Saturday, 12 March 2016

Research: John Hopkins Study on Psilocybin

Johns Hopkins - Psilocybin Study 

https://www.minds.com/blog/view/552472993125638144

Author: Alternative world news network
Date: 4th March 2016




"Researchers noticed higher doses correlated with more positive effects and that at the highest dose, 30mg/70kg, 78 percent of the subjects reported having experienced on of the top five most spiritually significant events of their lives, though the reported moments of anxiety, fear, and stress increased by six times.
The second highest dose, 20 mg/70kg, resulted in only one of the volunteers reporting any negative experiences and all volunteers reporting positive experiences and the lowest dose used for the study, 5 mg/70 kg, demonstrated discernible and long-lasting positive effects on behavior, attitude and overall outlook. So much so that even friends and family members of the volunteers were able to notice the changes."

Research shows that dosage plays a large roll in the effects and outcome of ones psychedelic experience - in this case psilocybin (magic mushrooms) 

Relevance
As i stated in regards to the MAPS MDMA and LSD studys, progress into the medicinal and thereputic benefits of these substances could, in turn, lead to more research into the creative and artistic benefits of said substances.