Instant Genius: Psychedelics
Everything you need to know about what psychedelics do to the brain, and how they could heal it.
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Sleep, drugs and mental health: how altered states of consciousness could keep us happy
11/9/2019
Every night, we experience an altered state of consciousness called dreaming. Could we harness this power to boost our mental health?
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The truth about e-cigarettes
9/30/2019
Vaping is still very new, compared to tobacco, so should we be wary about encouraging smokers to switch?
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Six drugs discovered by accident
7/15/2019
Drug research and development is a costly business, but occasionally some of the biggest discoveries arise from very unexpected side effects.
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The history of medicinal drugs helps explain our relationship with them today
3/25/2019
To understand why we take so many pills, we need to understand the history of medicinal drugs.
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How VR could break America's opioid addiction
5/1/2017
Can virtual reality really soothe pain? Jo Marchant meets the doctors who say yes, and who hope this is a solution to the country consuming 80 per cent of the world’s opioid supply: the United States of America.
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Hard labour: the case for testing drugs on pregnant women
11/24/2015
Traditionally, expectant mothers have been excluded from clinical trials, but could this practice be doing more harm than good? Emily Anthes investigates.
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