DMTweet

a tweet recap by PsyMed Ventures x Business Trip colab (issue #13)

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DMTweet is a newsletter of psychedelic tweets that catch our eye 👀.

This is a collaboration between PsyMed Ventures and Business Trip (yes, we’re the folks working on both 🙃).

Tweets include: Industry updates 💼, Therapy 🛋️, Psychedelic research 🧪, Neuroscience 🧠, Consciousness ✨, Indigenous reciprocity ⚖️, Regulatory updates 📜, and Trippy ideas 👽.

Inclusion = interesting ≠ endorsement.

Let’s get to it….

Slava Bobrov @slava__bobrov

How brain cells communicate: #neuroscience

David Juurlink @DavidJuurlink

I've seen a lot of skepticism on this site about the use of psilocybin for depression. Show me an SSRI that does this. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Balázs Szigeti @psybalazs

Now that #psychedelic trial's lack of blinding is hot again, lets remind ourselves that for most treatments blinding doesn't even work as a concept, eg. mindfulness, psychotherapy, lifestyle interventions etc. Lack of blinding is the rule rather than the exception, a short 🧵

Andrew Gallimore @alieninsect

Trip Killers: For when it all gets too much… from vitamin B3 to ketanserin… Let’s look at some of the pharmacological interventions that have been used to kill (or at least diminish) a psychedelic trip that takes a turn for the worst…

Patrick Malone, MD PhD @patricksmalone

one of the most important trends in neuro has been understanding disease as network-level dysfunction rather than problems with single brain regions. this has imp implications for treatment using drugs vs devices/neuromodulation. some thoughts:

Jack @jack_meditates2

Apparently your psychological defenses can be so high that 1500 micrograms of LSD has no effect at all

DoubleBlind @doubleblindmag

#BREAKINGNEWS Colorado just legalized facilitated psilocybin services 🍄✔️ On November 8, Coloradans passed Proposition 122, the Natural Medicine Health Act. Catch the story from Mattha Busby (@matthamundo) 👇 doubleblindmag.com/colorado-natur…

doubleblindmag.comBREAKING: Colorado Legalizes Psilocybin Sessions in Historic VoteVoters in the Centennial state just legalized guided magic mushroom experiences—and decriminalized personal use.

Until next time,

Greg & Matias

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DMTweet is a collab between PsyMed Ventures and Business Trip. PsyMed Ventures is a community-focused fund and syndicate investing in psychedelic medicine and mental health tech. Business Trip is a podcast about psychedelic entrepreneurship. Our mission is to help expand access to psychedelic medicine and mental health.