“Psychedelic drugs have enormous potential to help people whom we can’t currently help, but the only way to turn that potential into reality is to conduct scientific research,” says Ginger Nicol, MD, associate professor, Psychiatry, & public health faculty scholar, in an article about WashU Medicine research on psychedelic-assisted therapy.
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What to Know About Delta-8 and Other Common Vape Shop Drugs (Links to an external site)
According to Ginger Nicol, MD, CEDS, Dipl., ABOM, associate professor of psychiatry, Public Health Faculty Scholar, & head of the psychedelics research program, there is a lack of rigorous research and oversight on effects, side effects, & safety of delta-8 THC.
What to know about delta-8 and other common vape shop drugs (Links to an external site)
“It’s hard to even know basic information about what the potency of the drug in many of these products is”, says Ginger Nicol, MD, associate professor of psychiatry, Public Health Faculty Scholar & head of the psychedelics research program, about delta-8 THC or any other unregulated drugs.
What to know about delta-8 and other common vape shop drugs (Links to an external site)
Ginger Nicol, MD, associate professor of psychiatry, Public Health Faculty Scholar, & head of the psychedelics research program, recommends talking to your physician before taking delta-8 THC or any other unregulated drugs.
A scientist took a psychedelic drug — and watched his own brain ‘fall apart’ (Links to an external site)
Ginger Nicol, MD, associate professor of psychiatry, Public Health Faculty Scholar, and co-senior author of a new study published in Nature, says that psychedelics, such as psilocybin, can offer scientists a “different way of thinking about learning and recovery.”
Psilocybin generates psychedelic experience by disrupting brain network (Links to an external site)
Ginger Nicol, MD, associate professor of psychiatry & Public Health Faculty Scholar, is co-senior author of a study offering suggestions to scientists on how to evaluate the effects of psychoactive drugs, such as psilocybin, on brain function.
More young adults using “magic mushrooms”, new study says (Links to an external site)

Institute Faculty Scholar & Assoc. Professor of Psychiatry, Ginger Nicol, MD discusses how “magic mushroom” use. is on the rise.