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Microdose?

01. SHROOM WITH A VIEW

hen we talk about psychedelics, think of the likes of magic mushrooms and LSD. “Psychedelics act on the brain by stimulating the serotonin 2A receptor (5-HT2A),” says Dr Tiago Reis Marques, psychiatrist and CEO of Pasithea,

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