This Is Your Brain On Shrooms

Psychedelics like magic mushrooms have huge effects on the brain. But what are they doing up there? Buy our book, Brains Explained! More than 180 species of “magic mushrooms“ produce the psychoactive compound psilocybin. And ingesting it triggers some pretty trippy changes in the brain. Shrooms and many of these other psychedelic drugs show real promise for treating mental health issues and may result in breakthrough medications for psychiatric disorders. --- Micah’s video about therapeutic uses for illicit drugs: Sign the petition to remove “medical use“ from the DEA drug scheduling system: --- Chapters: 0:00 An introduction 1:54 Psychedelics and their effects 3:21 The promise of psychedelics 4:28 A brief history of shroooms 7:00 The neuroscience of psychedelics 12:15 What makes them trippy 14:30 How dangerous are they 17:36 What the futu