Researchers Synthesise a Psychedelic That Could Treat Depression Without Hallucinations – ScienceAlert

Recently advances have shown that psychedelics like ketamine have powerful potential for treating mental health conditions such as addiction, anxiety, and depression. But psychedelics can come with serious side effects, like cardiac toxicity and their infamous hallucinations.
“Psychedelics are some of the most powerful drugs we know of that affect the brain,” said chemist David Olson from University of California. “It’s unbelievable how little we know about them.”
So University of California neuroscientist…

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