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The Effects of LSD on the Brain
LZ Granderson: What are the basic brain mechanisms going on here? You've already mentioned the serotonin system a little bit. Do you think you could talk a little bit about just what's going on the brain when someone takes a compound of this nature? LZ: Well, at the high doses, I guess the most vivid example is giving higher doses of either LSD or psilocybin. And as you can imagine, there are certain connections that the brain habitually uses.