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Topic: Ayahuasca

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"Bad trips" can have surprising benefits

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Long Covid patient during medical training therapy at Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin (ukb). She worked as a nurse and became infected with the coronavirus in 2020 and has been suffering from the late effects ever since. (Joerg Carstensen/dpa (Photo by Jörg Carstensen/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Are psychedelics the key to long COVID?

Rich Haridy
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How psychedelics change the brain

Edmund S. Higgins - The Conversation
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An early example of psychedelic ritual

Troy Farah
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"Salon Talks": Chelsea Handler opens up

D. Watkins
In this June 22, 2016 poto, a man moves a cauldron used for brewing a psychedelic tea locals know as the Holy Daime in Ceu do Mapia, Amazonas state, Brazil. Ayahuasca brew is sacred to Ceu do Mapia villagers, who use it in rituals that blend together Indian beliefs with Roman Catholicism. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (AP)

Ayahuasca for rehab?

April M. Short - Alternet
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Ayahuasca and activism

Adam Szetela
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Salon Staff
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"O shaman, my shaman!"

Neal Pollack
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Trip your way out of addiction

Alex French
Ecstasy pills, which contain MDMA as their main chemical (DEA)

Could MDMA cure PTSD in vets?

Christine Jun

What Ayahuasca did to me

Britany Robinson