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At Drug Science we like to cover different topics relating to drugs. These topics cover the many different ways that psychoactive substances have an impact on our culture and society.
Minorities’ diminished psychedelic returns: Depression, suicide, distress, and serious mental illness
Although there is growing support for the protective effects of psychedelics on mental health, recent evidence finds racial and ethnic minorities gain fewer benefits.
Sean M Vina
Apr 21, 20251 min read
Do undergraduates’ views of psychedelics relate to the context for psychedelic use?
The increasing incidence of opioid dependence linked to the consumption of unwashed poppy seeds (UPSs) is an emerging public health concern.
Urbah Viqar, Noah Stanton, Rishi Galaiya, Hema Shah and Jeffrey Fehler
Mar 27, 20251 min read
Ukraine Opens the Door to Psychedelic Research: A First Legal Framework Emerges
Last week, the Ukrainian Ministry of Health took an important step toward enabling scientific research with psychedelics.
Tadeusz Hawrot
Mar 27, 20253 min read
Psychedelics at the Vatican
When the email invite came I thought it was a hoax so I contacted Wolf Singer – another neuroscientist. He reassured me it was for real, an
David Nutt
Mar 5, 20252 min read
Drug development in psychiatry: 50 years of failure and how to resuscitate it
The past 50 years have seen remarkable advances in the science of medicine. The pharmacological treatments of disorders such as hypertension
David Nutt
Feb 11, 20251 min read
MDMA-assisted therapy: challenges, clinical trials, and the future of MDMA in treating behavioral disorders
Despite recent setbacks for the clinical application of MDMA, the chapter argues that it holds potential for transforming psychiatry and
David Nutt
Jan 29, 20251 min read
Minorities’ diminished psychedelic returns: Cardio-metabolic health
Minorities’ diminished psychedelic returns: Cardio-metabolic health. Race differences remain a critically understudied gap in psychedelic li
Sean Matthew Viña
Jan 9, 20241 min read
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