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Party drugs are here to stay, but they don't have to be killers

Crack downs on psychedelic substances are failing to protect people from harm. Drug tests at festivals and nightclubs to check they are legit could be a better way

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Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived

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Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived

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How you speak predicts if psychedelic therapy will help you

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Another psychedelic revolution, but this time it's different

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psychedelic artwork

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Mind menders: how psychedelic drugs rebuild broken brains

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Magic mushroom extract changes brains of people with depression

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liberty cap mushrooms

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Will psychedelics for depression be just another false dawn?

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A multicoloured pill capsule

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Psychedelic medicine: the potential, the people, the politics

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Robin Carhart-Harris

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Meet the man giving people psychedelics for science

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Tripping up: The real danger of microdosing with LSD

It may or may not improve your work performance, but a criminal record isn't worth the gamble. LSD should be downgraded

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Microdosers say tiny hits of LSD make your work and life better

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What it’s like to take psychedelics in small doses at breakfast

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A little cannabis every day might keep brain ageing at bay

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