The world’s most mysterious psychedelic is already inside your brain

DMT, the cosmic ticket to a psychedelic funhouse, is the talk of the town among researchers, despite its reputation as the black sheep of psychedelics. While MDMA and psilocybin are busy basking in the spotlight of clinical research, DMT is over here creating surreal, hyperdimensional worlds complete with a cast of deities, aliens, and mythological beings—straight out of a psychedelic Star Wars.

First cooked up in 1931, DMT was ignored until the 1950s when a Hungarian pharmacologist, Stephen Szára, decided to throw it a comeback party after being snubbed by LSD. Fast forward to the 1990s, and Rick Strassman gave it a makeover, branding it as “the spirit molecule,” even getting Joe Rogan to chime in on the cosmic chatter.

The science-y folks at Imperial College London have taken a shine to DMT, forming a research group in 2022. They’re diving into this reality-switching molecule, tinkering with doses like mad alchemists—low doses enhance your senses; medium doses throw you into a Picasso painting; and high doses? You’re off meeting the interdimensional in-laws in worlds where geometry couldn’t get any curvier.

While DMT often lurks in the shadows of podcasts and forums, it’s now getting its day in the scientific sun. Researchers like Chris Timmermann are hot on the trail, exploring DMT’s potential for treating depression and cluster headaches, and its ability to rock atheists’ worldviews—over half ditch their disbelief after a cosmic jaunt.

The science party is expanding with plans to include 5-MeO-DMT, the stronger cousin of DMT, at University College



Reference: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/379914/dmt-psychedelics-drug-neuroscience-consciousness-ayahuasca


Published Date: 2024-11-04