Consuming a single dose of the psychedelic brew ayahuasca can result in lasting changes in higher-order cognitive brain networks, according to a new study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology. Ayahuasca, a concoction used for centuries by indigenous Amazon tribes, contains the powerful psychedelic drug dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and monoamine oxidase […]
If you’re planning a trip to Peru, you might be tempted to participate in an Ayahuasca retreat. But before you take a sip of tea made from the Banisteriopsis caapi vine, know this: Your travel insurance won’t cover you for what happens next. For the benefit of the uninitiated, an […]
A former British army officer is facing up to 13 years’ imprisonment in Romania for facilitating an ayahuasca ceremony in which the hallucinogenic Amazonian healing medicine was consumed by prominent figures, including the former head of the country’s secret police. Thomas Lishman, 58, was arrested on 15 December last year […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The pioneering of Brazilian psychedelic science has marked a new finding. After performing the first controlled clinical trial with this class of substances (ayahuasca, in this case) against depression, Northeast researchers show that the progress seems to stem from a regression in the inflammatory reaction. […]
(CNN) — Binge-watching Netflix’s “Down to Earth with Zac Efron” is sort of like watching Bill and Ted discover climate change. During eight, approximately 40-minute-long episodes, the actor and his health-guru buddy Darin Olien travel around the world, making earnest if not super-deep observations about ecological destruction and promising methods […]
Lavasani with her husband, Daniel Conner, and children Ramsey and Lola. Melissa Lavasani hesitated last December as she prepared to submit the paperwork for a ballot initiative that would decriminalize natural psychedelics like magic mushrooms, mescaline, and ayahuasca. “What are the moms at school going to say about this?” she […]
If you’ve watched any amount of reality TV, you’ve witnessed a scene like the one that closes the series premiere of TBS’s Lost Resort: a beautiful 20-something woman, surrounded by scenery straight out of the Garden of Eden, screams her heart out. Her attractive castmates look on helplessly, wearing skimpy […]
Can ayahuasca, a psychoactive brew used traditionally in South America, be used to treat depression and other mental illnesses? Biotech builder ATAI Life Sciences is setting up a subsidiary to find out: Viridia Life Sciences. The company aims to develop new formulations of the brew’s active ingredient, N,N-dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, […]
Not just another Third Wave coffee shop dedicated to thoughtfully sourced beans and max-flavor brewing methods. Not just another bar stocked with Mexican spirits. Neither Xamán Cafe nor Ayahuasca Cantina, a coffee shop plus back bar at 334 West Jefferson Boulevard, are carbon copies of anything else. Co-owners Gerardo Barrera […]
21 July, 2020 – New Smyrna Beach, FL – The Heroic Hearts Project, a proprietary program for veterans interested in pursuing psychedelic treatment options for mental health conditions, has announced the launch of a new branch in the United Kingdom. An important expansion for veterans, the new UK branch will […]
