Ep 5 Flashcards
Octavian Mihai
21 years old got diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma stage 3- a cancer that’s present in lymph node groups on both sides of the diaphragm, or in lymph nodes above the diaphragm and in the spleen
-had crushing anxiety about death-> doc said 2/10 NYU students will die—> advised for psychedelic drugs
-he took psilocybin (active 🪄🍄> 💊)
-said that he was “blissful and at peace” when waiting to receive cancer results
Albert Hauphman
-chemist who first synthesized LSD- Similar to Serotonin
-did not know how classic psychedelics work—> tested on himself (193) 250 micrograms (twice as much as todays dose)—> dizziness, visual distortions, anxiety, parysis, histeria—> outsourced research (offered for free for research)-> benefits but was feared (unethical)
In years to come scientists investigated molecules with similar properties to LSD such as… what are they all known as?
Psilocybin (mushrooms), Mescaline (cacti/peyote cacti), DMT (plants used in the psychoactive South American red drink Ayahuasca)—> classic psychedelics
How do classical psychedelics work?
They enter the bloodstream—> bind to serotonin receptors (changes perception of reality for 3-12hrs depending on factors)
1960s with psychedelics, who was Timothy Leary
-Mushroom psychedelics arises
-psychedelic drugs became intertwined with rock n roll and the anti Vietnam war movement
-psychedelic celebrity “Turn on, tune in, and drop out”
What does TIME Life think of psychedelics?
-psychedelics then got placed with marijuana (top 2 dangerous drugs) what happened to Timothy Leary?
He got sent to prison and funding for psychedelic research dried up
Educational and government films warned the risk of LSD what did they say?
Causes chromosome damage, birth defects, fatal accidents, suicide, and psychosis, damages the brain
Were the Educational and government films right about LSD?
No, there is no evidence that it causes brain damage or birth defects
Timothy Leary’s true finding of psychedelics
It expands the ego
If you take psychedelics and smoke, will it help you stop smoking?
No, only if you have the intention of stopping
What did the Franciscan friar find in peyote (cacti that contains mescaline)?
Those who eat it see terrifying and music visions
The Spanish brutally suppressed people who were consuming mushrooms. True/false
True
Who was Maria Sabina?
-performed a healing ritual for a new York banker (written in LIFE’s first article)
People who have depression/anxiety get stuck in a loop of thought and find it hard to escape it. True/false
True
