Iphone creator Steve Jobs once said taking LSD was "one of the two or three most important things I have done in my life". Or in the words of Countess Amanda Feilding: "Microdosing just adds a little sparkle. Then I realised, at a lower dose, it could improve mood health, thinking and creativity. "We're currently studying psilocybin [magic mushrooms] for depression," says clinical psychologist Rosalind Watts, who works for the psychedelic research group at Imperial College London. A 'self-blinding' microdosing study (part of the Imperial Beckley research programme) is under way, where voluntary participants who are currently or planning to start microdosing with LSD track their own progress.

Source: Stuff March 29, 2019 23:26 UTC