Award Honors Study Comparing Psilocybin and DXM Effects

Psilocybin mushrooms

What they found

The Rosalind Franklin Society award went to a team finding psilocybin had more favorable outcomes than DXM in healthy participants.

The number

$100,000

How solid is it?

n/a

Not a study

Evidence ladder: Lab dish → Animal → Early human → Strong human. Reviews summarize earlier research.

At a glance

Latin name

Compound

psilocybin; dextromethorphan

Published in

rosalindfranklinsociety.org

Covered in Shroom Scan

Sep 13, 2024

Section

PSILOCYBIN & LEGISLATION

As it ran in Shroom Scan

A Moment for Celebration

The Rosalind Franklin Society (RFS) honors groundbreaking research by women and underrepresented scientists through an annual award, offering $100,000 across 100 peer-reviewed journals. The 2023 award went to a team studying the psychological effects of dextromethorphan (DXM) versus psilocybin in healthy participants, revealing that psilocybin had more favorable outcomes.

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