How to Use psilocybin in a Sentence

psilocybin

noun
  • The use of psilocybin is not without some risk, Grob said.
    NBC News, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Psychedelics, such as psilocybin, also have a role to play.
    Husseini Manji, Scientific American, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Although research on compounds like LSD and psilocybin boomed in the ’50s and ’60s, things took a turn.
    Men's Health, 6 Dec. 2022
  • In the new study, one group of 48 people received two doses of psilocybin a month apart.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 24 Aug. 2022
  • All of this points to the greater need for research into promising drugs like psilocybin.
    Cory Stieg, refinery29.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • The measure did not allow for the retail sale of psilocybin, but for the past month or so, Shroom House sold the substance openly.
    oregonlive, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The Hallmark card-ish content of messages like that could be what turns many people away from the idea of psilocybin.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2022
  • The four- to five-hour trips of psilocybin and MDMA keep the critical period open for two weeks.
    WIRED, 15 June 2023
  • The psilocybin sessions are expected to be available to the public in mid- or late-2023.
    Andrew Selsky and Mike Corder, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Stressed mice didn’t want the sugar water, but a day after a dose of psilocybin plus a drug to block the psychedelic response, the stressed mice went for the treat.
    Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 13 May 2021
  • The study was designed to test the safety of different dosages of the proprietary version of psilocybin.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
  • But this group of mothers is bucking that trend and using psilocybin to heal trauma.
    Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The trick to this framework is that the consumption of psilocybin can occur in these centers and these centers only.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2023
  • But psilocybin has been studied for some symptoms that overlap with menopause.
    Jennifer Chesak, Verywell Health, 13 July 2023
  • Speaking of, a guy with RDE is likely training for a marathon or playing some sort of sport—and he’s priced out at least a small handful of psilocybin retreats.
    Max Berlinger, Robb Report, 18 June 2023
  • The volunteer had received the placebo, a trivial dose of psilocybin.
    Brendan Borrell, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Full-dose psilocybin trips usually run in excess of six hours.
    Wired, 28 July 2022
  • And, like cannabis, psilocybin has minimal risk of lethal overdose.
    Kevin F. Boehnke, The Conversation, 10 May 2024
  • This is not the first trial to experiment with psilocybin.
    Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Because they’re either bombed on psilocybin or under the control of the fungus in some other way, the cicadas won’t even notice.
    Jon Webb, USA TODAY, 14 May 2021
  • But many are psychoactive compounds, such as psilocybin and psilocin.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Pathways funded and helped run the study and is developing psilocybin for commercial use, per the AP.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Early research shows psilocybin helps smokers quit the habit.
    Linda Carroll, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Epic Healing Eugene, the state’s first licensed psilocybin treatment center, opened its doors in May.
    oregonlive, 9 June 2023
  • But after her treatment with psilocybin, things changed.
    Sarah Scoles, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2020
  • The other was a tiny tweak to the membership of a task force to study the potential use of psilocybin mushrooms and other substances to treat mental illnesses.
    Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The idea behind the research is, if psilocybin mushrooms are being seized more, they’re probably being used more.
    Terry Demio, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
  • The idea behind the research is, if psilocybin mushrooms are being seized more, they’re probably being used more.
    The Enquirer, 21 Feb. 2024
  • On psilocybin, carrying on a conversation with a therapist could be a bit more of a challenge, and even undermine the potency of the experience.
    Oshan Jarow, Vox, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Since the 1990s there has been a steady revival of human psychedelic research including reports of the first modern brain studies with the usage of LSD and several clinical trials of psilocybin.
    Photovogue, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2024

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