In a small randomised, placebo-controlled pilot trial in healthy volunteers, 600 mg oral cannabidiol given before ayahuasca produced no detectable interaction on facial emotion recognition, empathy tasks or subjective effects — both groups showed reduced reaction times and decreases in anxiety/sedation with no between-group differences. Ayahuasca with or without CBD was generally well tolerated, supporting feasibility of further, larger trials to confirm these null-interaction findings.
- Published
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology
- Authors
- Bertozi, G., Bouso, J. C., Crevelin, E. J., Crippa, J. A., De Oliveira Silveira, G., Dos Santos, R. G., Hallak, J. E., Ona, G., Osório, F. L., Queiroz, M. E. C., Rocha, J. M., Rossi, G. N., Yonamine, M.