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Pollan links psychedelics to loosening the brain's rigid self
Pollan argues LSD and psilocybin dismantle the brain’s self-narrating system and, under careful guidance, show real promise against depression, addiction, and death anxiety.
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Johns Hopkins University (JHU), often abbreviated as Hopkins, is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Incorporated in 1867 and opened in 1876 based on the European research institution model, Johns Hopkins is considered to be the first research university in the U.S.
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