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Molly, Psychedelic Drug, Shows Great Promise As Mental Health Treatment, New Study Finds On 5/10/21 at 5:00 AM EDT A couple hours after taking his first dose of the mind-altering drug 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA, Bessel Van Der Kolk lay down on a couch in the presence of two psychotherapists, put on an eyeshade, and allowed himself to sink into a quiet, hypnotic state. Van Der Kolk, one of the world's foremost experts on trauma, had agreed to ingest the potent compound, known to generations of recreational illegal drug users by its street names "Ecstasy" or "Molly," because he ...

Three Lions/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Would you inject 50 hookworms under your skin for your job? Or steam in a vomit sauna for a few hours? Hopefully we non-scientists will never have to answer questions like these. But for the 10 brave souls on this list, experimenting on themselves was all in a day's work. 1. Jonas Salk During his research at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Dr. Jonas Salk discovered a potential vaccine for polio. When they needed healthy human test subjects, Salk volunteered himself and his entire family for a vaccine trial. The filial gamble paid off. Every...

Salmonella Dub started the writing and recording process for Andy’s Jam and Searching for the Sungle in the summer of 2012 in their Hapuku Creative Retreat the week before the last Kaikoura Roots Festival. Andy’s Jam was inseminated in this session with a guitar riff from Andrew with trombone, trumpet + melodica motifs added by Pete Wood, ethereal intro vocals from Dave Deakins, sax from Ants Smith and keys from Mant. The arrangement was incubated in Sydney at Ants’s Smith and Werstern Studio during the many Salmonella Dub Soundsystem tours of Oz between 2013 and 2016. In 2017 the band ...

494 pages Honestly, I think part of the huge buzz about this excellent book is that eager readers are ready to sign up for whatever comes next from this author. The story is told through the perspective of Daunis Fontaine, an 18-year-old college freshman. Her coming-of-age story is seamlessly woven into a masterfully plotted mystery, for a read that’s satisfying on all levels. Though the book was selected for Reese Witherspoon’s YA Bookclub, it has great crossover appeal for older adults: for readers of Frederick Backman’s “Beartown” certainly, and especially for read...

1XRUN Celebrates the Annual LSD Holiday, April 19th, aka "Bicycle Day" with New Print Drops April 19, 2021 | in Collectibles It's been 78 years since Dr. Albert Hoffman famously discovered the psychoactive properties of LSD before stumbling off his bicycle. We like to celebrate this day because let's be honest; it was the pivotal moment for all the art, music, literature, film and probably all food we like too for all we know. Our friends at 1XRUN always celebrate what is called "Bicycle Day" with a special print series drop, often asking contemporary artists to give a spin on the famed 1960...