Why Weed Makes Ideas Feel Brilliant, and Why They Rarely Survive Sobriety
Cannabis can make ideas feel unusually profound by loosening self-criticism, everyday logic and the mental filters that normally keep thoughts in check. Most of those revelations may not survive sobriety, but the temporary freedom to make unexpected connections can still leave behind something worth salvaging. The curls of smoke rise, the high begins its slow […]
Can Weed Feel Like Magic Mushrooms? Johns Hopkins Researchers Put THC to the Test
A four-person Johns Hopkins pilot study found that 25 mg of oral THC could produce altered-state profiles that qualitatively resembled those seen with 25 mg of psilocybin, particularly when consumed in a setting modeled on psychedelic research. The sample is far too small to establish cannabis as a psychedelic, but the findings add to earlier […]