Addiction Biology
February 3, 2021
Bree A. Humburg, Chloe J. Jordan, Hai‐Ying Zhang et al.
30 citations
Abstract Despite extensive research, the rewarding effects of cannabinoids are still debated. Here, we used a newly established animal procedure called optogenetic intracranial self‐stimulation (ICSS) (oICSS) to re‐examine the abuse potential of cannabinoids in mice. A specific adeno‐associated viral vector carrying a channelrhodopsin gene was microinjected into the ventral tegmental area (VTA)...
International Journal of Drug Policy
February 2021
Ruben Goncalves, Karine Titier, V Latour et al.
Drug checking is a service for people who use drugs that includes product analysis and an individual interview including results feedback and harm reduction counselling. It uses different analytical methods but few studies demonstrate their value in current practice. The main objective of this work is to compare the analytical performance of IR spectroscopy to laboratory reference method in the...
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
February 1, 2021
Chris Elcock
2 citations
Abstract Little has been written on the financial support behind Timothy Leary's unorthodox research into mind‐altering drugs like LSD and psilocybin and his subsequent psychedelic movement. Indeed several individuals and organizations helped the psychedelic cause by directly funding Leary's ventures, offering legal and logistic assistance, and organizing fund‐raising campaigns. I argue that...
January 15, 2021
Jessica Rocha
This is a cartographic record that suggests ways to envisage the formation and expansion of the Santo Daime doctrine. From the daimist liturgy and the institutionalized practices in the Santo Daime / ICEFLU, also from their dissent, the narrative mapping the Marian subjectivities to ritualize the use of Marijuana was mapped, and how relations with Exu are conceived and ritualized. We pay...
2021
Erola Pons, Axel Lindner, Julieta Galante et al.
preprint
Depersonalization/Derealization (DPDR) encompasses experiences of unreality about and detachment from oneself and the world. For example, people with DPDR may feel as if their body did not belong to them or as if they were not the “doers” of their actions. Case reports suggest that similar experiences might be associated to the practice of meditation (Castillo, 1990) but often with different...
Advances in experimental medicine and biology
2021
Rafael G. Dos Santos, Jaime E. C. Hallak, José Alexandre S. Crippa
Cannabis can synthetize more than 400 compounds, including terpenes, flavonoids, and more than 100 phytocannabinoids. The main phytocannabinoids are Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). Cannabis-based products are used as medicines in several countries. In this text, we present an overview of the main neurochemical mechanisms of action of the phytocannabinoids, especially THC...
Asian Journal of Psychiatry
2021
Amruta Huddar, Tasneem Raja, Sanjeev Jain et al.
This paper discusses the case of Tajuddin, a patient in the mental asylum of Nagpur towards the end of the 19th century. Discussions are based on hospital records and annual reports and relevant literature review of the life and times of Tajuddin. Hospital and associated records indicate that Tajuddin was thought to be suffering from cannabis psychosis. He was released from the British army for...
Libro Comunicaciones
2021
1. Objetivos: MDMA (3,4-metilendioximetanfetamina), comúnmente conocida como “éxtasis”, es una droga habitualmente usada en ambiente lúdico. Sus efectos tóxicos a nivel del SNC son ampliamente conocidos, habiéndose demostrado particularmente el daño que se produce sobre el sistema serotoninérgico. Como consecuencia de esta toxicidad se ha reportado la aparición de psicopatología diversa, tanto...
Dissent
2021
Sophie Pinkham
1 citation
The Problem of Pain Sophie Pinkham (bio) White Market Drugs: Big Pharma and the Hidden History of Addiction in America by David Herzberg University of Chicago Press, 2020, 400 pp. Click for larger view View full resolution A worker removes the Sackler name from a building at Tufts University in 2019. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) [End Page 130] Reams have been written about...
Method & Theory in the Study of Religion
December 17, 2020
Petter Grahl Johnstad
11 citations
Abstract Spiritual experiences with entheogens have usually been studied as a form of mystical experiences. However, entheogen users have also reported less intense experiences that they refer to as spiritual experiences. Using data from the Cannabis and Psychedelics User Survey, this study analyzed the characteristics of such experiences in 319 participants. It found evidence of two types of...