Sentences with phrase «rated psilocybin»

Two months later, 71 percent of the volunteers rated psilocybin as one of the five most spiritually significant experiences of their lives; 79 percent said it increased their long - term sense of personal well - being or life satisfaction.

In follow - up interviews conducted two months later 67 percent of the volunteers rated the psilocybin experience as among the most meaningful of their lives, comparing it to the birth of a first child or the death of a parent, and 79 percent reported that it had moderately or greatly increased their overall sense of well - being or life satisfaction.

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In follow - up interviews two months later, four out of five said that the psilocybin experience had improved their well - being and satisfaction with life, about 70 percent rated the experience as among the most spiritually significant events of their lives, and nearly 70 percent called it one of the most personally meaningful events, comparable to the birth of a first child or the death of a parent.

They all received both psilocybin and an amphetamine - like compound (Ritalin), which has some psychoactive effects, such as increasing heart rate and increasing concentration.

Ritalin was used as a control because, like psilocybin, it increases heart rate and blood pressure within 30 to 60 minutes.

The UBC Okanagan study found that 42 per cent of U.S. adult male inmates who did not take psychedelic drugs were arrested within six years for domestic battery after their release, compared to a rate of 27 per cent for those who had taken drugs such as LSD, psilocybin (commonly known as magic mushrooms) and MDMA (ecstasy).

One third of volunteers given psilocybin, the mushroom's active compound, described it as the most spiritually meaningful experience of their lives, and about two thirds rated it in their top five.