February 2021 archive

Psychedelics as Antidepressants

The treatments of the future may arise from a long-stigmatized class of drugs. The first modern antidepressants were originally tuberculosis medications, created from leftover World War II rocket fuel. In 2019, the Federal Drug Administration approved Spravato for depression, a chemical that was originally a veterinary anesthetic and later used recreationally as a club drug. Why shouldn’t […] Read more…