Hallucinogens affect the brain and body in a number of ways. The effects of these drugs can begin anywhere between 20 and 90 minutes of use, and can usually last between six and 12 hours. Salvia produces the most short-lived effects, which usually appear in under one minute, and typically...
Cocaine, amphetamine, cathinones, and MDMA are all central nervous stimulants that agonize dopamine neurotransmission, while nicotine and caffeine affect acetylcholine and adenosine, respectively. Opiate drugs serve as powerful analgesics through their effects on the endogenous opioid neurotransmitter system, ...
Repeated users of LSD who then stop taking the drug often experience flashbacks, or vivid past hallucinations. How LSD produces all these effects in the body remains unknown. Researchers know that the drug attaches to certain chemical binding sites widely spread throughout the brain. What occurs ...
that have contributed to your substance abuse. During hallucinogen treatment in rehab, clients also work closely with supportive loved ones and family members to heal relational problems, re-establish healthy relationships, and learn more about the disease of addiction and its effects on the family ...
Researchers from Imperial College London have run scans on the human brain in order to look at the effects of lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD. Researchers hope that the findings of the study might pave the way to develop therapeutic applications to treat patients. ...
Carmine from USA says – Do we really need researchers to tell us about the effects of these substances? Surely many tribes/civilisations throughout the world have told us of these things for centuries. How clever these scientists have been to report other peoples findings and claim that they ...
It was not until the series of experiments undertaken by Bell and Martin (1974) in which the effects of LSD and tryptamine were studied on the C-fiber reflex of the acute spinal cat that it was shown that the LSD-like hallucinogens were operating through a tryptaminergic and not a ...
“In L.A., so many people are sucking on weed vape pens all day or on Adderall. Microdosing psychedelics is totally different. They expand the way your brain processes and your heart, too. I read a script based on a YA novel while I was microdosing once; the timing didn’t work ...
Despite the number of studies suggesting that religion or spirituality might contribute to better mental health and well-being [33,34,35,36], studies on religious coping during the COVID-19 pandemic have reported negative effects on mental health [24,37]. The coping strategies that an ...
As known by the studies form FDA, ephedra (even in small amounts) can cause heart problems. Besides it is also dangerous to take ephedra if you are on certain antidepressants. Exctasy has side effects, which are divided to effects of short term use and long term use. Negative side ...