Other psychedelic substances (LSD, Ibogaine, DMT, Mescaline, Aly Agaric Mushrooms, Ketamine)

2023:

LSD

• Lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly known as LSD (from German Lysergsäure-diethylamid) and known colloquially as acid, is a potent psychedelic drug. Effects typically include intensified thoughts, emotions, and sensory perception. At sufficiently high dosages LSD manifests primarily mental, visual, as well as auditory, hallucinations.
• The Curious Beginner’s Guide to Microdosing Psychedelics for Work, Relationships, and Happiness: https://betterhumans.pub/the-curious-beginners-guide-to-microdosing-for-work-relationships-and-happiness-7ceff261e9fb

Ibogaine

• Ibogaine is a psychedelic substance found in the tabernanthe iboga shrub, family apocynanceae, bush located in Africa. Could be cardio and neurotoxic in certain doses and may help reduce addictions

DMT Dimethyltryptamine

• can be found in the leaves and bark of many plants: Psychotria viridis (leaves), Mimosa tenuiflora (tree bark), anadenanthera peregrina yopo (seeds), Acacia plants as well. 
• Dr. Peter Grinspoon's take on DMT and Ayahuasca: What is DMT? What is Ayahuasca? https://drpetergrinspoon.substack.com/p/what-is-dmt-what-is-ayahuasca 
• Continued conversation about cautions regarding long term risks of psychedelics #2:
  • https://www.ecstaticintegration.org/p/dmt-derealization-and-depersonalization
  • https://www.ecstaticintegration.org/p/depersonalization-derealization-and 
• The Serotonin Hallucinogen 5-MeO-DMT alters cortico-thalamic activity in freely moving mice: Regionally selective involvement of 5HT1a and 5HT2a receptors. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0028390817305889  

Mescaline (legal in Colorado and Oregon) 

• Mescaline, a hallucinogen, found in many cactus species of plants, specifically
• Peyote cactus, Lophophora Williamsii. However, deriving mescaline from a peyote cactus hold significance to indigenous peoples and is still considered illegal in Colorado. Mescaline from San Pedro, or Trichocereus pachinoi (Echinopsis pachinoi), however is legal in Colorado.    
• https://www.zamnesia.com/content/698-mescaline-cacti

Fly Agaric Mushrooms (Amanita Muscaria)

• can be toxic if eaten raw
• works differently than traditional psilocybin psychedelics. 
• Muscimol is active ingredient in this specific mushroom. 
• unmistakable red and white spotted cap 
• America's only doctor-reviewed magic mushroom; https://cannigma.com/psychedelics/americas-only-doctor-reviewed-magic-mushrooms/ 

Ketamine- a dissociative anesthetic/psychedelic 

• Dr. Peter Grinspoon's Take on Ketamine: Ketamine, What is it, how does it help and what are the risks? https://drpetergrinspoon.substack.com/p/ketamine-what-is-it-how-does-it-help?
• Ketamine is a noncompetitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and glutamate receptor antagonist.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470357/ 
• KRIYA: Ketamine Research Institute, Dr. Raquel Bennett: https://www.kriyainstitute.com/ 
• Psychedelic Research and Training Institute: https://pratigroup.org/