Not imagining it: Research into hallucinogens cautiously resumes
Article Abstract:
Many researchers have started exploring the psychological and physiological effects of psychedelics that seem to mimic the neurotransmitter serotonin and also psilocybin's effect in easing the anxiety of terminally ill cancer patients. Magic mushrooms produce psilocybin, a hallucinogen compound that might provide a window into the workings of the human brain, including spirituality.
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2006
United States, Science & research, Psychological aspects, Health aspects, Research, Complications and side effects, Physiological aspects, Cancer patients, Mushrooms, Hallucinogenic drugs
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2006
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Reasonable doubt
Article Abstract:
The execution of a serial killer Michael Ross in Connecticut prison on May 13, 2005, by an overdose of lethal injection is investigated.
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2007
Legal issues & crime, Connecticut, Company legal issue, Investigations, Murderers, Execution by lethal injection, Ross, Michael
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2007
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