January 2024

To be diagnosed with a substance use disorder, a person must meet specific diagnostic criteria for continued substance use despite negative consequences. Some people who use psychedelic or dissociative drugs report having a mystical experience, a change in perception that may include feeling a strong sense of awe and of unity with everything that exists. […]

He discussed pitfalls in clinical trials with psychedelic drugs, including the importance of concurrent psychotherapy, expectancy, and placebo effects, and the peculiar problem that participants who do not receive the expected drug can react negatively, a phenomenon known as nocebo effect. Overtime, Davis says the website had a significant impact on shifting psychedelics from vilified, mind-altering