DoubleBlind

@doubleblindmag

Untold stories about the expansion of #psychedelics around the globe.

Joined November 2018

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DoubleBlind@doubleblindmag · Jun 27

They took mushrooms, wandered into a forest, and never really left. 🌲 What started as a trip became a ritual, then an art project. A story of presence, creativity, and wonder. Our latest: newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/tripping-in-…

doubleblindmag's tweet card. Two friends took mushrooms in a forest—and never stopped going back.

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DoubleBlind@doubleblindmag · Jun 11

Seen the universe behind your eyelids while tripping?✨ You’re not alone—and now there’s science to back it up. We wrote about it in our latest dispatch: newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/does-closing…

doubleblindmag's tweet card. Science says closing your eyes can shape the entire course of your LSD trip, down to your brainwaves.

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DoubleBlind@doubleblindmag · May 23

Stanislaw Witkacy consumed plant medicine, saw melting women and pig-tiled caves, and painted Poland as it crumbled. His drug-fueled portraits captured a surreal world on the brink of war and madness. newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/inside-the-f…

doubleblindmag's tweet card. From hallucinations and euphoria to eerie encounters with “shadow people" and a Man in a Hat.

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DoubleBlind@doubleblindmag · May 7

3-MMC is the latest synthetic popping off in club scenes from Berlin to beyond.. Once lumped in with sketchy bath salts, it’s now everywhere from DJ booths to fashion afterparties, raising big questions about the future of designer drugs. Our latest: newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/there-s-a-ne…

doubleblindmag's tweet card. Meet the latest synthetic club drug fueling all-night parties.

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DoubleBlind@doubleblindmag · Apr 25

In the back of an ambulance, a patient gets a shot of ketamine to quell the pain. Moments later, they slip into a world that feels alien, transcendent, and completely out of body. How often is this happening, and are doctors prepared to guide them? newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/are-patients…

doubleblindmag's tweet card. Reports of patients having big ketamine journeys in the backs of ambulances and in the E.R. raise new questions about how prepared doctors are to guide them.

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DoubleBlind@doubleblindmag · Apr 14

The Drop In is live! We cover New Mexico’s new psilocybin law, the lore of Pink Buffalo mushrooms, zebrafish on ayahuasca, and Pablo Amaringo’s art. Plus: a wild preview on the dark side of ketamine. newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/new-mexico-l…

doubleblindmag's tweet card. PLUS, the beautiful life of Pablo Amaringo, fish on DMT, and a workshop on effective organizing for building movements psychedelically

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DoubleBlind@doubleblindmag · Jul 18

Willy Myco and his team flew into a war zone to film the world’s first DIY video on how to make M D MA.⁠ ⁠ It’s a story of chemistry, chaos, and the lengths some will go to see their goals through. ⁠@blueberrychem has the latest: ⁠ newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/wanna-learn-…

doubleblindmag's tweet card. Willy Myco just released the world's first step-by-step MDMA synthesis video.

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DoubleBlind@doubleblindmag · Jun 25

John C. Lilly talked to dolphins on LSD, tripped in isolation tanks, and believed aliens were guiding him. 🛸🐬 Read his wild story in today's Dispatch 📩 newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/was-john-c-l…

doubleblindmag's tweet card. Inside the Mind of John C. Lilly: LSD, Isolation Tanks, and Dolphin Talk

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DoubleBlind@doubleblindmag · Jun 24

It feels like psychedelics are going mainstream—but are they really? A new Ipsos survey says most people still don’t know much. This, plus so much more in our latest Drop In 🧠👇 newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/can-psychede…

doubleblindmag's tweet card. New survey reveals how the public perceives psychedelics, PLUS how to manage a psychedelic god complex, MDA, and reimagining capitalism.

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DoubleBlind@doubleblindmag · Jun 9

NEW DROP-IN ALERT!⁠ A student scientist just cracked a decades-old mystery: the hidden fungus in morning glories tied to L S D. Plus, stories on dolphins, love drugs, and herbs to boost your trip.⁠ newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/we-finally-f…

doubleblindmag's tweet card. PLUS sex and psychedelics, dolphins and LSD, and so much more.

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DoubleBlind@doubleblindmag · Jun 6

The godfather of microdosing went from skeptic to pioneer. At 85, Jim Fadiman still shapes the future of psychedelics—quietly, from his Menlo Park backyard. Our latest: newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/the-godfathe…

doubleblindmag's tweet card. Jim Fadiman helped define the psychedelic era. Now, at 85, he’s betting on tiny doses to change how we live.

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DoubleBlind@doubleblindmag · Jun 4

For the first time ever, the DEA gave a church the green light to serve ayahuasca — no lawsuit required. Until now, dragging the feds to court was the only way through. The Church of Gaia just changed that. newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/here-s-how-c…

doubleblindmag's tweet card. What this historic exemption means for the future of plant medicine churches.

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DoubleBlind@doubleblindmag · May 21

Once, your tr!p sitter was a trusted friend who knew the vibe—and when to tweak the music or lighting. Now? It might cost you $1K. What happens when care and psyche*delic$ become part of a business model? newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/the-rise-of-…

doubleblindmag's tweet card. What once was a favor from a trusted friend is now a $1,000 service.

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DoubleBlind@doubleblindmag · May 15

What does healing look like when the systems offering it taught us to disconnect from ourselves? Wilhelmina De Castro and @preetisimransethi explore what it means to rest, remember, and unlearn the grind. newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/is-grind-cul…

doubleblindmag's tweet card. Preeti Simran Sethi talks to Wilhelmina De Castro about healing within systems designed to keep us sick, assimilation, and so much more.

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DoubleBlind@doubleblindmag · May 6

Come to Modern Medicine Service’s Open House on May 22! ✨ Tour their healing space 💬 Join a Q&A on ketamine therapy 🎶 Experience a live frequency session by Quantum Harmonix RSVP Here: partiful.com/e/UM1qjtReKggG…

doubleblindmag's tweet card. We’re officially having our ribbon cutting ceremony and we want you to be there! Join us for an evening of connection and learning. You’ll meet our team, and have opportunities to dive into learning...

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DoubleBlind@doubleblindmag · May 5

This week in the Drop In: A new psilocybin vs SSRI analysis, AI’s role in psychedelic therapy, the RFK/Trump psych agenda, and a wellness influencer now in prison. Read all the tea here 🍵: newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/what-psilocy…

doubleblindmag's tweet card. Here’s how psilocybin-assisted therapy and traditional antidepressants affect our brain’s response to joy, surprise, and emotional nuance, according to science.

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DoubleBlind@doubleblindmag · Apr 28

The new Drop In is live: A coca research project w/ a new approach to studying plant medicine, psychedelics for chronic illness, what’s lost when we strip psilocybin from the mushroom, and a guide to LSA. newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/is-coca-the-…

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DoubleBlind@doubleblindmag · Apr 23

Changa isn’t so traditional. Popularized in the early 2000s by Australian Julian Palmer, it’s a smokable blend of caapi vine and DMT. Palmer coined the name, but people had been mixing DMT with herbs long before. What’s your experience with it? newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/what-to-know…

doubleblindmag's tweet card. Changa blends DMT with smokable herbs, but its origins, risks, and connection to traditional ayahuasca are more complicated than they seem.

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DoubleBlind@doubleblindmag · Apr 18

It can lift depression in hours when nothing else works. But as ketamine use skyrockets—from clinics to mail-order injectables—some experts warn: this is starting to look like the opioid crisis. newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/is-ketamine-…

doubleblindmag's tweet card. It promises rapid relief from depression, but some say it left them worse off. Experts warn we could be on the verge of another drug epidemic.

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DoubleBlind@doubleblindmag · Apr 16

You’re mid-trip, vibing, then someone passes the joint. Do you take a hit…or nah? Mixing weed with psychedelics is common, but is it wise? We dug into the weird, the wonderful, and the risky. newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/acid-weed-mu…

doubleblindmag's tweet card. It's common to mix shrooms and weed, MDMA and weed or acid and weed, but should you? And are there any risks?

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