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Scientists Gene Hacked a Plant So It Grows Five Types of Psychoactive Drugs at Once

Genetically engineered tobacco plants can produce five different psychedelics, potentially enabling sustainable production for therapeutic use.

Alternative medicine

fromInsideHook

Scientists Create the Most Psychedelic Plant Ever

Psychedelic drugs are being genetically engineered in tobacco plants to provide a sustainable source for therapeutic use in mental health treatment.

Scientists identify neural fingerprint' of psychedelic drugs in the brain

Psychedelic drugs produce a shared neural fingerprint in the brain, indicating a common impact on brain behavior during their mind-altering effects.

fromNature

Your brain on drugs: different psychedelics work in surprisingly similar ways

Psychedelics show a common brain activity pattern despite differing pharmacological properties, suggesting a need to rethink their categorization.

Cannabis

fromFuturism

Scientists Gene Hacked a Plant So It Grows Five Types of Psychoactive Drugs at Once

Genetically engineered tobacco plants can produce five different psychedelics, potentially enabling sustainable production for therapeutic use.

Alternative medicine

fromInsideHook

Scientists Create the Most Psychedelic Plant Ever

Psychedelic drugs are being genetically engineered in tobacco plants to provide a sustainable source for therapeutic use in mental health treatment.

Scientists identify neural fingerprint' of psychedelic drugs in the brain

Psychedelic drugs produce a shared neural fingerprint in the brain, indicating a common impact on brain behavior during their mind-altering effects.

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fromCalifornia Post

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'Ketamine Queen' sentenced to 15 years for selling death drugs to Matthew Perry

To the court: please give this heartless woman the maximum prison sentence so she won't be able to hurt other families like ours.

SOMA, SF

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Mental health

ADHD and Addiction

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Mental health

Can Caffeine Calm Your ADHD Brain?

Mental health

ADHD Medications Work Differently Than Previously Thought

ADHD combines attention deficits, hyperactivity, and impulsivity; psychostimulants target reward and wakefulness centers, and sleep deficits critically influence symptoms.

Mental health

Cannabis and ADHD

Nearly half of individuals with ADHD develop cannabis use disorder, often using cannabis to self-medicate via THC’s effects on dopamine function.

ADHD and Addiction

ADHD is a disorder of regulation affecting attention, emotion, motivation, and behavior, significantly linked to addiction.

2 weeks ago

Can Caffeine Calm Your ADHD Brain?

Caffeine can calm some individuals with ADHD by enhancing dopamine levels and improving focus and attention.

Mental health

ADHD Medications Work Differently Than Previously Thought

Mental health

Cannabis and ADHD

Calls About Kratom To Poison Control Have Spiked 1,200% In The Past Decade

Kratom exposure reports have increased by 1,200% from 2015 to 2025, raising concerns about its addictive nature and health risks.

Cannabis

2 weeks ago

New Reasons to Think Twice About Cannabis

Medicinal cannabis is not effective for treating anxiety, depression, or PTSD, and may even pose risks.

Science

fromThe New Yorker

#recreational-drugs-and-stroke-risk

Why Do Mind-Altering Drugs Make People Feel Better?

Scientists are developing psychedelics that provide mental health benefits without inducing hallucinogenic experiences by separating the therapeutic effects from the perceptual alterations.

fromFuturism

4 weeks ago

Judge Rules That Elon Musk's Ketamine Use Is Off Limits

At a Friday hearing in California, US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said that Musk's use of ketamine will be off limits to OpenAI's legal team and its CEO Sam Altman as the case is set to go to trial next month, Bloomberg reports, which will likely save Musk from heaps of further embarrassment.

Cannabis

fromwww.independent.co.uk

Public health

Recreational drugs triple the risk of stroke in young people, study finds

Recreational drugs including cannabis, cocaine, and amphetamines significantly increase stroke risk in young people, with amphetamines potentially tripling risk in those under 55.

fromwww.independent.co.uk

Medicine

Recreational drugs can more than double risk of stroke, study suggests

Amphetamine and cocaine use more than double stroke risk, with cannabis increasing risk by 37%, while opioids show no increased stroke risk according to analysis of over 100 million people.

Public health

Recreational drugs triple the risk of stroke in young people, study finds

Recreational drugs including cannabis, cocaine, and amphetamines significantly increase stroke risk in young people, with amphetamines potentially tripling risk in those under 55.

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Recreational drugs can more than double risk of stroke, study suggests

Amphetamine and cocaine use more than double stroke risk, with cannabis increasing risk by 37%, while opioids show no increased stroke risk according to analysis of over 100 million people.

Science

fromwww.nature.com

Publisher Correction: Psychedelics elicit their effects by 5-HT2A receptor-mediated Gi signalling

Misformatted superscript residue labels and a truncated alkane-chain sentence in 5-HT2AR Gi- and Gq-biased signalling descriptions were corrected.

We need new drugs for mental ill-health | Letter

Governments should prioritise research and approval of innovative psychiatric treatments (MDMA-assisted therapy, esketamine, cannabidiol) to relieve widespread, long-term mental suffering.

What's Going on With Generic Stimulants?

Some generic amphetamine formulations vary by manufacturer or inactive ingredients, leading to reduced clinical effectiveness for some patients despite bioequivalence rules.

Single dose of potent psychedelic drug could help treat depression, trial shows

A single intravenous DMT dose combined with psychotherapy produced rapid, sustained antidepressant effects lasting three to six months in treatment-resistant depression.