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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.

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AI analyses drug users’ trip reports to better understand psychedelics

A pattern recognition algorithm scoured 6850 accounts of people’s experiences with 27 drugs to learn more about how they alter consciousness

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K4EW53 bearded man in a suit in the city vaping

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Vaping probably isn’t a gateway to smoking

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A coloured scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria on bladder cells in a urine sample from a patient with a urinary tract infection

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Recurring UTIs may be prevented with an antiseptic drug

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Anadenanthera colubrina is the one tree species common to nearly all regions of South American seasonally dry tropical forests and woodlands (SDTFs). Its abundant fruits each of which is laterally flat and which bear many lenticular seeds, trunk and main stems with a tuberculate cortex, and extra floral nectaries positioned near the base of the leaf rachis distinguish this species.

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Ancient Andean leaders may have mixed hallucinogen with their beer

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What the no-alcohol boom means for our drinking habits and health

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FILE -- Henry Magendantz, a participant in the Aduhelm clinical trial, finishes receiving an infusion of the drug at Butler Hospital in Providence, R.I., May 27, 2021. Two months before the Food and Drug Administration's deadline to decide whether to approve Biogen's controversial Alzheimer's drug aducanumab, a council of senior agency officials resoundingly agreed that there wasn't enough evidence it worked. (Kayana Szymczak/The New York Times) / Redux / eyevine Please agree fees before use. SPECIAL RATES MAY APPLY. For further information please contact eyevine tel: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709 e-mail: info@eyevine.com www.eyevine.com

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2022 preview: Expect a row over controversial Alzheimer's drug

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Molecular model of the drug Cocaine

Technology

AI can quickly identify structure of drugs designed for ‘legal highs’

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Marijuana joint in a hand

Health

Quick saliva test can reveal cannabis use over the past 12 hours

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The controversial new clinical trials that promise faster results

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The controversial new clinical trials that promise faster results

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Cannabis was domesticated in north-west China around 12,000 years ago

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Cannabis was domesticated in north-west China around 12,000 years ago

The cannabis plant originally had multiple uses, and farmers only started breeding distinct strains for drug or fibre production around 4000 years ago

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Fish are becoming addicted to methamphetamines seeping into rivers

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Environment

Colorado's legal cannabis farms emit more carbon than its coal mines

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Health

Benefits of microdosing psychedelic drugs may be due to placebo effect

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