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The risk of these life-threatening complications increases significantly when DMT is used in combination with other substances, particularly alcohol or opioids, according to Cleveland Clinic. Jack Kelly, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024 In total, authorities seized 11 guns and more than one kilo of methamphetamine, 200 pounds of the hallucinogenic drug DMT, five pounds of marijuana, 15 kilos of hashish and hashish oil, one kilo of MDMA or ecstasy, 19,000 doses of LSD, as well as other drugs including fentanyl and cocaine. Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 25 Sep. 2024 And atai Life Sciences is preparing to launch a phase 2 trial of the psychedelic compound dimethyltryptamine (DMT) to treat depression that will exclude patients who are also doing psychotherapy. Bykai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 12 Aug. 2024 After decades of these reports, even scientists are considering the proposition that DMT gives us access to another world or dimension. Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024 Advertisement In this way, Chambers’ nonprofit functions as a third space for the local community, especially those who dabble in psychedelics — substances like psilocybin (magic mushrooms), peyote, ayahuasca, DMT, LSD, ketamine and MDMA — that affect the mind and often cause hallucinations. Renée Reizman, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024 The officers also discovered what appeared to be a clandestine lab that was used to make methamphetamine and a hallucinogenic called dimethyltryptamine, or DMT. Stephen Smith, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2024 This therapy would be limited to people who are 21 and older, and would decriminalize the use of psilocybin, DMT, mescaline (though not peyote) and MDMA in therapeutic settings under the supervision of licensed and trained facilitators. Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2024 In addition to being the active ingredient in ayahuasca, DMT is an endogenous molecule synthesized naturally in mammalian brains. Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2023

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First Known Use

circa 1966, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of DMT was circa 1966

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“DMT.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DMT. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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