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"textContent": "Psilocybin, LSD, mescaline, DMT, and ayahuasca have different chemical structures, different durations, different cultural histories — and they all do the same thing to the brain. A mega-analysis published in _Nature Medicine_ found a shared two-part pattern across all five drugs: normally tight neural networks weaken internally, while brain regions that usually stay segregated start talking to each other. — Read the rest \n\nThe post 500+ brain scans reveal what LSD, psilocybin, DMT have in common appeared first on Boing Boing.",
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