{"id":13266,"date":"2024-05-10T01:31:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T01:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=13266"},"modified":"2024-05-26T01:34:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T01:34:08","slug":"toadzac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2024\/05\/10\/toadzac\/","title":{"rendered":"Toadzac"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/05\/10\/a-toads-psychedelic-venom-next-big-anti-depressant-20809162\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from Metro UK<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Could a toad\u2019s psychedelic venom be the next big anti-depressant?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>by <strong>Hiyah Zaidi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1153296830.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;zoom=1&amp;resize=644%2C428\" alt=\"Sonoran Desert Toad\" class=\"wp-image-20809334\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The Colorado River toad is known for its psychedelic properties, but could it be hiding a major medicinal secret? (Picture: Getty Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/03\/22\/psychedelics-book-returned-library-37-years-late-20511937\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hallucinogenic\u00a0<\/a>toad\u2019s venom could be a new form of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2022\/07\/24\/antidepressants-saved-my-life-people-reveal-impact-of-medication-17057999\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anti-depressant<\/a>, scientists say.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2021\/11\/18\/toad-venom-what-is-it-as-mike-tyson-admits-he-almost-died-taking-it-15623128\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Colorado River toad<\/a>, also known as the Sonoran Desert toad, has psychedelic venom\u00a0just\u00a0below the surface, which they secrete through their glands when it is scared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And although it is well known that this toad\u2019s venom can cause intense hallucinations and trippy experiences, until now scientists have been unsure how exactly it influences the brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But a recent study has found that the toad\u2019s hallucinogenic compound could be the basis of a new&nbsp;antidepressant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/05\/10\/a-toads-psychedelic-venom-next-big-anti-depressant-20809162\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at Metro UK<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Metro UK Could a toad\u2019s psychedelic venom be the next big anti-depressant? by Hiyah Zaidi A\u00a0hallucinogenic\u00a0toad\u2019s venom could be a new form of\u00a0anti-depressant, scientists say.\u00a0 The\u00a0Colorado River toad, also known as the Sonoran Desert toad, has psychedelic venom\u00a0just\u00a0below the surface, which they secrete through their glands when it is scared. And although it is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weirdness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}