Mystical-type experiences occasioned by psilocybin mediate the attribution of personal meaning and spiritual significance 14 months later

July 1, 2008 hallucinogen, human 2 Comments

Roland Griffiths, Bill Richards, Matthew Johnson, Una McCann, and Bob Jesse have a follow-up to their landmark paper in which they reported mystical experiences in volunteers given psilocybin. In this new paper, they find that time has not diminished the impact of the mystical experience seen in many of their carefully prepared participants. 14 months later, the experience is still important. At this time point, 58% of 36 volunteers rate the experience on the psilocybin session as among the five most personally meaningful experiences and two-thirds rate it among the five most spiritually significant experiences in their lives.
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New MDMA and Psilocybin research results presented at CPDD conference

June 20, 2008 entactogen, hallucinogen, human, in vivo 5 Comments

Looking back on the College on Drug Dependence annual meeting, a number of standout presentations about MDMA and psychedelics (or ‘hallucinogens’ as we scientists call them) spring to mind. Here, I highlight just three of them even though I could spend hours and pages discussing a larger number of fascinating presentations.
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