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Psychedelics

Psychedelic-style illustration shows drippy bodies made of different colors in a barren landscape
Behavioral biology
Crash course in the nature of mind
Published Fall 2017
Roland Griffiths' psilocybin experiments have produced striking evidence for therapeutic uses of hallucinogens / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Pure Ecstasy?
Pill testing could reduce risks
Published July 10, 2017
Many at music festivals, raves say they wouldn't take Ecstasy pills shown to be adulterated or fake
Hallucinogens
Bad trips, revisited
Published Jan 4, 2017
Study explores the enduring positive, negative consequences of ingesting 'magic mushrooms'
Hallucinogen eases depression, anxiety in cancer patients
Published Dec 1, 2016
In small study, psilocybin, the active compound in 'magic mushrooms,' increased life satisfaction among patients with life-threatening cancer / Johns Hopkins Medicine
Nonfiction
Psychoactive psychology
Published Spring 2016
/ Johns Hopkins Magazine
Dried psychedelic mushrooms
Shroom study
Quit smoking with 'magic'?
Published Sept 11, 2014
Hallucinogen in mushrooms helps longtime smokers quit in JHU trial / Hopkins Medicine