A developer of treatments with psychedelic compounds for brain disorders is partnering with a lab at Yale University to assess methylone as a PTSD therapy.

https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=45241

Just finished Mike Jay's fantastic #Psychonauts - Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind. Riveting, richly sourced exploration of #psychoactive #drugs from #chloroform to #cannabis - focusing on self-experimentation and interpretations by scientists, doctors, and artists in the 19th century.

Highly recommended! Perhaps especially for those of us researching #psychedelics as the book provides so much historical context, contrast, and antecedents to what's going on with psychoactives now.

Safer Forms of Psilocybin Assessed in Preclinical Study

A #biotechnology company says it identified engineered precursors of a #psychedelic compound that in lab #animals produce safe and intended therapeutic effects.

https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=44815

https://amp.abc.net.au/article/102303642 #psychoactive #peyote #cacti #garden

Trial to Test Low-Dose Psilocybin for Mental Distress

A developer of mental health therapies from #psychedelic compounds says it received #FDA clearance for a clinical trial testing low doses of #psilocybin.

https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=44595

My newsletter on this past week in #Singapore: https://www.wethecitizens.net/this-response-doesnt-work/

The Ministry of Home Affairs is proposing amending the Misuse of #Drugs Act and also the Constitution of Singapore to make the penalties for drug possession even harsher — this time they want to introducing judicial corporal punishment (caning) for possession of drugs, as well as allow #police to #arrest and #detain people who use new #psychoactive substances. The War of Drugs hasn't worked, but they want to double down.

Psychoactive Drug Start-Up Raises $40M in Early Funds

A new company is underway developing #drugs to treat #PTSD and other disorders with #psychoactive compounds claimed to be safer than current #psychedelics.

https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=44483

An interesting discussion about a little-known and seemingly rare #psychoactive alkaloid (though you never know when you may see it pop up) #corynantheidine (derived from #kratom).
https://tinyurl.com/mr4a332f

“For their new study, the researchers reanalyzed data from five previous studies that had assessed the link between experience with various #psychoactive substances and nature relatedness. They found that, among people who had experience with a variety of #psychedelic substances, only previous use of #psilocybin reliably predicted nature relatedness.” https://www.psypost.org/2023/02/psilocybin-appears-to-have-a-uniquely-powerful-relationship-with-nature-relatedness-67754

#Introduction and #request for #Global perspectives on #SubstanceUse (aka #drugs)

The Society for the Study of Social Problems (#SSSP, based in N. America) pursues, as the name suggests, a sociological understanding of #SocialProblems. The drinking and drugs section focuses on social problems related to the consumption of alcohol and other #psychoactive substances.

Since #Mastodon is a global community, this is the perfect place for us to get caught up on the global drugs conversation.