https://www.onu.edu/news/onu-psychology-professor-present-groundbreaking-research-psychedelics-and-ptsd-society

Ketamine Psychotherapy Association Standards and Ethics.

Israel will definitely lead psychedelics wave

While it's a huge tragedy it's actually could be the biggest research on psychedelics assistant therapy for reeeealy bad trips. Methods that will be used to cure trauma that was done during psychedelics trip will be extremely valuable for the future Psychodelics renessans.

https://www.lucid.news/after-260-killed-at-psychedelic-trance-festival-in-israel-trauma-healing-for-survivors-underway/

2024 Research quatas for psychedelics stay the same 😢


The large increase in manufacturing of all other tetrahydrocannabinol may be due to growing interest in isomers such as delta-8-THC and delta-10-THC.

For 2024, the agency is so far keeping the psychedelics quotas the same as in the recent 2023 revision. The proposed limit is 15,000 grams for psilocybin, 24,00 grams of psilocyn and 150 grams of ibogaine. Substances like MDMA, LSD, 5-MeO-DMT and mescaline will remain at 2023 established levels that had represented significant increases under prior quotas.


https://www.marijuanamoment.net/dea-wants-nearly-1-million-grams-of-delta-9-thc-manufactured-for-research-next-year-in-latest-schedule-i-quota-hike/

RIP Roland Griffiths 😢

I've just finished watching a psychedelics course on Edx, and Roland Griffiths was on of the lecturers, he was very interesting person and I thought I definitely should follow him.

I was shocked to hear that he died just few days before i decided to do it...

But the story makes me feel very inspiring.

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/05/1210327976/psychedelic-drugs-psilocybin-roland-griffiths-depression-cancer-meditation

Ukraine Psychedelics therapy legalization

Ukraine has seen a soaring number of severe mental disorders amid its war with Russia. Can illegal substances like MDMA and psychedelic drugs help treat those who have post-traumatic stress?


That was expected. Your bets, how fast it will happen in Ukraine?🤔

Experts in Ukraine are appealing to parliament to facilitate the therapeutic use of these substances. Ksenia Voznitsyna, director of the Ukrainian Health Ministry's Center for Veterans' Mental Health and Rehabilitation, is a leading voice in the campaign. "We are driving these changes forward," she told DW

https://www.dw.com/en/should-ecstasy-mushrooms-be-legalized-to-treat-ptsd/a-67313910

Canada is always "lazy"😅

Now in Canada, who is next? Will be in the next post ;)


https://www.marijuanamoment.net/canadian-senators-call-for-immediate-launch-of-psychedelics-research-program-to-explore-treatments-for-military-veterans/

The month of Psychedelic policies 😅

EU have a pivotal moment towards Psychodelics use.


The ongoing revision of the pharmaceutical package in the European Parliament presents a unique opportunity for the realm of psychedelics,” Czech MEP Mikuláš Peksa said during a meeting organised by the action group for the Medical Use of Psychedelics, set up in May this year by seven MEPs to persuade fellow MEPs of the potential of psychedelics in mental healthcare and to advocate for their safe, regulated use.

Parliament’s public health committee is currently mulling the contested proposal for the largest reform to the EU’s pharmaceutical legislation in over 20 years.

https://sciencebusiness.net/news/life-sciences/meps-call-eu-support-research-use-psychedelic-drugs-treating-mental-health

Billionaire's PTSD story

Billionaire Bob Parsons, who founded GoDaddy and PXG Golf used a controversial and illegal drug and counseling therapy to cure the PTSD he suffered with since the Vietnam War.

Parsons thinks the therapy should be studied and used more widely. FOX 10's Troy Hayden sat down with Parsons to hear his story. This is an unedited portion of that interview.


https://www.fox10phoenix.com/video/1309629#

Psychedelics Therapy Bot

Tho of my biggest passions are AI and Psychedelics so it was the matter of time when i will drop this fun experiment.

This weekend I finally found some time to launch this Psychedelic Therapist GPT 😅

This chatbot can recommend you which therapy is for you based on your challenges and the way how you describe them.

Just let him know what bothering you and you will get the right Psychedelics for you. 🔥

Happy to hear your feedback and please share your results in the comments or DM 🙏

https://chat.openai.com/g/g-CARZLYsRJ-psychedelics-therapy

Zebrafish on DOI 🤯

Why?

According to Arinel, zebrafish are “very visual animals” that dedicate half of their brain to visual processing and how zebrafish convert visual stimuli into motor outputs.

What?

Researchers observed that zebrafish dosed with low concentrations of DOI showed much movement and exploratory behavior, even in dark conditions. 

How we can use it?

Arinel referred to when someone contacted her about his 14-year-old son who has akinetopsia, a condition which makes it difficult to perceive motion. 

Research from that son’s father showed “anecdotal evidence” that psychedelics could cause visual processing effects similar to the symptoms of akinetopsia. He connected with Arinel in hopes of looking into a possible relationship between the study’s findings and his son’s case. 

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2023/11/duke-university-larval-zebrafish-doi-lsd-drugs-psychedelics-naumann-lab

New Psychedelic Guides

Interesting discussion on 4 models of Psychodelics regulation:

The 1st is a decriminalised private use model, that includes small-scale home cultivation, foraging, and not-for-profit sharing - activities that, by their nature, exist largely beyond the realm of formal regulation

The 2nd model is membership-based not-for-profit associations for plant-based psychedelics - based on cannabis associations in Spain, Uruguay & Malta. These would provide access in a regulated, non-commercial environment emphasising community, peer support & harm reduction

The 3rd model is a more conventional regulated retail model, providing adult-only sales for personal use for a range of quality-controlled products (plant & synthetic) from specialist licensed vendors (physical & online stores).

The 4th model is for regulated commercial supervised use or guided psychedelic experiences. These would be overseen by trained and licensed practitioners to ensure safety and welfare of participants.

More details can be found in the article as well as in the 120+ pages book but it costs 💸

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-guide-on-how-to-regulate-psychedelics-lays-out-four-tiered-model-focused-specifically-on-nonmedical-use/

Maybe we don't need Psychedelics 🤯?


Breathwork is not a new technique but more and more people demonstrating an interest and progress in this space.

"The technique, as Ocean Eagle says, aims to activate the body on a cellular level, balancing oxygen and carbon dioxide levels "properly." This releases DMT in the brain, he claims, allowing participants to enter a psychedelic state naturally. "

While there is still a discussion if DMT can be released in the brain the breathwork can definitely bring DMT-like states.

"Breathwork helped me release 25 years of trauma that I was holding on to. I just didn't even know what hit me." Luhar said.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/activation-breathwork-retreat-unlocks-psychedelic-state-naturally/

Eating disorder? Take Ketamine 😅

Psychedelic-assisted therapy for eating disorders is an even newer frontier—and one begging for solutions. Eating disorders have the second-highest mortality rate among all mental health disorders, and one in five anorexia deaths is a result of suicide.

P.S. I knew people who stopped eating sweets after MDMA ;)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/are-psychedelics-the-future-of-eating-disorder-treatment-180983278/