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Four cows looking strange

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Feeding cows hemp makes them ‘high’ and their milk could be unsafe

Cows fed waste hemp from the cannabis industry produce the psychoactive compound THC in their milk and have altered breathing and heart rate and stand still for ages yawning

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Can you take the trip out of psychedelics and still treat depression?

Mind

Can you take the trip out of psychedelics and still treat depression?

Features

A colour-enhanced scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of Magic mushrooms (Psilocybe cubensis). These spores will grow into the fungus that is Psilocybe cubensis , or the magic mushroom. When ingested, this fungus causes euphoria, hallucinations and altered perception of time. Each spore of this strain is approximately 8 by 11 um. Magnification is x660 when printed 10 cm wide.

Health

AI analyses drug users’ trip reports to better understand psychedelics

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Caffeine

What it’s like to trip on psilocybin for a scientific research study

Mind

What it’s like to trip on psilocybin for a scientific research study

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Worker growing cannabis plants

Health

There is little evidence that cannabis helps mental health problems

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Gail Bradbrook is a co-founder of the Extinction Rebellion environmental movement

Mind

Extinction Rebellion founder calls for mass psychedelic disobedience

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Cannabis dispensary

Health

US teens may be finding it harder to buy cannabis after legalisation

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Chris Timmermann: Exploring consciousness using psychedelics

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Chris Timmermann: Exploring consciousness using psychedelics

Video

The psychedelic science behind dreamy new Netflix hit, Maniac

Health

The psychedelic science behind dreamy new Netflix hit, Maniac

Emma Stone and Jonah Hill cavort in multiple roles in a show exploring the use of hallucinogenic drugs to treat mental trauma and psychological disorders

Culture

Mind

Why taking ayahuasca is like having a near-death experience

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Health

Ecstasy-like drugs might relieve social difficulties in autism

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Health

Medical cannabis: What you really need to know

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Earth

Cocaine in the water makes eels hyperactive and damages muscles

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