9 Best Articles in 2022
The Guardian
We can no longer ignore the potential of psychedelic drugs to treat depression
The Guardian
5 min read · 2020-06-08 · At Imperial College we’ve been comparing psilocybin to conventional drugs – and the results are potentially game-changing, says Robin Carhart-Harris
Reader View · Shared by 287, including Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Liliane Ferrari ™, Graham Brown-Martin, Jason Silva, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Ethan Zeigler, Neil Hart 💙, ron boger, Bruce Lawson
The Guardian
Portugal’s radical drugs policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it?
The Guardian
~19 min read · From 2017 · The long read: Since it decriminalised all drugs in 2001, Portugal has seen dramatic drops in overdoses, HIV infection and drug-related crime
Reader View · Shared by 136, including frankcunhaiii, Martin Howard, Fernando Sousa, Grzegorz Wapiński, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Alain, Charles Baldwin, Hugo Corbucci, Fern, Merkstatt, Nat Eliason
MIT Technology Review
What do psychedelic drugs do to our brains? AI could help us find out
MIT Technology Review
1 min read · Mar 16th · The words people used to describe their trip experiences could lead to better drugs to treat mental illness.
Reader View · Shared by 118, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Allison Arieff, Howard Getson, Jennifer Ouellette
Aeon+Psyche
How each generation gets the drugs it deserves
Aeon+Psyche
~14 min read · From 2017 · LSD in the ’60s; ecstasy in the ’80s; ‘smart’ drugs today: how we get high reflects the desires and fears of our times
Reader View · Shared by 72, including Mark Kaigwa, 𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧 , Martin Rajcan 🇺🇦🕊, Kris Fannin, Alex Alexakis, Thomas Power, Nir Eyal, Vaughan Bell
Ars Technica
First, do no harm: An argument for a radical new paradigm for treating addiction
Ars Technica
10 min read · 2021-12-26 · Ars chats with author Maia Szalavitz about her book, Undoing Drugs
Reader View · Shared by 75, including Jennifer Ouellette, Nir Eyal, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Maia Szalavitz
nature
First hint that body’s ‘biological age’ can be reversed
nature
3 min read · From 2019 · In a small trial, a cocktail of drugs seemed to rejuvenate the body’s ‘epigenetic clock’.
Reader View · Shared by 247, including Vishal Gulati (I back scientists), Martina Grolimund, Rick Powell, Balaji Srinivasan, Martina Pugliese, Alain, Thomas Power, Martin Varsavsky 🇺🇦, 瑞拿頭, Eric Topol, Matt Turck, Merkstatt, Warren Whitlock, Marc Eglon, Roger Highfield, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Mark_Sisson, The Crypto Dog🫐, slumos, Luca M. Sergio
The New York Times
Opinion | How Should We Do Drugs Now?
The New York Times
~11 min read · 2021-07-09 · The war on drugs is ending. Now we have to figure out what the peace looks like.
Reader View · Shared by 47, including Alexandra Sifferlin, Daniel Gilbert, Howard Getson, Matthew Holt, Michael Calore, MAPS
FORTUNE
Psychedelic drugs may transform mental health care. And big business is ready to profit from the revolution.
FORTUNE
From 2020 · Silicon Valley legends. Billionaire financiers. Patent attorneys. They're all awakening to the massive potential of an industry preparing to emerge from darkness.
Shared by 182, including The 420 Radio Show 🇨🇦💨💨✌️, Tim Ferriss, John Nosta, Thomas Power, Jonathan Kogan, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Martin Varsavsky 🇺🇦, Beth Price Almeida, Psymposia, Mike Novogratz, Liliane Ferrari ™, MAPS, Polina
Undark Magazine
Why Birth Control Side Effects Have Eluded Science
Undark Magazine
8 min read · Mar 7th · Birth control users say that the drugs can alter their moods. Why have scientists struggled to find a link?
Reader View · Shared by 207, including Deborah Blum, Corinna Mies
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Insider
4 supplements that can become lethal when combined with certain prescription medications, according to a pharmacologist
Insider
3 min read · May 25th · Common supplements, such as St. John's wort, calcium, and iron, can reduce the efficacy of certain drugs, like antibiotics and antiviral medication.
Reader View · Shared by 207
Esquire
The Office's Creed Bratton on The Grass Roots, Music, Drugs and Depression
Esquire
20+ min read · Apr 27th · He left The Grass Roots in ’69 and showed up on 'The Office' in ’05. What the hell happened in between? Some highs, some lows, a little music, and a lot of pain.
Reader View · Shared by 122
scitechdaily.com
A Smarter Way To Develop New Drugs Using Artificial Intelligence
scitechdaily.com
4 min read · May 10th · A new artificial intelligence technique has been developed that only proposes candidate molecules that can actually be produced in a lab. Pharmaceutical companies are using artificial intelligence to…
Guardian music
‘There was an enormous amount of drugs being taken’: Graham Nash on groupies, feuds, divorce and ego
Guardian music
~12 min read · May 3rd · The Crosby, Stills and Nash singer on the wild early years, Joni Mitchell, his former bandmates and why his children no longer speak to him
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Insider
4 supplements that can become lethal when combined with certain prescription medications, according to a pharmacologist
Insider
3 min read · May 25th · Common supplements, such as St. John's wort, calcium, and iron, can reduce the efficacy of certain drugs, like antibiotics and antiviral medication.
Reader View · Shared by 207
Timothy McSweeney
What Your Favorite Sad Dad Band Says About You
Timothy McSweeney
4 min read · Jan 14th · The War on Drugs You make your own paella and take super long naps on Saturday. Like over two hours, consistently. You prefer the smallest possible...
Reader View · Shared by 125, including Amy Walter, Robin Wigglesworth, Digg, Kevin M. Kruse, Holden Thorp, Science EIC, Agnes Callard, luis antónio santos, Eli Pariser 🏞📲, Matt Frieman, caroline sinders, Austin Kleon, Kelsey D. Atherton, Karen K. Ho, Mark Hogan, Merlin Mann, Fareed Mosavat, M.G. Siegler, Matthew Herper, Mac McCann
Science Magazine
Meet the ‘psychobiome’: the gut bacteria that may alter how you think, feel, and act
Science Magazine
~19 min read · From 2020 · Scientists hope to turn gut microbes or their products into new antidepressants or drugs for other brain disorders
Reader View · Shared by 162, including Tauno, J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்), Matt Walton R.TCMP, Liv 😷, AAAS, Mathew Ingram, John Hagel, Chris Brogan/Chief of Staff, fnord, Ward Plunet, Thomas Power, News from Science
Aeon+Psyche
If the internet is addictive, why don’t we regulate ...
Aeon+Psyche
~16 min read · From 2015 · Websites and apps are designed for compulsion, even addiction. Should the net be regulated like drugs or casinos?
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 151, including Rand Fishkin, Simon Wüthrich, John Battelle, Kim Dik, Florian Hanke 🍎, Nir Eyal
The Verge
The podcasting hype house from hell
The Verge
20+ min read · 2021-06-11 · Sex, drugs, and podcasting.
Reader View · Shared by 142, including Arielle Nissenblatt (sounds like This and That), Esther Schindler, Stephanie A Kowalski, Taylor Lorenz, Jean-Patrick
ProPublica
The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates
ProPublica
~13 min read · From 2017 · Hospitals and pharmacies are required to toss expired drugs, no matter how expensive or vital. Meanwhile the FDA has long known that many remain safe and potent for years longer.
Reader View · Shared by 129, including Martina Grolimund, ἀποκαραδοκία, Tauno, Malik El Bay 🕊, Dominik Grolimund, Guillaume Vendé, Adrienne Script Review Samuels Gibbs, Charles Baldwin, Aamir Raz, AfroMum, Tom Connor
HuffPost
The Likely Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered, and It Is Not What You Think
HuffPost
~13 min read · From 2017 · It is now one hundred years since drugs were first banned -- and all through this long century of waging war on drugs, we have been told a story about ad...
Reader View · Shared by 116, including Felix M, Pat Kua, Mark Kaigwa, Joel Bez, Louis Duhamel, Valiskster, Alex Blanes, Jon Tirsen, APKYP, Courtney Bolton ★
The New York Times
Trump’s Embrace of Unproven Drugs to Treat Coronavirus Defies Science
The New York Times
6 min read · From 2020 · Doctors and patients also worry that the president’s rosy outlook for the treatments will exacerbate shortages of old malaria drugs relied on by patients with lupus and other debilitating conditions.
Reader View · Shared by 34, including Craig Brown, PhD, George J Huba PhD, Emily Badger, Carolina A. Miranda, Dean Baker, W. David Stephenson, Rob Weinert-Kendt
Reveal
Immigrant children forcibly injected with drugs, lawsuit claims
Reveal
8 min read · From 2018 · New legal filings show immigrant children in U.S. custody are subdued with powerful psychiatric drugs.
Reader View · Shared by 34, including Bjorn Larsen, Andrzej Jóźwik, 𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧
