Mescaline

• Enveric Biosciences (NASDAQ: ENVB) (“Enveric” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company dedicated to the development of novel neuroplastogenic small-molecule therapeutics for the treatment of depression, anxiety, and addiction disorders, today announced the company has agreed to sell one of its cancer-related patent portfolios for an undisclosed amount.
• The patents and applications being sold disclose and claim the synergistic combination of cannabidiol and second therapeutic agents for the treatment of cancer.
• The divested portfolio includes patents issued in the U.S., Australia, Canada, China, Europe, and Japan, with patent applications pending in Canada, Israel, and Korea.
• Enveric retains no ownership rights in the divested portfolio, any companies owned by, or to be formed by the recipients.

• Their analysis of national and state-level trafficking data revealed that across the country, seizures of psilocybin rose from 402 confiscations in 2017 to 1,393 confiscations in 2022.
• The amount of the seized drugs nearly quadrupled, from 226 kilograms to 844 kilograms in the same time frame.
• "Our findings, which uncover an increase in confiscations of psilocybin, suggest that popularity and availability of this psychedelic may be increasing," said study lead author Joseph Palamar, PhD, MPH.
• For example, some of the reports in the data reference large shipments that may have been headed to other states for sale.

• The Church of Ambrosia, the world’s largest psychedelic church, today offered a mixed response to California Gov.
• Gavin Newsom’s veto of SB58, the bill that sought to decriminalize the use of certain psychedelic drugs, such as psilocybin, DMT, and mescaline.
• Dave Hodges, founder of the Church, said the Senate measure would have been “a great step forward” as it would have enabled decriminalization to move ahead.
• The Church, in partnership with the Oakland-based Hyphae Labs, has been an early and vigorous leader on safety issues.

• Where trips to the dentist flew by in a second and holidays felt like they lasted forever.
• Time altering pills may sound like science fiction but the time warping effects of psychoactive drugs suggest that deliberate time manipulation may be possible.
• Other drugs can scramble our sense of time completely.
• Pregabalin, a drug used to treat epilepsy and anxiety, and anti-anxiety drug Xanax, both slow
  the passage of time.

So why do drugs warp time?

• Drugs associated with increases in the passage of time are stimulants, which cause increased activity and excitation across the areas of the brain associated with cognitive function.
• Drugs also affect behaviour and emotions, both of which can twist our experience of time.
• Drugs such as cocaine and MDMA can have powerful effects on mood, inducing feelings of happiness and euphoria.
• What you do while taking drugs will contribute to the sensation that time is bending.

The aftermath

• The neurochemical, emotional and cognitive effects of comedowns create the perfect environment for time to drag.
• The combination of exhaustion and low mood means that much of the recovery period is spent wondering “when will this end”, which also exaggerates the slowing of time.

Intertwined with human history and nature

• They involve drinking a liquid brewed from leaves from the Psychotria viridis shrub and stalks of the Banisteriopsis caapi vine.
• The brew causes changes in the state of consciousness, resulting in hallucinations and a significant change in the flow of time.
• Nowadays, ayahuasca ceremonies attract tourists from across the world seeking to experience altered states of consciousness and spirituality.
• Ruth Ogden receives funding from receives funding from The British Academy, The Wellcome Trust, The Economic and Social Research Council and CHANSE.