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Opium trade and use during the Late Bronze Age: Organic residue analysis of ceramic vessels from the burials of Tel Yehud, Israel

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Organic residue analysis was conducted on various vessels from burials at Tel Yehud, Israel. The analyses led to new reliable evidence for the presence of opioid alkaloids and their decomposition products. This research revitalizes a decades‐old discussion on the presence and function of the opium trade across a cultural region of utmost ...
Vanessa Linares   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hallucinogen use is associated with mental health and addictive problems and impulsivity in university students

open access: yesAddictive Behaviors Reports, 2019
Background: This study examined the prevalence of hallucinogen use in a large sample of university students and its associations with mental health issues.
Jon E. Grant   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Herbal highs: review on psychoactive effects and neuropharmacology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: A new trend among users of new psychoactive substances’ the consumption of “herbal highs”: plant parts containing psychoactive substances.
Graziano, S   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Effects of Ayahuasca on Personality: Results of Two Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trials in Healthy Volunteers

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Rationale: Previous studies with the serotonergic hallucinogens LSD and psilocybin showed that these drugs induced changes in personality traits, such as increases in Openness.
Juliana Mendes Rocha   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current Concepts on Drug Abuse and Dependence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Drug addiction is a complex disease characterized by compulsive and uncontrollable desire to seek and consume the drug. In time, drug-related terminology has undergone many changes, arising from the deepening of the mechanisms of action, but also about ...
Baconi, Daniela Luiza   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Set and Setting in the Santo Daime

open access: yesFrontiers in Pharmacology, 2021
Set and setting is a fundamental concept in the field of psychedelic drug research, which points to the profound dependence of psychedelic effects on psychological, social, and cultural factors.
Ido Hartogsohn
doaj   +1 more source

Psychedelics Promote Structural and Functional Neural Plasticity. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Atrophy of neurons in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays a key role in the pathophysiology of depression and related disorders. The ability to promote both structural and functional plasticity in the PFC has been hypothesized to underlie the fast ...
Barragan, Eden V   +15 more
core   +2 more sources

Individual and Environmental Factors Associated with Tobacco Smoking, Alcohol Abuse and Illegal Drug Consumption in University Students: A Mediating Analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
[Abstract] Substance abuse is a major and prevalent public health concern among university students. Tobacco smoking, risky alcohol behavior, and illegal drug consumption may lead to health problems and behavioral and academic issues. Several individual
Cruz Valiño, José Manuel   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Moral Psychopharmacology Needs Moral Inquiry: The Case of Psychedelics

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
The revival of psychedelic research coincided and more recently conjoined with psychopharmacological research on how drugs affect moral judgments and behaviors.
Nicolas Langlitz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study: Overview of substance use assessment methods. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
One of the objectives of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study (https://abcdstudy.org/) is to establish a national longitudinal cohort of 9 and 10 year olds that will be followed for 10 years in order to prospectively study the risk and
Bartsch, Hauke   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

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