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Time Magazine asks “Was Tim Leary Right?”

Monday, May 21st, 2007

Was Timothy Leary Right? Are psychedelics good for you? – recent Time magazine article about new research in the field of psychedelic therapy.
“Are psychedelics good for you? It’s such a hippie relic of a question that it’s almost embarrassing to ask. But a quiet psychedelic renaissance is beginning at the highest levels of American science, [...]

LSD as Therapy? Write about It, Get Barred from US

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

BC psychotherapist denied entry after border guard googled his work.
If you have ever written about using psychedelics, you may be denied entry (or rentry?) into the United States
“Andrew Feldmar, a well-known Vancouver psychotherapist, rolled up to the Blaine border crossing last summer as he had hundreds of times in his career. At 66, his gray [...]

MDMA causes Oxytocin release in studies

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

From New Scientist – one of the better science email newsletters, incidentally:
Ecstasy really does unleash the love hormone
“Clubbers who take the “love drug” ecstasy really might be “loved up”. Studies in rats suggest the drug causes a brain surge of oxytocin – the hormone that helps bond couples, as well as mothers to their babies.
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