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Psilocybin increases nature connectedness and pro-environmental attitudes
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Psilocybin increases nature connectedness and pro-environmental attitudes
Partially Confirmed recorded as “Supported by Small and Correlational Studies” Food of the Gods
Lyons & Carhart-Harris (Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2018): in a small open-label study (7 patients, 7 controls), nature relatedness rose and authoritarian attitudes fell after psilocybin. Forstmann & Sagioglou (Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2017): in a survey, lifetime psychedelic use was associated with more nature relatedness and pro-environmental behavior. Kettner et al. (2019) found a similar pattern in a naturalistic online study. The evidence is consistent but small or correlational. McKenna's ecological argument, that plant medicines teach kinship with nature, has measurable correlates.
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- Ibogaine and the Veterans: McKenna's Afterlife in Policy Editorial draft
- Decriminalization Models: Oregon, Colorado, and What Comes Next Editorial draft
- The Right to Alter Your Own Consciousness Editorial draft
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- Television Is a Drug: The Argument That Aged Best Editorial draft
- The Archaic Revival: Is It Happening? Editorial draft
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