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Can we trip our way to better mental health?

Should This Exist?

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Psychodelic Research - A Brief History

Psychodelic research is undergoing a renaissance right now, but it had to go through a dark age first. For nearly 30 years, dave nichols was only one of very few academics in the world who could legally make these drugs. A chemist named albert hoffman has synthesized elestos fungus from swiss pharmaceutical company at an undisclosed cost. Emyan: Do you remember when magic mushrooms were popular? NICHOLS: I don't think i've ever been more interested in psychodelics than during this crisis.

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