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Psychedelics are one of the buzziest topics in tech these days. With entrepreneurs vouching for their benefits for creativity, focus and general well-being as well as research institutions and companies seeking FDA approval for medical treatments, these compounds are entering the mainstream.
Microdosing: What's It All About?
Pretty much what the word sounds like, microdosing involves taking around one-tenth the amount of a normal dose of a psychedelic.
Testimonies from regulars to microdosing include enhanced management of symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, depression, ADHD and even chronic pain. Others microdose to optimize their quality of life.
Although scientific evidence on microdosing’s benefits is somewhat hard to gather, the practice is believed to date back to the 1500s. Modern Western practices began in the 1960s and continued underground after psychedelics were banned in the 60s and 70s, The Washington Post reports.
James Fadiman’s 2011 "The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide” was one of the first modern writings on microdosing. Some years later, a Rolling Stone article on LSD microdosing disclosed that self-medicating was commonplace among San Francisco tech startups.
But it’s ...