October 2023

Atropine witches, a story of medieval potions

With the approach of the night of Halloween, we uncover what it meant to be a witch during the medieval era, why they were hunted down and burned, and the influence of Christianism in non-Christian cultures such as Mazatecs and Native Americans, Modern-day witches, and the fact you may be practicing witch rituals without knowing, botanical name codes for witches, what is inside a witch potion or brew, the use of Atropine, and Scopolamine in Medieval era and their pharmacological use today and their pharmacodynamics.

We hope you enjoy your Halloween!

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First atlas of the whole human brain at the single-cell level: What does it mean for Psychedelic Research?

On October 13, 2023, a team of researchers created the most extensive atlas of the human brain thus far, revealing more than 3,000 cell types, including many new to the scientific world. In the atlas, we can observe snapshots of the most complex organ known to man, the brain.

But what does this atlas mean to psychedelic research?

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Remembering Roland Griffiths

The heartbreaking news of Dr.Roland Griffiths’s passing was given to the world yesterday, October 17th. Griffiths was diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic colon cancer at 76.

Despite his diagnosis to be terminal, he remained optimistic about existence. In an interview with the New York Times, he reminded us that we all are mortal quoting. “We all know that we’re terminal.”

Dr.Griffiths was an illustrious psychopharmacology professor at Johns Hopkins and spent decades studying the mechanism of mood-altering drugs. During his research, he published over 400 scientific papers on opiates and cocaine, sedatives and alcohol, and nicotine and caffeine.

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