Sonia Gray Trials Psychedelic Drugs for Anxiety in New Documentary

Sonia Gray trials psychedelic drugs for anxiety in new documentary

By RNZ Broadcaster Sonia Gray has been trialling psychedelic drugs, as part of clinical studies, to help bring her some peace from an unwelcome companion...

Sonia Gray opens up on being in psychedelic drug trials

The broadcaster never thought she would take the one drug she was most afraid of, but she did so in the name of research.

Psychedelics may buffer against PTSD, finds new study of survivors of Nova music festival massacre

A new study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology suggests that people who had consumed classic psychedelics before experiencing an extreme traumatic event reported lower levels of anxiety and post-traumatic stress symptoms in the following weeks. The research, conducted among survivors of the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack at the Nova music festival in Israel, provides rare real-world data on how psychedelics might affect the way tra…