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It's worth noting that they were testing with 10mg and 25mg, which is equivalent to about 2g and 4.5g of dried mushrooms which are significant doses (e.g. far f
by endorphone 7y ago
It's worth noting that they were testing with 10mg and 25mg, which is equivalent to about 2g and 4.5g of dried mushrooms which are significant doses (e.g. far from microdosing). They reported no significant negative effects on cognitive and emotional functioning which is surprisingly positive for such an experience. Instead it is just the expected psychedelic experience.
As to safety, the LD50 of psilocybin is pretty well established at very high levels, with physical effects being unreported below that.
- arkades 7y agoThe press release noted no negative effects. The poster they presented to the neuropsychopharm folk the other night noted a few hundred, but none life-threatening. Poster: https://compasspathways.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/poster.pdf https://compasspathways.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/poste...