New Target In Brain For Treating Schizophrenia Identified Nov 7, 2008
28, 2008) Researchers have identified a new receptor complex in the brain that responds to several types of antipsychotic drugs used to treat schizophrenia and also reacts to hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD.. (June 16, 2000) Researchers at the University of Toronto and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health have discovered that it is possible to have a medication that effectively treats schizophrenia while only. (Science Daily)
New Brain Link As Cause Of Schizophrenia Oct 30, 2008
29, 2008) A lack of specific brain receptors has been linked with schizophrenia in new research by scientists at Newcastle University. In work published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team has found that NMDA receptors are essential in modifying brain oscillations electrical wave patterns which are altered in patients with schizophrenia. (Science Daily)
New drug growing in popularity Oct 24, 2008
Those are hallucinogenic too. " to Chris wrote on Oct 20, 2008 9:41 AM:" Get a life would ya. (Munster Times, IN)
New Candidate Genes For Schizophrenia Identified Oct 24, 2008
28, 2008) Researchers have identified a new receptor complex in the brain that responds to several types of antipsychotic drugs used to treat schizophrenia and also reacts to hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD.. (July 10, 2008) A protein found in immune cells may be a reliable marker for schizophrenia risk, report researchers in a new proteomics study. (Science Daily)
Enron prosecutor takes on Navajo uranium cleanup Oct 22, 2008
Proprietors introduce a new generation to its drinking rituals and mystique as myths of its hallucinogenic qualities are dispelled. Text. (Yahoo News -- Nuclear Power and Waste)
Brain-nourishing Molecule May Predict Schizophrenia Relapse Oct 16, 2008
28, 2008) Researchers have identified a new receptor complex in the brain that responds to several types of antipsychotic drugs used to treat schizophrenia and also reacts to hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD.. . (Science Daily)
Li Edelkoort: Famous Trendspotter Oct 16, 2008
Their trippy, hallucinogenic side effects. If she could choose a soundtrack for late next year, Edelkoort says, it would be "White Rabbit," Gracie Slick's anthem to psychedelic fungi. (FastCompany)
First impressions Oct 8, 2008
It s almost hallucinogenic in its effects. Depending on which quarter of a game you spent not watching a game last season it could have a totally different impact on what you saw. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
As the worm turns in the Big Apple Oct 6, 2008
The war stumbled along, or surged ahead, depending on your analysis, the price of gas rose daily, and the hallucinogenic absence of leadership kept the country fog-bound. But here. (Boston Globe)
Election creates tough questions for Catholics across the U.S. Oct 6, 2008
YouTube videos of people tripping on the hallucinogenic herb are fueling legislation to ban it. 1. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Palin says Obama friendly with terrorists Oct 5, 2008
YouTube videos of people tripping on the hallucinogenic herb are fueling legislation to ban it. 12:16PM* 12:09PM 12:01PM* 11:54AM* 11:50AM* 12:01PM* 11:50AM* 11:31AM* 11:28AM 10:38AM 10:52AM 10:50AM 9:26AM* 12:29AM* 12:12AM * updated. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Unknown to most, hallucinogenic salvia legal in Iowa Oct 5, 2008
Salvia divinorum a hallucinogenic leaf that is legal in most of the US that when the crushed leaves are smoked or chewed render a 5- to 20-minute hallucinogenic high. Salvia has been smoked for centuries by Mazatec Indians. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Grayson High student overdoses Sep 23, 2008
The drug is a hallucinogenic but unlike LSD and other drugs this one takes you completely out of your mind and it can kill you the first time you use it. The plant can be found on the side of the road as a weed and is commonly known as Thornapple, stinkweed, or locoweed, which has been used as a medicine and intoxicant for centuries. (Leitchfield Grayson County, KY)
Obama and McCain back bailout, with caveats Sep 22, 2008
Published: September 22, 2008. Senators John McCain and Barack Obama warned Sunday that there should be more oversight built into the government's $700 billion plan to stabilize the financial markets but said the potentially enormous expenditure would not force them to scale back their ambitious governing agendas. (International Herald Tribune)
Off Dorchester Bay, dangerous jimson weed sprouts Sep 21, 2008
While the plant is not considered dangerous to the touch, medical specialists warn: woe to those trying to extract a hallucinogenic buzz from jimson weed by smoking or snorting or eating it, or brewing it into a trippy tea ... Even among many hallucinogenic hellions, jimson weed is considered far too freaky. (Boston Globe)
Swaziland votes for new parliament Sep 19, 2008
YouTube videos of people tripping on the hallucinogenic herb are fueling legislation to ban it. News from AP. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
OUT THERE: Umm ... That's Not a Cat Sep 16, 2008
A German candy store has been closed down after Berlin police found its sweets were laced with hallucinogenic mushrooms and marijuana, Reuters reported ... The 23-year-old owner of the shop has been taken into custody on suspicion of drug-dealing, and a customer was also arrested after trying to buy a bag of hallucinogenic mushrooms from a police officer, Reuters reported. (Fox News)
Raul Castro keeps out of sight as storms hit Cuba Sep 11, 2008
YouTube videos of people tripping on the hallucinogenic herb are fueling legislation to ban it. The IHT's managing editor, Alison Smale, discusses the week in world news. (International Herald Tribune)
Ike gains strength over Gulf, aims for Texas Sep 10, 2008
Video YouTube videos of people tripping on the hallucinogenic herb are fueling legislation to ban it. Thom Browne previews his latest collection, which gives distinctive updates to the tailored grey suit. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Using the Internet to Get High: Abusing Herbal... Sep 10, 2008
Some users have likened the experience to using hallucinogenic mushrooms. Herbal Ecstasy: Sold under the names Cloud 9, Rave Energy and Ultimate Xphoria, herbal ecstasy is a combination of herbs that are legal, inexpensive, and marketed as a "natural high." In addition to being sold online, the drug is sometimes sold in gas stations and convenience stores. (Fox News)
Hallucinogen's popularity may thwart medical use Sep 9, 2008
With a friend videotaping, 27-year-old Christopher Lenzini of Dallas took a hit of Salvia divinorum, regarded as the world's most potent hallucinogenic herb, and soon began to imagine, he said, that he was in a boat with little green men. Lenzini quickly collapsed to the floor and dissolved into convulsive laughter. (International Herald Tribune)
Popular hallucinogen faces growing legal opposition in U.S. Sep 9, 2008
With a friend videotaping, 27-year-old Christopher Lenzini of Dallas took a hit of Salvia divinorum, the world's most potent hallucinogenic herb, and soon began to imagine, he said, that he was in a boat with little green men. Lenzini quickly collapsed to the floor and dissolved into convulsive laughter. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Critic's corner Sep 2, 2008
As the injured House tries to dredge memories from his subconscious to make sense of the bus accident, his hallucinogenic state of mind is brilliantly recreated. Wanna Bet9 p.m., Channel 5Tom Green jusges. (Boston Globe)
Helen Mirren admits to cocaine use Sep 2, 2008
Mirren said she hated marijuana and once tried the hallucinogenic drug LSD but found it a horrifying experience. AFP. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Nazi fears stopped me snorting cocaine: Mirren Sep 1, 2008
Mirren said she hated marijuana and once tried the hallucinogenic drug LSD but found it a horrifying experience. She said she was not a "royalist" but had become a "Queenist" after portraying the British sovereign. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Vice Versa: Amsterdam Cleans Up Aug 30, 2008
Their campaign won't bring an end to prostitution, which has been legal in the Netherlands since 2000; nor will they systematically uproot the red-light district's scores of coffeehouses, where the sale of marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms has long been allowed. But the easy tolerance of sex and drugs that has so long characterized Amsterdam is fading fast. (Time.com)
How hazardous are herbal remedies? Aug 29, 2008
"One product we found, called Original Herbal Ecstasy, contained nutmeg - which is hallucinogenic in sufficient quantities - hallucinogenic mushrooms and a lot of stimulants," he says. "Yet there is no way of telling how much of these substances is in there. Most packets contain no information about side effects or the potential of mixing these substances with things such as alcohol or other medications. They could cause a range of psychiatric disturbances from anxiety to panic attacks to... (Hindu)
Looking Beyond The Drug Receptor For Clues To Drug Effectiveness Aug 27, 2008
28, 2008) Researchers have identified a new receptor complex in the brain that responds to several types of antipsychotic drugs used to treat schizophrenia and also reacts to hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD.. (July 2, 2008) Some schizophrenia patients become less prone to violence when taking medication, but those with a history of childhood conduct problems continue to pose a higher risk even with treatment, according. (Science Daily)
Salem man accused of jumping into deputy's car and picking fight Aug 23, 2008
- A man accused of jumping into a deputy s patrol car and picking a fight Friday admitted he was high on hallucinogenic mushrooms at the time, authorities said. MCSO photo. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Spiritual leaders answer on the body Aug 22, 2008
Baha is should not use hallucinogenic agents, including LSD, peyote and similar substances, except when prescribed for medical treatment. Neither should they become involved in experiments with such substances. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
LSD, Ecstasy Tested on Terminally Ill Patients Aug 15, 2008
Researchers are exploring the use of hallucinogenic drugs like LSD and ecstasy as a form of psychedelic psychotherapy for terminally ill patients, London s Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday. A clinical trial involving LSD began in Switzerland, in June. (FOXNews)
Editor's Mailbag (Aug. 6) Aug 9, 2008
- Hallucinogenic drugs. used to treat mental ailments', By David Jay Brown, Scientific American, December, 2007(quote)Psychedelics such as LSD and the compound in magic mushrooms could ease a variety of difficult-to-treat mental illnesses, such as chronic depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and drug or alcohol dependency. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
A hunger for anything except more of the same Aug 2, 2008
His other adventures include buying and snorting a lot of cocaine, boxing with a gangster, meeting a major drug baron and taking a hallucinogenic drug named yage. The yage experience, which is the book's climax and involves a lot of vomiting and horror, is pretty gripping. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Magic mushrooms' medical mojo Jul 5, 2008
Research into the medical benefits of hallucinogenic drugs is back in vogue after being avoided by mainstream scientists for decades ... He noted that it used to be common for researchers to explore the potential therapeutic uses of a wide range of hallucinogenic drugs including psilocybin, LSD and DMT. But the drug excesses of the psychedelic 1960s tarnished the legitimate research, and the trials were brought to a halt. (Globe and Mail)
Nightshade Plants: Good or Bad? Jul 4, 2008
hallucinogenic and deadly tropane alkaloids in belladonna. mildly irritating alkaloids in tomatoes, potatoes, and other food nightshades. (Suite101.com)
"Spiritual" effects of mushrooms last a year? Jul 3, 2008
People protest against a planned ban on all hallucinogenic 'magic' mushrooms by the government on. Odd News Video. (Yahoo News)
Marathoner can’t outpace drug test Jun 26, 2008
" Muindi's agent, Zane Branson, couldn't be reached for comment yesterday, nor could Tolossa's agent, Federico Rosa. Barahal and race co-director Ken MacDowell were left scratching their heads over the opiate, morphine, that cost the 30-year-old Tolossa his title. Running USA's former CEO, Basil Honikman, was equally puzzled at the news. He had trouble recalling other marathon winners disqualified for similar reasons. "I can't think of how they would benefit from taking opium, heroin or any of... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Manson Gang Killer The actress' murderer who's begging to be freed to die Jun 15, 2008
She said the killings were committed under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs. "I was stoned, man, stoned on acid," she testified. (Sky News)
Mini movie reviews Jun 13, 2008
" But there is a catch-first Doug must go thirty days without any marijuana and undertakes a number of tests, completing the same tests while medicated and while sober, in an effort to find out what marijuana does and how it really affects people. Along the way, we follow Doug as he goes out on the road to stand up gigs across the country and hangs out with fellow comedians Sarah Silverman, Bob Odenkirk and Patton Oswalt. () R. Cin;: 10:30 p.m. today-Saturday. The Strangers - Three baddies... (Athens Banner-Herald)
High hopes Los Angeles doctors happy to prescribe marijuana Jun 9, 2008
One of the walls was taken up with a Salvador Dali poster showing swans merged with elephants: perfect for those who needed a hallucinogenic fix before they got their prescription. A man behind the counter took my money ($100 for a consultation) and handed me a questionnaire. (BBC News -- Health)
CAMPUS CLICKS: Your choice: Lee Corso or the Rose Bowl Jun 6, 2008
Kentucky football commit Jerrell Greene must have had a very sore throat -- or some illicit hallucinogenic intentions -- because he. s was charged with first-degree robbery. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Man's trail of violenceblamed on insanity acquittal May 27, 2008
Heape's suicide ended a life tortured from childhood by problems with his father, abuse of hallucinogenic mushrooms and methamphetamine, and a faltering support system, according to court records. "This was a terrible outcome," said Dr. Stephen Young, a forensic psychiatrist who talked to Heape in jail and is contracted with the local judicial circuit to do competency evaluations. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Police Log, May 12 to May 18 May 20, 2008
2:18 p.m. An employee of a Blanchard Road gardening supply store reported a group of youths came in several times over the past few days to purchase morning glory seeds, reportedly because they can produce a hallucinogenic effect when ingested. Detectives are investigating. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Drugs not isolated problem May 16, 2008
Another student was arrested in February for dealing hallucinogenic mushrooms to two other students in a school bathroom. Riverside School District does not have a record of any students in treatment, Superintendent Salvatore Luzio said. (Scranton Times, PA)
Murray Jarvik, 84, research led to development of nicotine patch May 14, 2008
Murray Jarvik, a psychopharmacologist who was among the first to study the hallucinogenic drug LSD and whose later research on the physiology and psychology of smoking was instrumental in the development of the nicotine patch, died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 84. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
State Legislature kills hundreds of bills May 8, 2008
Hank Erwin, R-Montevallo, and Roger Bedford, D-Russellville, sponsored bills to apply Alabama s marijuana laws to an increasingly popular hallucinogenic plant called Salvia divinorum. Bedford s bill never got on the Senate s work agenda. (Clanton Advertiser, AL)
Salvia Divinorum Hysteria May 8, 2008
Although the hallucinogenic properties of Salvia have long been known to the natives of Mexico's Sierra Mazateca range, it wasn't until the middle of the last century that anthropologists and drug researchers learned of the herb. A mere footnote in the psychedelic explorations of the 1960s and 1970ssee this 1963 by scholars Richard Schultes and R. Gordon Wassonthe drug didn't earn its first Nexis mention until 1991and even then as a throwaway reference in a Vancouver Sun article about... (Slate)
Teens' abuse of cough medications soaring May 4, 2008
Teenage abuse of common cough medications has grown ominously in recent years, according to San Francisco researchers who found a fifteenfold increase in calls to poison control centers since 1999 for teens made sick by overdosing on household drugs that can cause hallucinogenic highs. The ingredient sought by youthful drug abusers is dextromethorphan, or DXM, which comes in a wide variety of over-the-counter pills and syrups that researchers say are promoted by Web sites telling users how to... (Yahoo News -- Substance Use)
Night club drug could ease depression May 3, 2008
LONDON - Scientists have unraveled how a horse tranquilizer and hallucinogenic night club drug known as "Special K" can ease depression, researchers said on Friday. Ketamine, which can also cause feelings of detachment, could pave the way for new treatments for people suffering from depression, the researchers added. (MSNBC -- Health)
How LSD brought us vegeburgers May 2, 2008
Having helped turn soon-to-be hippie guru Timothy Leary on to LSD, Hollingshead came on a mission of hallucinogenic proselytisation. ALBERT HOFMANN AND LSD. (BBC News -- UK)
"Father of LSD" Dies At 102 May 2, 2008
Swiss Chemist Albert Hofmann Developed Hallucinogenic Drug Later Banned Worldwide. GENEVA, April 30, 2008. (CBS News -- World)
Life's twists and turns Apr 23, 2008
Many scientists (most of them physicians) who had studied hallucinogenic drugs before 1960 were interested in determining the psychological effects or in using the drugs to reproduce, under laboratory conditions, the symptoms of mental illnesses ... This reduced the search for happiness in life to finding a way to induce visionary experiences, and taking hallucinogenic drugs was the simplest method. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
From beach house to restaurant to art studio Apr 13, 2008
He produces them in an extraordinary burst of creativity that he suspects may be related to his participation in a medical study of a hallucinogenic drug that has him vividly reliving episodes from his past. When the magazine rejects Chaz's paintings, Lotte offers them for sale in her gallery, where they are snapped up quickly. (Boston Globe)
Should salvia be banned? Controversial herb still legal in Wisconsin and Minnesota Mar 31, 2008
A hallucinogenic herb, banned in several states and foreign countries, remains legal in Wisconsin but might soon be outlawed in Minnesota. The herb, a member of the sage family, is called salvia divinorum, but is most widely known as salvia and many different street names. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Two charged with killing man in dispute over hallucinogenic mushrooms Mar 31, 2008
CHICAGO - Authorities have filed first-degree charges against two Chicago men accused of killing a man in 2003 after he wouldn't give them the hallucinogenic mushrooms they demanded. The two appeared Sunday in Cook County Bond Court. (Freeport Journal-Standard, IL)
The fright stuff Mar 30, 2008
Reflecting on Maurice Sendak's knack for entering the imaginations of small children, the playwright Tony Kushner wrote: "For the great adult creators of children's books, the work at hand is a reclamation, through the difficult exploration of feelings most people have forgotten, of the past." That seems right, though there's another explanation for why some storytellers are so comfortable in the hallucinogenic milieu of the young. Asked once why he didn't have children of his own, Sendak... (The Age)
Salvia: The New "It" Drug Mar 26, 2008
However, unlike marijuana, salvia is categorized as a hallucinogenic. It is the only known naturally occurring substance to cause such hallucinations. (Suite101.com)
Lawmakers consider banning hallucinogenic herb Mar 24, 2008
Legislators in Minnesota have joined a national trend by pushing to ban a virtually unknown and legal hallucinogenic herb even as some officials and store owners say it s not really a problem. Not to be confused with its more decorative, harmless cousins in the mint family, salvia divinorum also known as Diviner s Sage, Sally-D or Magic Mint has hallucinogenic properties when its leaves are chewed or smoked ... Downtown Book on Third Street in Winona sells Salvia divinorum, a... (Winona Daily News, MN)
* World Business Quick Take Mar 24, 2008
Bongeli said the government has ordered security forces to destroy "36 Birds," the name of a hallucinogenic drug plant used by the sect's followers. Nsemi Ne Mwanda, the spiritual leader of the sect and a member of the National Assembly, has refused to comment. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Oregon lawmakers consider banning legal hallucinogenic (2) Mar 16, 2008
The World Link: Oregon lawmakers consider banning legal hallucinogenic. Oregon lawmakers consider banning legal hallucinogenic ... SALEM Some young people are turning on, tuning in and dropping out for quick highs on a hallucinogenic drug that is legal and sold openly at novelty stores, smoke shops and adult video stores. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Full Story » Mar 15, 2008
However, Salvia divinorum, a hallucinogenic herb colloquially known as the Magic Mint and Sally-D, is legal, despite the overwhelmingly intense effects of the drug ... Unlike other hallucinogens such as LSD and psilocybin mushrooms, the effects of salvia do not last long, with the strong hallucinogenic effects wearing off after only 5-15 minutes, and the lingering high lasting another 15-20 minutes, roughly. (Boulder Colorado Daily, CO)
New Genetic Association With Schizophrenia Discovered Mar 1, 2008
28, 2008) Researchers have identified a new receptor complex in the brain that responds to several types of antipsychotic drugs used to treat schizophrenia and also reacts to hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD.. (Dec. (Science Daily)
receptor complex in brain identified Feb 26, 2008
They found that the receptor complex also reacts to hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD. ... It was also discovered that hallucinogenic drugs, such as LSD and psilocybin, function as serotonin receptors resulting in responses similar to some of the core symptoms of schizophrenia ... This receptor complex initiates exclusive cellular responses after they are targeted by hallucinogenic drugs. (Times of India)
What's Ahead Feb 23, 2008
The play is the hallucinogenic story of two rural families as the marriage that joins them is torn apart by a series of violent, yet comically mistimed events. Curtain time is 7 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, with a 3 p.m. matinee on Sunday, March 2. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Are Mets and Phillies really all that? Feb 19, 2008
Really gave up the Surrealism with Hallucinogenic substances about 35 years ago, though the genre is dear to my heart-I love Dali and Magritte s work. Glad you like the stuff, though. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
