Marijuana is increasingly legalized and accepted in the United States, but some suggest this could be increasing psychosis-related mental disorders including schizophrenia. While schizophrenia is a complex mental health disorder, heavily linked to genetics, there is significant evidence showing [...]
The LGBTQ+ community has a long-documented history of heavy substance use and abuse. Today, an estimated 4.5% of the U.S. population identifies as LGBTQ+, but over 7 million LGBTQ+ persons struggle with substance use disorders including addiction to alcohol [...]
What is LSD? LSD, known on the street as acid, is such a strong hallucinogen that the doses taken are very small – typically just several micrograms. The chemical lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) was first synthesized from lysergic acid, [...]
Today, some 18.5 million Americans struggle with a substance use disorder. A further 46.6 million Americans suffer from one or more mental health disorders. Most importantly, while 15.7% of the general population is likely to abuse or rely on [...]
Major depression is one of the most common disorders in the United States, affecting some 17.3 million people each year, or 7.3% of all U.S. adults. Major depression is defined as a period of at least two weeks, during [...]
