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Neural correlates of the LSD experience revealed by multimodal neuroimaging

Here we sought to examine its effects on brain activity, using cutting-edge and complementary neuroimaging techniques in the first modern neuroimaging study of LSD. Results revealed marked changes in brain blood flow, electrical activity, and network communication patterns that correlated strongly with the drug’s hallucinatory and other consciousness-altering properties . Full text available: http://m.pnas.org/content/early/2016/04/05/1518377113.full

Opioid treatment at release from jail using extended-release naltrexone: a pilot proof-of-concept randomized effectiveness trial

Though few seemed willing to try this treatment, among those who did, opiate-blocking injections active for about a month helped formerly dependent prisoners in New York City’s jail avoid relapse to regular opiate use after release.  http://findings.org.uk/PHP/dl.php?file=Lee_JD_7.cab&s=eb