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Video: Eating The World’s Hottest Pepper Can Make You Hallucinate
NPR producer Marshall Terry was doing a story on a pepper that is currently up for consideration as one of the world's hottest. He ate a piece and then began hallucinating. But he did it for journalism! (via gizmodo.com)
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Image: New Use Found For ‘Magic Mushrooms’
Relief may be on the way for terminally ill cancer patients struggling with anxiety. A new study claims that patients who took a small dose of psilocybin — the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms”— felt less anxious 1-3 months after consuming the hallucinogen. After years of lectures from teachers and parents, who would have thought that this psychedelic drug would be now used medically as a mood enhancer. Never say never.
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Link: Hallucinations in Hospital Pose Risk to Elderly
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/science/21delirium.html...
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Hospitals say many patients, particularly older ones, are experiencing inexplicable disorienting episodes.
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Link: Coffee Causes Hallucinations
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479872,00.html
To be fair, you have to drink a LOT of it: a new study suggests that people who drink more than seven cups of coffee a day may see things that aren't there, hear voices, or sense the presence of dead people. But at least they are not tired!
